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ACBW Forum
Crown Studio Three
Thursday 22 October
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8.45am - 9.00
Registration |
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9.00 - 9.30
Welcome Address
John Rashleigh, Chairman ABF
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9.30 -10.10
Strengthen Cooperation and Open Up a New Era
Chinese Delegation will present opportunities in Taizhou.
Taizhou is a city of China's Zhejiang province near the East Sea, located at the southern part of Yangtze Delta, covering a land area of nearly ten thousand square km, a sea area of eighty thousand square km. The coastline of Taizhou is 745 kilometres and its population is 5.65 million.
Luqiao is the most important district of Taizhou, a city full of vitality and hope.
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10.10 - 10.40
Networking Coffee/Tea Break
Chinese Delegates
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10.40 - 11.10
Opening Keynote - China's Business Challenges and Opportunities - What's New
Share some of the new changes that China has been experiencing, and how these changes bring new implications, opportunities, and challenges for Australian businesses. This includes; New areas of focus, The generation continuum and how it’s affecting business, China’s growing currency reserves / RMB appreciation, China’s “going out” party and Opportunities for Australian businesses.
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11.10 - 12.00
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12.00 - 1.00
Lunch
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1.00 - 1.45
The Online Business Connection For Australia & China – Alibaba.com
- Ken Lu, Regional Marketing Manager, Asia-Pacific
With
the global recession still looming, this forum will appeal to a broader
audience by discussing issues relating to Australia and China business
dealings on a relatively microeconomic level. Specifically, the focus
will be on the increasing role the internet and e-commerce plays in
facilitating small-to-medium enterprises to conduct global trade, in
both a buyer and supplier perspective.
Alibaba.com, the world’s largest online B2B marketplace will be used as
a focal point in demonstrating how even the smallest businesses can
conduct cross-border trade on a major scale with ease and simplicity.
Ken will share experiences with Alibaba.com and provide advice on how
Australian SMEs can best capitalize on using an online trading platform
to meet their bottom-line goals.
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1.45 - 2.15
Macau - Business Travel - Mile and Opportunities
- Reg MacDonald CEO Fly Viva Macau
Macau is a major destination for both business travel and the MICE industry and a Special Administrative Region and a major location within the Southern China Region. Viva Macau is the only airline that services Australia directly from Macau. Reg Mac Donald provides an insight into the growing opportunities and developments of Macau.
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2.15 - 3.45
Hong Kong - A Better Way to China
- Cameron Boardman Invest HK
- Lorna Wong Director HKETO
With
Australia's international attention firmly focussed on China for the
last few years, the role and advantages of the Mainland's Special
Administrative Region of Hong Kong as a vehicle for China business has
been underestimated is some quarters. Hong Kong remains a vibrant,
regulated, progressive and English speaking city whose links and
association to China are without peer.
Hong Kong itself also is a
significant market in its own right which cannot be left out of any
Australian businesses' China strategy. In this session you will hear
from specialist Hong Kong Government representatives including Invest
Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, Austrade,
Austcham Hong Kong and professional service providers and companies
themselves of the best way to access China through Hong Kong and the
opportunities for Australian companies in this regard.
Specific information will be presented on the Hong Kong domestic
economy, the Closer Economic Partner Arrangement and the Double Tax
Agreement between Hong Kong and China, appropriate business structures
and how Invest Hong Kong and Austrade can help Australian businesses
achieve their goals.
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3.45 - 4.15
Hong Kong: Your Bridge to China & Asia's Trade Fair Capital
-Bonnie Shek –Director Australia & NZ- HKTDC
Hong Kong has established itself as the world's top
trade service hub, a merchandise centre and is renowned as the trade
fair capital in Asia. With the completion of the HK Convention &
Exhibition Center expansion project, larger scale international mega
events can now be held in HK. In this session, latest updates on HK's
integration with the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region and reasons why you
should consider PRD in your China entry strategy will be provided. You
will also learn how to use the various trade fairs to market your
products/service and establish sourcing channels to ensure your
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4.15 - 4.50
Keynote
- Minister Industry and Trade, The Hon. Martin Pakula MP
Victoria’s strong and long-standing relationship with China, our largest trading partner, is evolving in the new century.
Victoria’s unique mix of strengths is creating new opportunities to further strengthen our partnership with China in transforming and enabling industries like ICT, biotechnology and manufacturing R&D, and as a supplier of high value-added goods and services like foods and beverages, tertiary education, professional and technical services, tourism and entertainment. The 2009 Australia China Business Week Forum provides a high level platform to further explore these new opportunities for Victoria and China for our shared economic and cultural benefit.
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4.50 - 5.00
Closing
- John Rashleigh - Chair - ABF |
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