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pharmaceuticals and 39 educational institutions has involved setting up an office in markham the satellite office in a home on moritz way near warden avenue and hwy 7 opened in december the towns economic development department is working to find out what products and services the park needs that the department could in turn try and match up with markham and or other canadian companies mr northcott said in a report connections have been made park representatives have started preliminary discussions with markhambased polarbear energy inc mr northcott said as well park representatives are tak ing part in any seminar the department decides to put on regarding opportuni ties in china at an appropriate time the depart ment will also introduce park representa tives to york university seneca college and the university of toronto for possible collaboration on research projects mr northcott said markham has good reason to stay linked to the city of wuhan he noted the citys hightech development zone is reported to be the second largest intelli gence area in china next to zhongguancun a united nations report published in 2002 stated wuhan was ranked sixth of the 25 most promising cities in china meanwhile american futurist mckinly conway predicts wuhan will be one of the top 10 future cities of the world in the 21st century wuhan is focussed on developing optoelectronics which includes optical devices laser products and office automation equipment it automotive manufacturing steel and new materi als bioengineering and new pharma ceuticals and the environment mr northcott said mayor don cousens hosted a delega tion from wuhan in march and was invit ed to attend an electronic fair in wuhan this fall while in markham the delega tion met with representatives of jacques whitford environment ltd which has done extensive work in china to further strengthen ties with china mr northcotts department plans to introduce jacques whitford officials to jack tsui of peak gardens in markham 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