China’s outward FDI stock reached US$317 billion by the end of 2010 and occupied the eighteenth position in the global ranking of the home countries of OFDI. Although, compared to the US and most European countries. China is still a newcomer in the club of world leading home countries in foreign direct investment, the speed with which China in catching up with the traditional leading home countries of multinational investment is impressive and quite unique. While worldwide FDI dropped by 40 percent between 2007 and 2010, Chinese FDI outflow rose by 123 per cent during the same period.
In the context of The Antwerp Forum (to be held in Antwerp on November 22-23), the Euro-China Centre of the Antwerp Management School carried out a study on Chinese direct investment in Europe in order to find out more about the specific characteristics of European based Chinese corporate and entrepreneurial companies .
On the basis of a pan-European database of 4,676 Chinese companies located in 28 European countries, the study attempts to describe and analyse the geographical and sectoral distribution of Chinese companies in Europe and provide insights into several important aspects of Chinese multinational enterprises, which are hardly ever explored in the literature, i.e. corporate management and control, multinational entrepreneurship and links with the local and transnational ethnic Chinese business communities.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to an exclusive seminar with Daniel Van Den Bulcke and Haiyan Zhang at 16:00 on Monday, 31st October, at Kempinski Hotel.
At this seminar, a part of this study will be “pre-released” for the first time about the following topics:
• Development and trends of China’s OFDI in Europe;
• Geographical agglomeration and sector distribution of Chinese companies in Europe;
• Entry forms and joint venture partnerships;
• Management structure and control;
• Contribution of ethnic Chinese communities to the internationalisation of Chinese companies in Europe
The Speakers:
Daniel Van Den Bulcke, Emeritus Professor of International Management and Development at the University of Antwerp (bio)
Haiyan Zhang, Associate professor at Antwerp Management School and artesis University College (bio)
The Agenda:
16:00-16:30 Registration
16:30-18:00 Presentation
18:00-19:00 Networking