Belgium sent the largest trade mission ever to China with 632 business leaders and officials, presided by HRH Princess Astrid. Five federal and regional ministers joined the mission: HE Didier Reynders, Federal Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Defense; HE Pieter De Crem, Federal Minister of the Interior, Security and Foreign Trade; HE Jan Jambon, Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Foreign Policy, Culture, IT and Facilities; HE Willy Borsus, Vice Minister-President of the Walloon Government and Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, Research & Development and Agriculture; and HE Pascal Smet, Secretary of State for the Brussels Capital Region, responsible for Urbanization, European and International Relations and Foreign Trade.