European Wood Desk seminar with Chinese market and industry stakeholders and Estonian wood delegation
2014-06-09 | All chapters
Summary:
Mr. Peter Edwards, Working Group Coordinator, welcomed attendees to this European Chamber hosted Business-to-Business seminarwith Chinese market and industry stakeholders and Estonian wood delegation, and introduced the European Chamber.
A series of presentations were made throughout the course of the seminar, as follows:
Mr. Dirk Laeremans, Managing Director, Orientas: “Market entry strategies, distributors, partners and partner search in China”;
Mr. Zhu Guangqian, Honorary President, China Timber and Wood Product Distribution Association: “Import and Distribution of Wood and wooden products in China”;
Mr. Xiaoming, Operation Director, International Wood Industry Magazine: “Market of pre-built wooden houses in China”;
Mr. Shaoming Zhang, Chair, European WoodDesk: “Introduction to the field of Building with Wood in China, including building codes for timber structures, building system and components of wood market in China”;
Mr. Zhu Changling, President, China National Furniture Association: “Soft Wood Furniture market in China”
All stakeholders agreed to further strengthen and build long-term relations.