As engine of growth and employment, small and medium-sized corporations (hereafter referred to as SMEs) are of great importance in economies of many countries and contribute to the economic growth by continuously creating new jobs, boosting the markets and optimizing the economic structure, which makes SMEs the highly focus of APEC economies. On Oct. 7, 2013, President Xi Jinping attended the APEC CEO Summit in Bali, Indonesia, and delivered an important speech stressing the significance of business community especially the SMEs for economic and trade development.
The 2013 APEC SME Summit (hereafter referred to as the Summit) will be held on 19-20 December in Shenzhen.
Co-hosted by:
* CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade),
* APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
* APEC China Business Council (ACBC)
the Summit has undergone six years of growth. This is the sixth APEC SME Summit in China since the inauguration meeting in 2008.
Six years as one, it has witnessed the participation of thousands of speakers including policy makers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, investors and media, hundreds of which are from not only china but also other APEC economies.
Main Speakers:
- Wang Gang, Former member of the political bureau of the CPC central committee, vice chairman of the 11th CPPCC national committee;
- Wan Jifei, chairman of CCPIT; Cui Tiankai, former Deputy Foreign Minister and incumbent Chinese ambassador to the United States;
- Surin, Secretary General of ASEAN; Kittirat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand;
- Deng Tengda, CEO of Singapore Business Federation;
- Zhou Qiren, chief economist;
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate;
- John Culver, President of Starbucks Coffee International;
- Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group;
- Sun Zhengyi, president and chairman of software banking group;
- Kenneth Macpherson, Chief Executive of Greater China at IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group);
- Deng Tishun, Director of China's Capital Market Department of Goldman Sachs (Asia)
The Summit always commits to serve the SMEs with continuous innovation and has proven to be a unique high-profile forum for business leaders in China raising the awareness of the significance of the SMEs for the government, business community as well as the media. Under wide spread of its influence, it offers a successful model for other economies to follow, including Peru, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Hong Kong China, which lays a solid foundation for China to lead the development of SMEs in Asia-Pacific region. .
In 2014, China will become the host economy of APEC for the second time after 2001, which makes APEC events draw heightened attention from business communities at home and abroad. As this year’s last major APEC event in China, the summit will also be brought forward to subsequent and fire an opening shot for the 2014 "China APEC Year", which also becomes the prominent concern of China’s new leaders.
The theme of the summit this year is “Towards Innovation”，highlighting the topics of innovation, online finance, culture, multinational corporations, logistics and health industry etc. Shenzhen, the most innovative and modern city resulting from the vibrant economy made possible by the "reform and opening" policy in China, has truly embraced its reputation as the center of innovation and the host city of 2013 APEC SME Summit.
For the detailed event schedule, kindly download the attachment.
Registration
Please kindly register online or through email to Ms. Cherry Wang no later than December 13th via:sz.intern@europeanchamber.com.cn.
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