The CBBC China Outbound Conference
22nd October 2014
Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace Hotel
Yunnan Dasha, North-East 3rd Ring Road, Chaoyang District
Programme (provisional)
08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Networking
09:00 - 12:30
PLENARY SESSION
09:00 - 09:20
Opening Remarks
Lord Sassoon, Chairman, China-Britain Business Council
09:20 - 09:50
Keynote Speeches: UK-China Partnerships in Overseas Markets
Topics:
 The UK’s investment environment
 Partnerships with UK companies around the world
 Investment prospects worldwide for Chinese investors
Keynote speakers:
 Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, UK
(TBC)
 Hu Zucai, Vice Chairman, NDRC; or Zhang Xiangchen, Assistant Minister, Mofcom
(TBC)
 Senior representative, Bank of China
09:50 - 10:40
Panel 1: Chinese Investment: Global Prospects
China's foreign exchange reserves reached $3.7 trillion by the end of 2013, while outbound
investment, which has seen average annual growth of 20 per cent for the past five years,
exceeded US$90 billion worldwide in 2013, according to the Ministry of Commerce. This
session will investigate the nature of this investment and the prospects for Chinese and British
companies seeking to partner around the world, including the UK.
The panel will give the benefit of their expertise and experience on how Chinese enterprises
can structure outbound investment, including the importance of effective PR in overseas
markets.
Moderator:
Sir Tom Troubridge, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Panellists:
Dr Catherine Raines, Minister & Director-General, UKTI, China (TBC)
Peter Batey OBE, Chairman, Vermilion Partners Ltd
Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
Senior representative from Jersey Finance
10:40 - 11:20
Tea break
11:20 - 12:15
Panel 2: A Conversation with Chinese Investors
The UK is the most popular destination in Europe for Chinese investors and the fourth in
the world, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Chinese investment in the UK amounted to
US$4 billion between January and April 2014, exceeding the total for the whole of 2013. The
UK, one of the world’s most open economies, welcomes Chinese investment in sectors from
infrastructure to retail, food and drink, advanced technology, life sciences and healthcare,
creative and media and professional services.
In this session, Chinese investors will relate their practical experience of investing in the UK
and discuss what they learned. Also under discussion will be the UK’s position as a
springboard for investors to the EU and the rest of the world.
Moderator:
Stephen Phillips, Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council
Panellists:
Panellists will include major Chinese investors in the UK such as Mr. Zheng Hongchang,
Chairman from China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp (confirmed),China Investment
Corporation and Wanda (both to be confirmed). Other invited speakers include the FT Chinese,
Fosun, ABP and Greenland.
12:15 - 12:30
Q&A Session
12:30 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 - 16:00
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
14:00 - 16:00
Breakout Session A: Regeneration, Property & Infrastructure
Panel 1: Regeneration, Property & Infrastructure - Investing in sustained growth
Regeneration and property has been one of the most popular sectors for Chinese investment
in the UK. Together with the industry surrounding it, it is vital for continued economic growth,
helping to strengthen communities and upgrade the value of land. The UK offers high-quality
regeneration and real estate opportunities for investors, including residential, commercial,
retail and leisure ventures. A strong pipeline of projects, currently valued at over £100 billion
and at various stages of development, makes the UK very attractive to international investors.
Moderator:
Stephen Phillips, Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council
Panellists:
Sir Michael Bear, Chairman, Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO), UK Trade &
Investment (TBC)
Jeff Cao, Head of Asia Pacific, London & Partners
Lindsey Ashworth, Development Director, Peel Holdings
Senior representative, Mott MacDonald
Panel 2: Infrastructure Cooperation - The role of PPP in UK-China third-market collaboration
China and the UK have a long tradition of partnerships in infrastructure projects. The
complementary skills and expertise of each country in delivering affordable, efficient and
sustainable infrastructure creates an ideal basis on which to establish strategic infrastructure
partnerships in China, the UK or third markets such as Africa and South America. Such projects
need both investment and financing, and there are inherent risks dependent on the size of
the investment, build times and the involvement of different partners. Effective financing
tools are crucial to successful implementation. This panel will analyse how public-private
partnerships can serve as a tool for risk mitigation and cost-sharing, and panellists will look
into the current state of adaptation of PPP in projects around the world.
Moderator:
Stephen Phillips, Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council
Panellists:
Panellists to be announced soon.
14:00 - 16:00
Breakout Session B: Advanced Technology
Panel 1: The UK’s policies and commercial environment for Chinese investors
Investors need to clearly understand policy and conditions in their target market. In this
panel, focusing on advanced technology, we will look at support policies for two-way
international business from both the Chinese side and the UK side. Panellists will examine the
nature of the demand for Chinese companies’ international expansion, and attendees will
hear Chinese companies’ own perception of the UK’s commercial environment in technologydriven sectors.
Moderator:
Mark Wareing, Advanced Manufacturing (Engineering) Officer, UK Trade & Investment (TBC)
Panellists:
Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and Business
Ambassador for the UK
Patrick Horgan, Regional Director, North-East Asia, Rolls-Royce (TBC)
Zeng Guang’an, President of Liugong Group (TBC)
Further panellists to be announced soon.
Panel 2: Successful joint projects in the automotive sector
Successful investors will relate their experience and specific advice concerning the automotive
sector and UK-China collaboration in this field. This will be followed by a panel discussion
investigating the benefits of cooperation between Chinese and UK companies and what each
side learned from the cooperation.
Moderator:
Qiurong Zhang, Sector Head, Advanced Manufacturing & Technology, China-Britain Business
Council
Panellists:
Lin Xiaohu, General Manager, London Taxi Product Line Geely
Qiao Jun, Chief Engineer, Chang’an Automotive
Sui Guoqing, Joint CEO Europe, Shandong Dongying Yongtai
Kit Halliday, Joint CEO, Covpress Holding, UK (TBC)
Panel 3: How to restructure the value chain in a wider UK-China life sciences sector
The UK and China have a longstanding relationship in the life sciences. But how will a new,
broader life sciences sector be defined in terms of the demands of the Chinese healthcare
system and NHS reform? Which new elements will contribute to the value chain?
And what will people in each country require from the life sciences sector?
This panel will consider the work of the Healthcare Trade & Investment Working Group of the
UK-China Joint Economic Trade Commission (JETC), evaluating the existing value chain and
asking what the modernisation of China’s life sciences sector will bring to the UK. They will
also look from the Chinese perspective at how it can benefit from being a late mover in the
market. Will China investors move in for British R&D facilities?
Finally, panellists will explore the question of Sino-UK partnerships in Africa, relating their
own experience of third-country ventures.
Moderator:
Xu Ming, Vice President, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines
and Health Products (CCCMHPIE), Ministry of Commerce
Panellists:
Panellists will include a Chinese enterprise in the life sciences, a Chinese think tank on national
life sciences strategy and leading British companies in this field in China, e.g. LGC Standards.
14:00 - 16:00
Breakout Session C: Consumer & Retail
Panel 1: Competing in one of the world’s most advanced retail markets
The UK is a sophisticated retail market with a well-established background in e-commerce,
as well as intense competition between companies and rapid innovation and change. This
environment has led to the development of world-leading operations and services for
advanced retailing. This panel will look at the opportunities for Chinese companies
partnering with UK service providers to invest in the UK retail market, and how together they
can adopt leading technologies and methods to gain a competitive advantage worldwide.
Panel 2: Building strong Chinese brands in global retailing
Chinese companies have worked hard to establish trusted premium brands overseas. The
highly competitive and mature UK retail market offers them the chance to develop new brand
bases by partnering with high-quality UK partners and service providers. This panel will look at
the potential for establishing world-leading Chinese retail brands in the UK market, including a
look at the prospects of recent high-profile Chinese investments, an analysis of previous
brand overhaul cases, and discussion of how UK partners can enable Chinese companies to
establish strong brand-building expertise.
Moderator:
Michael Charlton, Deputy Director-General and Director, Retail, Culture & Experience
Economy (RCE), UK Trade & Investment
Panellists:
Panellists will include leading British and Chinese retailers as well as service providers with
expertise in the consumer and retail sector.
16:10 - 16:30
CLOSING REMARKS - Lord Sassoon, Chairman, China-Britain Business Council
16:30 - 18:00
Networking Cocktail Reception
Registration fees
Full-Day Conference
Before 24th September 2014
From 24th September 2014
CBBC & BritCham members
RMB 1,000
RMB 1,800
Partners of CBBC & BritCham
RMB 1,200
RMB 2,000
Corporate Rate (5+)
Buy five tickets get one free
Buy five tickets get one free
Standard Rate
RMB 2,000
RMB 3,000
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