BEIJING INVESTMENT & COOPERATION FORUM AGENDA
Hosted by Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau
(http://www.investbeijing.gov.cn/english/index.do)

 
 BEIJING INVESTMENT & COOPERATION FORUM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008   
Reception / Check in: 9:30 AM; Forum: 10 AM to Noon; Luncheon: 12:10 to 1:30
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
No fee to attend; advance registration required

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9:30-10:00       Check in / Coffee

10:00-10:05     Opening Remarks by Patricia Yeh, Associate, Project Manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and Board of Directors, Cal-Asia Business Council 
       
10:05               Welcome remarks by Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco

10:05-10:10      Welcome remarks from Office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

10:10-10:30  Speech by Mr. Zhou Weimin, Deputy Director-General of Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau, on Beijing’s investment environment, resource advantages, industrial development, and the policies of Chinese companies “Going overseas”

10:30-10:40     Q&A moderated by Chair Patricia Yeh

10:40-10:50     Speech by an American company, which has business in Beijing, on its experience and impression of Beijing’s economic development (TBA)

10:50-11:10      Q&A moderated by Chair Patricia Yeh, Coffee Break

11:10-11:20      Speech by Ms. Yang Jingyi, Deputy Director of Chanyang District Investment Promotion Bureau, Beijing, on the development of Central Business District and business opportunities

11:20-11:30      Q&A moderated by Chair Patricia Yeh

11:30-11:45      Vivien Wang, Senior Manager of International Tax, Deloitte’s San Jose Office, on Tax Related Issues of Doing Business in China, including Chinese Corporate Income Tax Law and preferential tax policies

11:45-11:55      Q&A moderated by Patricia Yeh

11:55-12:05      Speech by Mr. Chen Gang, Deputy Chief of Investment Promotion Office, Zhongguancun Science Park on IT industry development and business opportunities

12:05-12:10      Q&A moderated by Chair Patricia Yeh

12:10-13:30     Seated Luncheon
Hosts
Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce
Beijing Industry Promotion Bureau
Forum Organizer
California-Asia Business Council (Cal-Asia) - www.calasia.org
Co-Sponsors
Consulate General of the P. R. China, SF; Deloitte-Chinese Services Group
Affiliate Organizations: Harvard Club of San Francisco; CINA; Association of Asian American Bankers