Inbound FDI: Friend or Foe?
Insight China: Quarterly Series: Winter Edition – Part I
Does China still need foreign investment?
Are investors really getting a ‘good return’?
How is tech transfer affecting Chinese competitiveness?
Is FDI partially hot money, causing bubbles in the property and consumer markets?
Join us on Tuesday afternoon, November 30th for a fierce debate where all of our widely published, pugnacious public policy pundits:
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Arthur Kroeber (bio)
Managing director, Dragonomics
A managing director of GaveKal Dragonomics, an independent research firm specializing in analysis of the Chinese economy and its global impact, and editor of its flagship journal, the China Economic Quarterly
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Partick Chovanec (bio)
Associate professor, Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China
An associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China, teaching on the school’s International MBA Program. Professor Chovanec has worked for several private equity funds focused on China, and continues to serve as a fund advisor.
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Victor Zhikai Gao(bio)
Executive Director, Beijing Private Equity Association; Secretary-General, China Private Equity Association
Victor has served with the Chinese Foreign Service in Beijing and at the United Nations, and was an English interpreter for the late Deng Xiaoping. He has held senior positions with Morgan Stanley, PCCW and CNOOC.
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will pound out powerful perspectives, debate, and reveal their thoughts on such questions as:
What does China still need from foreign investors? And how are they going to get it? As the next 5 year plan is drafted and the authorities sit down to write the investment catalogue, what type of investment will the Chinese authorities seek to attract? And what policies will Chinese authorities use to cherry pick the ‘right type’ of investment? What happens to companies not favored by the new Chinese investment policies- will they be phased out and what type of recourse can they take?
Does FDI drive bubbles? What are the industries driving inbound FDI (financial sector, property, Greenfield etc)? SAFE, the Chinese foreign exchange regulator has taken measures to crack down on ‘hot money’ inflows and many experts now voice concern about China's bubble economy. Are the FDI statistics mainly property investment, masking a decline in investment in manufacturing and research? Are foreign investors really getting a good Return on Investment in China?
Are the Chinese operations of global companies really profitable enough to sustain the losses elsewhere? Or perhaps ‘all that glistens is not gold’. The Chinese market may not be as profitable as it seems, according to some recent reports, … Will firms still expect profitability to pick up in the long term
The US pumps $600 billion into the US economy – will this money flow to China? This could influence US consumer demand and exchange rates. How could this effect the Chinese economy? From ‘access to the market’ to ‘access to resources’; Are foreign investors eying up China’s raw materials and will they really get access to them?
Insight China is the European Chamber’s quarterly Macro Economic Seminar. Each quarter we invite leading economists to share their views and debate on current trends in the Chinese economy.
This winter will feature a double session of the Insight China series: Inbound FDI will be held on the 30th November and Outbound FDI on the 7th of December at 16:00 in the Kerry Center Hotel in Beijing.
Agenda:
16:00-16:30 Registration/networking
16:30-17:15 Presentations
17:15-18:00 Panel discussion and Q&A
18:00-19:00 Networking dirnks
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