A year and a half ago, President Xi Jinping took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos and asserted that China would step up to take a leading role in the global economic system and further open up to international business. The subsequent promulgation of a pair of documents from the State Council (#5') and frequent announcements by China’s top leadership underlined this intention further.
While the pace of reform has accelerated, compared to the demands of the rapidly developing Chinese economy, China’s reforms are, in absolute terms, still insufficient and incomplete.
In the report 18 Months Since Davos: How China’s Vision Became a Reform Imperative, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China seeks to answer a number of questions raised about the post Davos agenda and how it impacts European business operating in China.
How can China’s drive for a strong R&D environment be reconciled with existing issues over intellectual property and unfair technology transfers? Is the lifting of equity caps meaningful in a business environment that is laden with administrative burdens? And how valuable is openness in sectors already dominated by SOEs?
Agenda
14:00 – 14:30 Registration
14:30 – 14:40 Welcome remarks by Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in
China, Shanghai Chapter
14:40 – 15:05 18 Months Since Davos: How China’s Vision Became a Reform Imperative, Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice
President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Shanghai Chapter Chairman
15:05-15:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
Moderator: Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Shanghai Chapter
Panellists:
- Serafino Bartolozzi, Vice Chairman of the Board, European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter and Vice Chair
of the Auto Components Working Group
- Isabelle Hajjar, Vice Chair, ICT Working Group, European Chamber
- Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber and Chairman of the Shanghai Board
15:30-15:40 Closing Remarks by Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China,
Shanghai Chapter
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