The implementation of “Going Global” strategy is a major strategic move for China to further enhance the level of opening up. In order to allow more global-going Chinese enterprises to share overseas investment opportunities and experience, the 2017 Chinese Enterprises Outbound Investment Conference (CEOIC) is to be held by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on November 16-17th, at the Meixi Lake Hotel in Changsha, Hunan Province, with Hunan Sub-Council of CCPIT, Changsha Municipal Government and Investment Promotion Center of CCPIT (IPC-CCPIT) as co-organizers of this event.
CEOIC has been successfully held for ten editions since the year of 2007, which has made positive contributions to overseas investment opportunity promotion and globalization of Chinese enterprises. 2017 CEOIC, themed as “To Inaugurate a New Era of Cross-Border Investment & Service under the Belt and Road Initiative”, and focusing on "Tendency of Transnational Investment" and "International Cooperation on Production Capacity"along the Belt and Road countries,will probe into issues including Agricultural International Cooperation, Overseas Economic & Trade Cooperation Zone, Support Service forTransnational Investment, as well as Intelligent Manufacturing.
In this event, government officials from various countries, renowned experts in related fields, directors of foreign trade and investment promotion institutions, as well as leading entrepreneurs will give presentations and conduct in-depth discussions and communications on topics, including but not limited to, how to support and promote Chinese enterprises to carry out cross-border investment and operation.
Through this event, participants will not only be able to deepen their understanding of overseas investment opportunities and relative policies, but also have the opportunity to communicate directly with senior directors from public and private sectors worldwide, laying a good foundation for future cooperation and development.
Draft agenda:
Thursday, Nov. 16th, 2017
14:00-17:00 Registration
18:00-20:00 Welcome Dinner (By Invitation Only)
Friday, Nov. 17th, 2017
08:00 Registration
09:00-09:40 Opening Ceremony
09:40-10:00 Agreement Signing Ceremony and Release
10:00-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:20 Plenary Session I: Tendency of Transnational Investment
With the reshaping of global economy, transnational investment has taken on a series of new trends. How could Chinese enterprises in this era take the pulse of the market and seize the strategic opportunities to get fully engaged in the “Belt and Road” construction and international capacity cooperation?
11:20-12:20 Plenary Session Ⅱ: International Cooperation on Production Capacity
Promoting international cooperation on production capacity will make economies give full play to their own superiority and involve their production factors in the global production, which will lead to mutually beneficial win-win cooperation and achieve mutual development. The cooperation on production capacity will also give impetus to industrial transformation and upgrading of countries, push forward reform and opening-up to higher level, and strengthen the countries' international competitiveness.
12:20-13:30 Buffet Luncheon
13:30-15:00 Parallel Meeting I: Agricultural International Cooperation
In recent years, China has accelerated the implementation of agricultural “Going Global” strategy. The abundant agricultural resources of over 60 countries along the Belt and Road have provided Chinese agriculture with a convenient access to the world. based on the foundation of current agricultural international cooperation, how can Chinese agriculture make full use of the potential of international cooperation, increase overseas investment in “grand agriculture” and make breakthroughs in key fields and directions?
13:30-15:00 Parallel Meeting Ⅱ: Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone
As a clustered development base for Chinese enterprises overseas, overseas economic and trade cooperation zones have effectively promoted the mutual benefits and common development of both host countries and China. A batch of relatively well-formed cooperation zones have played an important role in attracting more Chinese enterprises to invest and build factories in host countries, and in promoting the transformation and upgrading of the local economy. How can Chinese enterprises make better use of this investment promotion platform and achieve clustered “going global”?
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-17:00 Parallel Meeting Ⅲ:Support Servicefor Transnational Investment
The implementation of the “Belt and Road Initiative” has brought Chinese enterprises not only great opportunities, but also a lot of risks and challenges. Countries along the Belt and Road differ greatly from each other in aspects including but not limited to legal system, market access, financial &taxation regulation and environment & labor protection. Many of them still have a long way to go to achieve political and economic stability, to realize the rule of law, and to create a facilitated business environment. Under the circumstances,how should global-going Chinese enterprises make full use of professional services in fields such as finance, law, insurance and taxation to secure their overseas business and investments?
15:20-17:00 Parallel Meeting Ⅳ: Intelligent Manufacturing
With the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing enterprises andenormous demand of high-end equipment manufacturing and technology market, more and more multinational intelligent manufacturing enterprises are seeking topenetrate into the Chinese market. How should Chinese intelligent manufacturing enterprises face challenges, implement global strategy, enhance competitiveness and accelerate development?
17:00-18:30 Country-Specific Promotion Session & Project Matchmaking
18:30 Buffet Dinner
Deadline for registration: Friday, Nov. 3rd, 2017
Contact: Ms. Zhang Yingping, Mr. Yu Biao, Ms. Guan Cong
Tel: +86-10-88077302/7376/5052
+86-13552306290/15010570959/15810612527
Fax: +86-10-88077301/88075426
Email: zhangyingping@ccpit.org; yubiao@ccpit.org; guancong@ccpit.org
