Wenzhou Private Enterprises have formed such an enterprise community, which not only holds indigenous characteristics but also is globally competitive. When the large state-owned enterprises just began undertaking M&A and establishing factories overseas, they had already set their footprints all over the world. These “pure indigenous enterprises” went global with their products in a primary sales method, but have taken a monopolistic market share through their common products of unknown brands. However, their dreams of becoming world-class enterprises are now encountered with the morass of “anti-dumping and trade war” and the bottleneck of industrial upgrading. Wenzhou enterprises, which have always been unhurried and low-profile, began to ponder about their bewilderment: How can they grow into transnational corporations? How will they learn form the internationalization process of those large enterprises? How to join the global value chain so as to embrace the transnational capitals?
Having gone through the world trade war, Wenzhou enterprises have shown the first sign of self-renovation and proprietary brands establishment; “Inviting In” and “Going Global” are equally important and need further exploration; what are the choices going to be made in the open economy featuring “Attracting and consolidating with Foreign Investment by Private Sector”?
Main Events
[Reception Banquet]
Time: December 7, 2005 18:30—20:00
Venue: Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel
[Opening Ceremony]
Time: December 8, 2005 9:00—10:00
Venue: Multifunctional Hall. Wenzhou Great Hall of the People
Host if the opening ceremony:
Liu Qi Mayor of Wenzhou City
Chair of the forum:
Qu Xiangdong From CCTV
[Address in the opening ceremony]
Leaders from Zhejiang Provincial Government
Leaders from the Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C.
Leaders from Communist Party Committee in Wenzhou
Video presentations about Wenzhou
[Keynote Forum]
Time: December 8, 2005 10:00AM —12:00AM
Venue: Multifunctional Hall, Wenzhou Great Hall of the People Guest Speaker:
Liu Ai Mayor of Wenzhou City
Liu Yajun Director General of the Investment Promotion Agency, Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C.
Wang Zhile Director of Research Center on Transnational Corporation, CAITEC Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C.
Steven Feinberg Vice-president of Siemens Ltd. China, President of Siemens Medical Solutions Group
Andy Rothman Chief China Strategist, Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia
Nan Cunhui Board Chairman, Marubeni Corp. China
Allen. Ge President, Thyssen Krupp Elevator China
Gao Feng President, Eaton Investment Corp, China
[Internal Luncheon and buffet]
Time: December8, 2005 12:00AM—13:40PM
Venue: Dynasty Hotel
[Special Forum 1]
Time: December 8,2005 13:40PM—15:00PM
Venue: International Conference Hall, Wenzhou Great Hall of the People
Topic of the Forum: Internationalization of Private Enterprises and Industrial Matching
The international image of an enterprise indicates its coordinate in the global business ethics world, and more importantly, it reflects its way of treating consumers, employees, cooperation partners, people of the same trade and the local government, and to a certain extent determines whether the enterprise can be accepted by a business circle. If the shoe-burning incident in Wulinmen Square of Hangzhou symbolizes the awakening of brand awareness of Wenzhou enterprises, which resulted in the first industrial upgrading of Wenzhou enterprises in 1987, then today’s dialogue meeting between leading Wenzhou enterprises and global top 500 would be the second wave of Wenzhou enterprises’ upgrading. How will they learn from these real business giants, and become cooperation partners for each other after going global?
Guest Anchor:
Niu Wenwen Chief Editor, Chinese Entrepreneur Magazine
Guests Participating the Discussion:
Allen. Ge President, ThyssenKrupp Elevator China
Bruno Mercier Head Office General Manager, AUCHAN CHINA
Stephen Martin Fewell Supervisor for Asia & Pacific Region, Argyle Hotel Management Group
Qi Daqing Associate Dean of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
You Xiaoping Board Chairman, Huafeng group Co., Ltd.
Zhang Tongsheng Board Chairman, China C & U Group Co., Ltd.
Terence Wong Solicitor Projects [Engineering and Construction] Hong Kong
[Tea Break] 15;00PM—15:20PM
[Special Forum 2]
Time: December 8, 2005 15:20PM—16:40PM
Venue: International Conference Hall, Wenzhou Great Hall of the People
Topic of the forum: Matching of Marketing Network—Newfound opportunities for Global Top 500 in China
While Wenzhou enterprises were fighting in the international market as Chinese leading enterprises, they deployed a breathtakingly huge marketing network: there are hundreds of thousands of stores, marketing branch companies and agent companies for name brand products across the country opened by Wenzhou people; there are numerous Wenzhou-type markets including Wenzhou Street and Wenzhou Town—they push the limits of marketing. This is Wenzhou enterprises’ distinctive advantage, like outreaching antennas waiting to match with international capital and business opportunities. What can the transnational enterprises do in the area with such excessive private capital? What should be the mode of cooperation between the two sides?
Guest Anchor:
Ren Xiaoyan Board Chairman, Guangzhou Tianhe Investment Co., Ltd Guests Participating the Discussion:
Yang Guohua Secretary General, Executive Committee of Foreign Investment Companies, ECFIC
Tadao Manabe Board Chairman, Marubeni Corp. China
Gilbert Van Kerckhov Chairman of Department of Government Procurement of EU Chamber of Commerce, Senior Economic Consultant for Beijing Olympic Games
Zhao Xiao Professor, School of Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Wu Zhize Board Chairman, Baoxiniao Group Co., Ltd.
Zheng Xiukang Board Chairman, Kangnai Group Co., Ltd.
Hu Shijun Chairman of Tianjin-Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, Board Chairman of Maigou [Tianjin] Group Limited Company
[Match Making Conference]
Time: December 8, 2005 16:40—17:40
Venue: Outside the main conference hall
[Reception Banquet]
Time: December 8, 2005 19:00—21:00
Venue: Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel
[Private Enterprises and Global Top 500 Golf Friendship]
Time: December 9, 2005 8:00—13:00
Venue: Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel
[Sightseeing and Visiting Private Enterprises]
Time: December 9, 2005 8:00AM—13:00PM
Venue: Yandang Mountain, famous private enterprise
[Guest Leaving]
Time: December9, 2005 Afternoon
Venue: Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport |
