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Time2019-12-06 - 2019-12-07 | 09:30 - 17:00
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Venue:Kande International Hotel | 东莞市康帝国际酒店
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Fee:Members: Free |
Non Members: Free
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2019 China (Guangdong) - Europe Investment and Innovation Cooperation Conference (CEIICC) is a two-day event jointly hosted by the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the European Chamber. CEIICC 2019 is organised by the Dongguan Municipal People's Government and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province.
The 3rd Annual China (Guangdong) - Europe Investment and Innovation Cooperation Conference (CEIICC) will bring together top European and Chinese leaders of politics and economics, with an aim to better synchronise the development of “Smart Manufacturing,” and “Comprehensive Economic Cooperation,” against the backdrop of the budding Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Initiative and Made in China 2025 Initiative. The conference will include an opening ceremony, presentations from European and Chinese officials, seminars, B2B match-making events, and company visits.
Following speeches by both representatives of Europe and China, conference attendees will discuss local investment opportunities in Guangdong, especially within the hosting city of Dongguan. Participants will also attend a presentation on the “Foreign Investment Law,” and learn important details about how their companies may be impacted. The provided lunch and dinner will also provide a perfect, friendly and professional atmosphere to facilitate talks between business participants and government officials. After a day of conferences, attendees will have the opportunity to join in-field inspections and company visits will be held at nearby industrial parks.
Due to the participation of high-level political leaders, we reserve the right to make changes to the agenda of the Business Summit. ID is required on the day to be granted admittance.
Eligibility: As the Chamber represents the voice of European business in China, please note that we will be targeting European enterprises to register through us.
To register for the CEIICC Conference, please click the "Register Now" button on the top right of this page. Please be informed that the registration you complete on this website does not guarantee your admission to the event. Your attendance will only be confirmed upon receiving an official registration form for you to fill out. Thank you for your understanding.
After registering, our partner from Helis and Associates, Ms. Sasha Zhu (sasha.zhu@helis-associates.com), will contact you and confirm your registration by sending you a form to fill out along with additional information regarding your free accommodation. For Chamber Advisory Council Members who would like to register please contact Laura Alvarez Mendivil at lamendivil@europeanchamber.com.cn.
Agenda:
December 6th, 2019 (Friday)
Session One – Formal Greetings
09:30- 09:55
· Guest registration
· Provincial officials and European Delegation Introductory Meeting
Session Two – Main Conference
10:00- 10:15
· Opening ceremony and Guest Introduction
· Opening remarks by Ministry of Commerce Representative and European Chamber President, Mr. Jörg Wuttke
10:15- 10:30 Speech by the Ambassador of the European Union to China, Mr. Nicolas Chapuis
10:30- 10:50 Keynote Speech by Guangdong Province Governor Mr. Ma Xingrui
10:50- 11:00 Dongguan Leaders Promote Investment Opportunities in Dongguan Municipal People’s Government
11:00- 11:05 Dongguan Investment Opportunity Signing Ceremony
11:05- 11:10 Tea break
11:10- 12:30 Presentation on the "Foreign Investment Law" and the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Initiative"
Session Three – Lunch and Social Hour
12:40- 14:00 Luncheon
Session Four – Breakout Parallel Sessions
14:00- 16:00
· Seminar 1: “Into Germany” Economic and Trade Investment Exchange
· Seminar 2: 5G Industrial Cooperation and Outlook
· Seminar 3: Deepening Open Cooperation between Guangdong and Europe
16:00-17:30 Break, refreshments, and networking
December 7th, 2019 (Saturday)
Business Inspection Session – at Various Company Headquarters
9:00- 12:00 Company and factory inspections (to be arranged with Huawei European Town, Neutron Science City, Guangdong Topstar Technology Co., Ltd., Luxottica Tristar Optical Co.)
12:30- 13:30 Lunch
Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
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. Nicolas Chapuis
Mr. Nicolas Chapuis
Mr. Chapuis began his career in the 1980s as the Press Attaché at the Embassy of France in Beijing. In 1983, he was appointed Second Secretary (Political Affairs) at the Embassy of France in Beijing and then Desk Officer for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia at the Asia-Oceania Department of France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Between 1987 and 1988, he was a CFIA Fellow at Harvard University.
In 1988 and 1989, he held the position of Desk Officer for NATO & European Security at the Political Affairs Department of France’s MFA. From 1989 to 1992, he was the Cultural Counsellor at the Embassy of France in Beijing.
Mr. Chapuis's diplomatic career continued in the role of Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of France in Singapore. Following this, he held the position of Personal Assistant to the Deputy General Secretary for European and Economic Affairs at the MFA before becoming the Deputy Director (East Asia) of the Asia-Oceania Department of the MFA from 1995 to 1998.
In 1998, returned to China as the Consul General in Shanghai. Between 2002 and 2003, he was First Counsellor (Cultural Affairs) at the Embassy of France in the United Kingdom and the Director of Institut français du Royaume-Uni.
From 2003 until 2005 Mr. Chapuis served as Ambassador of France in Mongolia and in 2005–2009 he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of France in Beijing.
In 2009–2010, served as Prefect of the département of Hautes-Alpes. Following this, held the position of Chief Coordinator of the MFA WikiLeaks Taskforce until 2011.
Mr. Chapuis has been the Ambassador of France to Canada since February 4th, 2015. In September 2018 was nominated as Head of the EU Delegation to China