As the trade war drags on between the United States and China a large gathering of business interests from that country were in Chicago this week.

The China General Chamber of Commerce - USA celebrated 40 years of working between the counties. Governor JB Pritzker said at the event that Illinois business remains good friends with China.

Pritzker took time to highlight to the Chinese business interests at the event that the state is working with a balanced budget and planning billions in infrastructure spending.