On 20 March, Sunwah and the Sichuan Development Holding Co Ltd (Sichuan Development) signed a strategic co-operation agreement and held a discussion meeting. Sunwah's Chairman Dr. Jonathan Choi and Sichuan Development Party-Secretary and Chairman Li Wen-qing witnessed the signing ceremony.

During the discussion meeting, both parties agreed that it was a great opportunity to expand investments in the Sichuan-Chengdu economic region and to strengthen each other's complementary advantages to develop the finance, cold storage logistics, aerial industries, industrial parks, and technology areas. It helped build the Sichuan-Chengdu region to a new dimension.

Sunwah's Executive Director Johnson Choi and Sichuan Development Vice Party-Secretary and General Manager Zhang Yi-gang signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties.

Sichuan Development was established in January 2009. It was a sole proprietorship of the Sichuan Provincial Government dedicated to the businesses of financial and asset management services. It helped Sichuan protection of added value assets and promotion of economic sustainable development.