The Indianapolis Chinese Community Center Inc. hosted a Chinese New Year celebration on January 28, 2014 at Clay Middle School in Carmel Indiana. The event featured ICCCI’s dragon dance group as well as the Zhejiang Performing Arts Troupe from China performing traditional Chinese dances, songs, acrobatics, and magic. ACSI was pleased to be able to sponsor this event which brought a distinct taste of Chinese culture to Central Indiana.

ACSI attended the Bedford Indiana Chamber of Commerce meeting on January 23rd where Colin Renk gave the meeting’s opening presentation  covering the basics of Indiana – China economic and cultural relations as well as an overview of ACSI.  Nearly 40 Bedford Chamber members were present including representatives from ACSI member organizations Gaylor and the Lawrence County Economic Growth Council.

ACSI is delighted to announce Eli Lilly and Company as its newest charter member. Lilly’s global corporate headquarters is located in Indianapolis and drives Indiana’s thriving pharmaceutical industry as the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Lilly employees nearly 11,000 people in Indiana alone and has approximately 38,000 employees worldwide. The company markets its products in 125 countries and has manufacturing plants located in 13 countries. China is the highest priority geography in Lilly emerging markets. ACSI looks forward to having Eli Lilly and Company in our growing network as a both an Indiana and global business leader.