Strategic Partnership between Emerging Cities and Entrepreneurs：
The Dalian Vision
September 8, 2007, Saturday, Dalian
China's emerging cities, led by the booming port city of Dalian, are dynamic, innovative, tech-savvy and hold a vision for sustainable growth, said business and government leaders at the 33rd China Daily CEO Roundtable in Dalian.
The Roundtable, called "Strategic Partnership between Emerging Cities and Entrepreneurs: The Dalian Vision", focused on the growing need for cooperation between cities and businesses in an increasingly globalized world. Dalian embodies this trend and should serve as a guiding light for other emerging Chinese cities, concluded experts at the Roundtable.
"Dalian is a particularly great place to have this discussion about leadership, partnership and government cooperation," said Peter Bowie, CEO of Deloitte China and the Roundtable's co-chair.
Climate Change and China's Sustainable Development
May 23, 2007, Wednesday, Beijing
Despite of its rapid economic growth and development, China is not immuned from those major impacts due to global climate changes that have been taking place over the last century. Global warming, water shortage, emission and other major changes are already creating huge challenges to China and its economy. Climate change is now a major risk factor in all strategic economic sectors such as energy, natural resources, agriculture, metals, chemcials, infrasturcture, logistics, forest products, building, automobiles, transportation, etc. It is literally affecting all walks of life in China. If there would be one risk for China not to achieve its sustainable development objectives, climate change will be the de facto challenge. From Kyoto to Davos to Beijing and across the globe, climate change is already on the top of the agenda for all global political and business leaders. How can we turn this global awareness into action? How should the government and the business community work together to deal with these challenges, and turn them into business opportunities? What are China's strategic policy options and potential public-private partnership initiatives? What should we do now for our next generations in 50 years and beyond?
The New Era of China's Banking Sector: Complete Opening, Financial Innovation and Sustainable Banking
March 16, Friday, Beijing
"There's no doubt that the personal wealth of individuals, especially those in major cities, is growing twice as fast as the gross domestic product."
A ringside view of gradual
changes in the banking sector
I was fortunate to have worked for a foreign bank as well as a domestic bank in the past four and half years and witness the gradual opening up of the banking sector since China became a member of the World trade Organization (WTO) five years ago.
During my stint as the China CEO in HSBC, I witnessed the regulators' well-planned and fair approach in inviting foreign banks to offer more services to a wider variety of customers in more cities.
