Forum: 2016 Global Value Chain Innovation Development Summit

 

Hosts: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government

Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, MOFCOM

 

Organizers: Economy, Trade and Information Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

Shenzhen Fair Trade Bureau

Shenzhen Logistics and Supply Chain Management Association (SLSCMA)

GVC Research Center of Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, MOFCOM

 

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Shenzhen Logistics Industry Win-Win Foundation

 

Supporter: People's Government of Bao'an District, Shenzhen

 

Date:   12th-13th October 2016

Venue: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center

Language: Simultaneous English-Chinese translation

Size: About 500 people

 

    The development of global value chains (GVCs) is one of the major factors of trade growth and economic globalization in the past 30 years. It has reshaped global production and trade models with increased efficiency and inclusiveness. The extensive research in recent years has confirmed the close relationship between participation global production chains and fast economic growth. As a result, governments around the world increasingly identified GVCs as one of their priorities in designing economic and social policies.

    As a policy instrument, the promotion of integration with GVCs is inter-related with a number of other dimensions faced by policy-makers. Among which are investment policy, trade finance, development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and e-commerce. Although policies supporting GVC integration normally share the same goals with these policies, how they might be formulated and implemented in reality are not always straightforward and obvious. For example, policies encouraging foreign direct investment will facilitate the participation of global production activities; and, in turn, the deep integration with GVCs will bring more investment. However, investment policies in many countries serve also as tools for dealing with other priorities, such as industrialization and employment. How to keep balance among different policy dimensions is an important task worth deep reflections and discussions.

    GVCs provide valuable new market opportunities for businesses, in particular SMEs, who are most able to respond and adapt to the rapidly changing global demand. A critical issue for policymakers, however, is how to provide a level playing field for the SMEs to compete and how to support them with capital and human resources. Similarly, the rapid development of e-commerce has provided important opportunities for enterprises to further streamline their business model, upgrade and further integrate with GVCs. How to facilitate this process crystalize these opportunities is a useful question to be answered.

    The objection of this Global Value Chain Summit is to reinforce the dialogue between the business community, researchers and policy makers on the development of global value chains, with a specific objective to identify policies, at both national and international level, that will promote growth through globalized production, trade, investment and innovation. Experts from the business community, international organizations, and research institutions will identify emerging patterns and trends of the recent GVC development; discuss issues and problems faced by businesses; and, more importantly, use the experience gained to explore possible trade and development policy framework at national and international level to facilitate the insertion of small and medium firms from least and low-income developing countries into global value chains.

In addition, the world-wide chain which shapes the global economy is firmly rooted in the local realities. Understanding the evolution of business practices and models with local and national aspects is fundamental. The representatives of local businesses and government will share China's experience in participating in the GVCs and in developing supportive policies.

    With these objectives in mind, the Global Value Chain Innovation Development Summit invites experts from the business community, international organizations, and research institutions to explore the above mentioned questions and identify a roadmap for strengthening the interaction between them. The panels will address specific topics related to the development of GVCs and frame works to facilitate the further development. 

 

 

 

08:30-10:00 Registration of participants

 

09:00-09:45 Closed-door Meeting 

(Moderators, Panellists and other speakers) 

 

10:00-10:30 Inauguration: Opening and Welcome speech 

Moderator: Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, WTO

Welcome speech:

Mr. Xu Qin, Mayor of Shenzhen (to be confirmed)

Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director-General of the WTO

Mr. Gu Xueming, President, CAITEC, MOFCOM

 

10:30-12:30 Panel 1: GVC, Trade, Finance and Investment

Specific Key Words:

• How FDI is interlinked with GVCs?

• Investment environment; regulatory environment;

• Trade Finance and GVCs: Does participation in a GVC facilitate access to financing? 

• How public policy can facilitate GVC development at the local, national and global levels?

Moderator's introduction: Mr. Li Guanghui, Vice President, CAITEC, MOFCOM

Panel Discussion:

Mr. Ayumi Konishi, Director General, East Asia Department , ADB

Mr. Gonzalo Varela, Senior Economist, the World Bank Group

Mr. Javier Lopez Gonzalez, OECD

Mr. Rudolf Albert Scharping, CEO, RSBK GmbH

Mr. Gu Yanming, Vice President, Midea Group

 

Summit Dialogue (Q&A)

 

12:30-14:30 Luncheon and networking

(Free of Charge)

 

14:30-15:00 World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) – recent trends in global trade

Presented by: Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, WTO

 

15:00-17:00 Panel 2: Integrating SMEs into GVCs – opportunities, challenges and policies

Specific Key Words:

• Trends of SMEs' participation in GVCs;

• How SMEs can effectively participate in and benefit from the GVCs?

• Public policy dimensions at local, national and global level: physical & human infrastructure; capacity building; R&D; role of industrial parks and export processing zones as incubators/facilitators.

 

Moderator's introduction: Mr. Ayumi Konishi, Director General, East Asia Department, ADB

 

Panel Discussion:

Mr. Sun Zhenyu, Chairman of China Society for World Trade Organization Studies

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Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, WTO

Mr. Olivier Linossier, President, Eurasia Industries Group

Mr. Adnan Seric, Director, UNIDO

Mr. Zhang Chunhua, Chairman, China Brilliant Supply Chain Service Co., Ltd 

Mr. Ying Qian, Director, East Asia Department, ADB

 

Summit Dialogue (Q&A)

  

 

Panel 3: From Domestic to Global Value Chains – the Chinese experience and its relevance for other developing countries

Specific Key Words:

• Practical experiences drawn from the Chinese experience and illustrating some of the other points discussed in the other thematic sessions of the Summit;

• The implication of China's experience to other developing nations with a focus on Africa;

• Challenges: connection with lead-firms in GVCs; complying with industrial standards and other private norms; upgrading in technologies and skills;

• Relevance and specificities: identifying best practices and requesting for the WTO negotiation issues from the Chinese experience.

 

Moderator's introduction: Mr. Gonzalo Varela, Senior Economist, the World Bank Group

 

Panel Discussion:

H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou, African Union Permanent Representative to the UN & WTO (to be confirmed)

Ms Chen Wenling, Chief Economist & Deputy Director of Executive Office, CCIEE

Ms Mia Mikic, Director, UN ESCAP

Ms Moono Mupotola, Director, African Development Bank

Ms Laura Paez, Chief of the Investment Policy Section of the Regional Integration and Trade Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA)

Mr. Liu Rihong, Vice Director, Policy Research Department, MOFCOM 

Mr. Sun Zhiping, Vice Chairman, Tempus Group Co. Ltd.

 

Summit Dialogue (Q&A)

 

12:00-14:00 Luncheon and networking

(Free of Charge)

 

Launch of the World Trade Report 2016 by the China WTO Chair

 

Welcome speech: Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director-General of the WTO

 

Moderator: Mr. Zhang Lei, China WTO Chair

 

Presenter: Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, WTO

 

Commentators:

Ms Mia Mikic, Director, UN ESCAP

Mr. Cheng Shuaihua, Managing Director, ICTSD

 

Panel 4: GVC innovation – e-commerce, new technology, services

Specific Key Words:

• Upgrading GVCs: technology advancement, logistics, infrastructure and supply chain managements, linkage with consumers;

• How the Multilateral Trade System can facilitate e-commerce?

• Public policy dimensions: Information Technology Gaps, IT policy and planning, regulatory environment.

 

Moderator's introduction: Mr. Adnan Seric, Director, UNIDO

 

Panel Discussion:

Ms Niny Khor, Country Economist, Resident Mission in the People's Republic of China, ADB

Mr. Cheng Shuaihua, Managing Director, ICTSD

Mr. Liu Yuefu, Chairman, Beijing Huizhixingda IPR Ltd.

Mr. Olivier Linossier, President, Eurasia Industries Group

Mr. Zhou Guohui, Chairman, Eternal Asia Supply Chain Management Ltd.

 

Summit Dialogue (Q&A)

 

17:00-17:30 Conclusions and Closure

 

Substantive summary: Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, WTO

 

Closing speech:

Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director-General, WTO

Ms. Zheng Yanling, Secretary-General, Shenzhen Logistics and Supply Chain Management Association (SLSCMA)