Experts Talk | From Blueprint to Implementation: Made in China 2025 Go back »
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Time2022-01-12 | 15:00 - 16:30
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Venue:Zoom Online/European Chamber Beijing Office C405
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Address:Zoom Online/C405, Beijing Lufthansa Center, Liangmaqiao Road 50, Beijing
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Fee:Members: 200 |
Non Members: 400
Onsite seats will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis, please indicate when submitting your registration.
The German strategy for Industre 4.0 envisages comprehensive digitalisation of industrial production and acts as a worldwide benchmark in terms of industry modernization and the integration of manufacturing processes.
Often perceived as inspired by Germany’s Industry 4.0, China’s national strategy titled "Made in China 2025" was launched in 2015 to promote and support the development of advanced industries and technologies. The strategy identifies ten core industries, such as robotics, power equipment and next-generation IT, in which China wants to achieve major breakthroughs and create globally competitive companies. Six years later after its official launch, the strategy has moved from blueprint to implementation and been constantly updated.
As such, how China has adjusted its industrial policy at the local and national levels? what is the status quo and prospects of manufacturing revolution brought by innovation and digitalization? What are the considerations for China’s further investment in research and development in strategically important industries and how it would impact European businesses in China and abroad?
In this edition of the European Chamber’s Experts Talk Series, we are delighted to welcome Mr Denis Depoux, Global Managing Director; President and Managing Director China from Roland Berger and Mr Ronald Metschies, Project Director, Sino-German Cooperation in the Area of Industrie 4.0, GIZ to answer these and other questions.
Agenda
15:00–15:05 Opening Remarks
· Joerg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber
15:05–15:35 Presentation: Made in China 2025, where we stand and how it affects foreign companies in China
· Denis Depoux, Global Managing Director; President and Managing Director China; Roland Berger
15:35–16:00 Expert Dialogue
· Denis Depoux, Global Managing Director; President and Managing Director China; Roland Berger
· Ronald Metschies, Project Director, Sino-German Cooperation in the Area of Industrie 4.0, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Hosted by Joerg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber
16:00-16:30 Q&A
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing.
Jörg Wuttke was President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2023. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin. He lived in China for more than 30 years.
Mr. Denis Depoux
Mr. Denis Depoux
Denis Depoux began his career in China in 1993 with French energy giant EDF before entering the management consulting industry. In 2001, Depoux joined Roland Berger, focusing on the energy and environmental sectors, and sharing his strong consulting expertise and rich industry experience in the US, Europe and Asia.
Depoux has been actively supporting the firm's Greater China operations since 2007. Since moving to Shanghai in 2015, he has contributed a lot to the transformation towards the new Roland Berger in this region. For Roland Berger Greater China, he has been committedly overseeing a wide variety of Competence Centers. In 2020, Denis was elected Managing Director and has been devoted to the management of Roland Berger's global affairs.
In the energy and utilities sector, Depoux has supported the transformation of major European players throughout the energy market's transition facing a more liberalized and competitive market. He has made extensive contributions in the areas of new products and services, the development of wholesale-market trading, risk management, the development of energy services, etc. He has also advised on several major mergers of European energy players and supported the expansion of electricity and natural-gas players into Europe, the Americas and Asia. More recently, Depoux has supported European and Asian energy players in addressing challenges raised by the trends toward low-carbon energy, energy efficiency, decentralized energy generation and the Internet of energy.
Beyond the energy sector, Depoux has extensive experience in performance and operations improvement, operational and G&A cost reduction, purchasing process transformation, screening, commercial and strategic due diligence for acquisition targets, post-merger integration and organization and governance.
Depoux is a key speaker at top-level forums in Asia, including the Boao Forum for Asia, World Knowledge Forum and China Development Forum. As one of the leading foreign experts working in China, he was invited to a New Year meeting with Chinese Premier to discuss the nation's development. Besides, Depoux often shares his insights on trendy topics both inside and outside China by taking interviews and writing articles for mainstream media channels, including People's Daily, CCTV and Caijing.
Mr. Ronald Metschies
Mr. Ronald Metschies
Ronald Metschies heads the Sino-German Industrie 4.0 Project as a Project Director at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH. The I4.0 Project was commissioned by the German Ministry for Economic Affairs in 2016 and implements the official cooperation on Intelligent Manufacturing with German and Chinese partners from government, the private sector and academia.
In the past seven years, Mr Metschies has been advising Sino-German political dialogues up to State Secretary Level while moderating Sino-German expert groups to develop policy recommendations for governments in both countries. His recently published study ”China's Regions on the Move to Industrie 4.0” was developed in cooperation with Germany Trade and Invest and sheds light on current digitization initiatives of China's 10 leading industrial regions.
Mr Metschies’ previous work engagements include the German Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Federation of German Industries as well as advisory to the European Commission.