GASME

Approved by the U.S. government in 1999, the Global Alliance of SMEs (GASME) was formerly the US-China Exchange Association (USCEA) and was upgraded to its current name in 2009. It holds Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Consultative Status with the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), making it one of the most influential international SME organizations today.

GASME has a well-established global cooperation network, with regional offices in New Jersey (USA), Shanghai (China), Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany), Tokyo (Japan), Nairobi (Kenya), and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

The GASME supreme governing body is Leadership Council. The Honorable Christian Wulff, former President of Germany, is GASME Honorary Chairman; the Honorable Carlos Magariños, former Director-General of UNIDO is Global Chairman; and the Honorable Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan is Global Advisor.

GASME is dedicated to a world-leading SME collaboration platform to facilitate international trade and investment, and promote world economic globalization.

Significant Impact from World Leaders
GASME has a World Leaders Speakers Group, comprising more than 50 global political and business leaders, including: former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton; former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; former German President Christian Wulff and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel; former French President François Hollande and former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin; former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown; and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

High-end International Conference Brands
GASME has a portfolio of high-end international conference brands, including the World Manufacturing Convention, the Global Industrial Cooperation Conference, the Global SME Cooperation Conference, and the Global Sustainable Development Summit. The World Manufacturing Convention, jointly initiated and hosted by GASME and the Anhui Provincial People's Government in 2018, is held annually and has become one of the most influential international events in manufacturing today, with its permanent venue in Hefei.

Leader in SMEs International Cooperation and Exchange
GASME has established long-term partnerships with over 1,000 mainstream business associations, more than 200 local governments, over 100 Fortune Global 500 companies, more than 3,000 industry-leading enterprises, more than 20 world-renowned universities, and over 10 international think tanks worldwide. GASME has successively implemented the "1,000 China-America SMEs Partnership Program" and the "1,000 China-EU SMEs Partnership Program," and has held more than 70 cross-border SME matchmaking activities around the world. More than 40,000 SMEs have attended these events and over 2,000 agreements have been signed.

International Public Service Products Provider
GASME has released the White Paper on Global SMEs Development, the White Paper on the Investment Environment of Countries Along the Belt and Road Initiative, the World Intelligent Manufacturing Development Report, and China's Manufacturing Development Report. All the above high quality public goods provide a great help for SMEs internationalization.

In September 2017, GASME Shanghai office was set up with the approval from the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, becoming the first global SME organization with an office in China after the launch of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administration of Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organizations in the Mainland of China.

In recognition of the Alliance's important contributions to China's economic development, Christian Wulff, then Chairman of the Alliance and former President of Germany, was awarded the 2022 Chinese Government Friendship Award.