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AeA Hosted First Visit of Official MII Chinese Delegates on China RoHS Requirements

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The China RoHS Seminar held on October 26, 2006 by AeA, at the Sun Auditorium in Santa Clara, CA was hi-lighted by presentations from the senior officials of the Chinese MII Delegation. The delegation speakers addressed a room of 200+ industry professionals, from across North America, concerned about the new China Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations, which go into effect March 1, 2007.

The seminar began with in-depth insights into the Chinese government structure and key agencies in the China RoHS process, as well as AeA�s role in building industry consensus from Tad Ferris, with Holland & Knight. This was followed by an industry panel led by:

Joe Johnson, Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs-Cisco Systems

Linda Young, Product Ecology Manager-Intel

This portion of the seminar concluded with a Q & A while adding Ray Moskaluk (HP), Ted Reichelt (Intel) and David Towne (Sun) to the expertise.

The Chinese senior officials included:

Wang Binke with Opening Remarks
Huang Jianzhong with the Overview of China RoHS
Chang Limin (female) with an Overview of EIP Standards
Lei Wen with China RoHS Explanation
Wang Xiaohan China RoHS Standards Explanation.

This program was enhanced with the use of interpreters and followed by a Q & A. Participants submitted questions to the Chinese MII Delegation of which some were answered at the seminar. The questions have been compiled and presented to the Chinese MII Delegation for official answers. These will be distributed to participants once they are returned by the delegation.

For over two years, the AeA China RoHS Steering Committee, led by Liz Moyer of Texas Instruments and David Towne of Sun Microsystems, has been working with MII to provide technical expertise and advice on the concerns US companies had as the regulations were developed. The new regulations will restrict the use of certain hazardous substances in the production of products manufactured and sold in or imported into China.