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Time2014-11-04 | 17:00 - 19:00
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Venue:Grand Ballroom, 2M Floor, Mandarin Oriental Guangzhou 广州文华东方酒店2M 层 大宴会厅
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Fee:Members: 300RMB |
Non Members: 600RMB
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The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China Position Paper 2014/2015.
The Position Paper is the European Chamber’s most important annual publication. It compiles the latest assessments and concerns of European businesses operating in China with the aim to offer constructive recommendations to China’s policy-makers. These recommendations are offered in the spirit of mutual benefit to improve China’s business environment for both foreign and domestic companies, in order to promote China’s sustainable economic growth and further boost China’s development. The Position Paper 2014/2015 is written bottom-up by the European Chamber’s 1,800 member companies through its working groups and forums.
The European Chamber’s President, Jörg Wuttke, will lead the launch event to media and present an overview of the Executive Position Paper in addition to answering any questions that you may have.
Insights include:
• On-the-ground insights of the European Chamber’s 28 vertical industry working groups and nine horizontal working groups;
• An overview of how European business in China perceives the reform agenda as outlined in the Decision of the Central Committee’s Third Plenum;
• Opinions on a number of key recent developments and current issues, such as the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the advancement of rule of law in China, the investment environment for foreign companies in China and efforts to improve China’s environment and urbanisation processes, amongst others;
•Impacts of market-based business challenges and the significance of regulatory and market access barriers.
The information in the Position Paper 2014/2015 is based on input and analysis gathered over a year-long period from July 2013 to July 2014. This is the 14th edition of the European Business in China Position Paper.
Sponsorship packages are available for this event. For more information, please contact Ms. Rachel Chen:rchen@europeanchamber.com.cn or 020-3801 0467.
Agenda:
16:30 – 17:00 Registration and networking
17:00 – 17:05 Welcome by Mrs. Francine Hadjisotiriou, General Manager, European Chamber, PRD Chapter
17:05 – 17:45 Presentation of Executive Summary by Mr. Jörg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
17:45 – 18:50 Panel discussion regarding business environment in the PRD with participation of:
•Mr. Fanyan Han,Consultant Director, Investment Promotion and Foreign Economic Cooperation Division,Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province
•Mr. Benoit de Langalerie, Managing Director, Easybox
•Mr. Jörg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
•Mr. Alberto Vettoretti, Board Chair, PRD Chapter, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
18:50 – 19:00 Conclusions by Mrs. Francine Hadjisotiriou, General Manager, European Chamber, PRD Chapter
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
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Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
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.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.
Mr. Fanyan Han
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Mr. Fanyan Han
Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province is a provincial-level governmental department in charge of foreign trade and economic cooperation and port administration of the whole province.
Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province promotes the implementations of export markets diversification strategies; guides and supervises such events as domestic foreign trade fairs, exhibitions, as well as trade shows and fairs held abroad (overseas); and coordinates and supervises work regarding cross-strait trades.
Mr. Benoit de Langalerie
Mr. Benoit de Langalerie
Since 1O years in China, Benoit de Langalerie, cabinet maker, marquetry specialist & expert in luxury products and antiquities has been employed to set-up his first factory in 2005 at 24 years old for Chungnam corporation a very important family group of Hong Kong.
Since this time he is serving the most demanding peoples of the luxury market LVHM, PPR, RICHEMONT group, Philipe STARCK, CHANEL, BOUCHERON, CHAUMET, PIAGET, SHANGHAI TANG, HERMES etc… groups worldwide.
In 2010 he choose to share his experience and join a French companies GAINERIE 91, now leader in France in supplying the same luxury brands markets.
The company group GAINERIE 91 employed now 500 peoples, with a factory in Mauricius Island doing real leather luxury packaging ( Crocodile , Ostrich etc.. ), 2 productions plans in France with 40 employees, a sales office in Switzerland, in Italy and in New-York.
Doing 17M euros last year the company is booming for export and in the local market.
Mr. Alberto Vettoretti
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Mr. Alberto Vettoretti
Alberto was born in Italy, obtained a BA and MSc degree in the UK and has been living in Asia for over 20 years. He is the Managing Partner of Dezan Shira & Associates, one of the largest, independent, pan-Asia Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) firms with over 300 professionals and 19 offices in China, India, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia. The firm has also associated firms in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand under the Dezan Shira & Associates Asian Alliance brand.
Alberto is specialized in corporate structuring and management issues affecting foreign-invested enterprises in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam and sits on the board of various multinational corporations doing business in these countries.
He has consistently contributed to the firm’s subsidiary publishing company Asia Briefing Media, which produces a variety of titles related to doing business in Asia including; China Briefing, Vietnam Briefing, India Briefing and ASEAN Briefing. Alberto’s comments also regularly appear in international publications such as The Financial Times, The South China Morning Post, Il Sole 24 Ore, China Daily and a host of other local and internationally recognized publications.
Alberto is a member of YPO, a former Vice Chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the former Chairman of its South China Chapter and an International Advisor to the Guangzhou Government.