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EventsHKSARG and HKTDC Announce 2nd Belt and Road Summit08.09.2017 The second Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade
Development Council (HKTDC), will be held on 11 September (Monday) at the Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The inaugural summit last May was
attended by Zhang Dejiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Chairman of the
Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic
of China, who delivered a keynote speech. The summit was attended by some 2,400
government officials and business leaders from 48 countries and regions. Building on the momentum of the last
Summit, this year’s event will adopt the theme “From Vision to Action”. It will
once again invite government officials, entrepreneurs and industry experts from
Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and countries along the Belt and Road to share
their viewpoints and timely insight about the Belt and Road Initiative as well
as related investment and business opportunities. Belt and Road topics under focus:
infrastructure investment and ASEAN opportunities The HKTDC will bring its extensive
research on the Initiative and insight from various honorary advisors to the
Summit to provide participants with in-depth, accurate analyses on a variety of
topics. These will range from the policies of different countries and regional
developments to opportunities for individual industries. The first panel is titled “Investing
in Belt and Road: Dialogue with Policymakers”. It will be chaired by Laura Cha,
Chairman of Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council, who will speak
with Edward Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the HKSAR
Government, Andrzej Adamczyk, Poland’s Minister of Infrastructure and
Construction, and related ministers from Belt and Road countries and regions
about policies related to the Initiative. Another panel will be hosted by Bernard
Chan, President of the Asia Financial Holdings Limited and convenor of Hong
Kong’s Executive Council. He will join leaders from the infrastructure sector
in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and ASEAN to examine “Partnerships with
ASEAN: Growth through Infrastructure”. The speakers will share their experience
with investing in infrastructure projects in ASEAN countries and how demand for
such projects is booming. They will also discuss how Hong Kong businesses can
leverage their existing advantages to capture new opportunities. From vision to action: thematic
sessions In addition to the main panels, there
will be three thematic breakout forums in the afternoon. The first,
co-organised by the HKTDC and the HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation
Office, will invite representatives of international financial institutions to
discuss how to capture infrastructure investment and financing opportunities
through Hong Kong. Another forum, co-organised with the Department of Justice,
the Government of the HKSAR, will invite legal experts to explore how
enterprises can use Hong Kong as a platform for infrastructure dispute
resolution. The third forum will invite young
business leaders from Hong Kong and ASEAN countries to share their views on
Belt and Road opportunities for entrepreneurs. Speakers will include Pawoot
Pongvitayapanu, CEO of TARAD.com; Dato’ Seri Ivan Teh, CEO & Managing
Director of Fusionex, Malaysia; and Hong Kong’s Glendy Choi, Executive Director
& Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong’s D&G Technology Holding Co,
Ltd, and Nicholas Ho, Deputy Managing Director of hpa. Participants can freely
join the forums based on their interests and business needs. Business matching sessions to forge
partnerships under the Initiative In addition, project owners or
operators, investors and service providers can participate in investment and
business matching sessions to explore cooperation and realise the Summit’s
theme, “From Vision to Action”. Summit participants will also find banks and
financial institutions, infrastructure related service providers and various
professional services in the event’s the exhibition area, offering further
support for their thriving Belt and Road businesses.
As one of the events celebrating the
20th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR, this year’s Belt and Road
Summit is supported by a wide range of relevant sectors, embodying the key
theme of the celebration events “Together‧Progress‧Opportunity”.
Some 40 global business leaders are serving as honorary advisors for the event.
The China International Capital Corporation Limited is its Strategic Partner
while the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited is the Diamond Sponsor. back »» |
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