2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women Finished Successfully

On Nov. 21, the two-day 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women has finished successfully on a cruise in the Bund, Shanghai, China.

By focus on business leaders, female entrepreneurs and female senior managers, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women has been considered as the largest event in Asia with its highest quality and widest influence. This event is totally organized by Wingo PR, the China’s leading government-enterprise public relations agency and hosted jointly by CCTV International, Manager Magazine, Shanghai Daily, South Weekly, Chinadaily.com and many other authoritative Medias.

As the Asia’s most influential business women’s event, the first Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women received wide support from different sectors of the communities. There are:

Wang Minthe Director of Comprehensive Department of the State Council Research Office; Xie SizhongThe Chairman of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council; Fan GangFamous Chinese economist; Secretary General of China Reform Foundation; Zhang LiliThe Chairman of Shanghai Women’s Federation; Rupert HoogewerfFounder of HURUN REPORT; Brenda Lei FosterPresident of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai; Annick de BentzmannPresident of French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (China) & General Manager of BNP Paribas Shanghai Branch; Zhao SujuanThe Chairman of BenQ Guru; Chen XiaofengChairman of Guang Dong Shining House Int’l Jewelry Limited; Zhuge HongyunThe Founder & CEO of Blue Ocean Network (BON); Li YuThe CEO of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited; Zhang LanThe Chairman of South Beauty Group; the representative of Yang LanThe Chairman of the Board of Sun Culture Foundation; the representative of Yang HuiyanCEO of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited

Besides 300 Chinese outstanding entrepreneurs from all part of China, including Hong Kong, Thailand and Macao, there are about 29 general consulate and embassy in China, 22 trade associations and business organizations will lead 100 transnational entrepreneurs (The most is enterprises of the world top 500) to attend this summit.

2010 Trend Analysis of China’s economic investment strategy

On Now.20, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women and Ping An Insurance(Group)2010 China business investment forum was inaugurated at Concert Hall of Grand Hyatt Shanghai Hotel.

Fan Gang, Famous Chinese economist, carried on a thorough analysis of the root causes of the outbreak of the international financial crisis. He thinks that China’s economy can be restored to normal in 2010 and Chinese property market can probably be the first to break away with the low period.

Fan Gang predicted, although in 2010 the effect of government policy which is to support economic growth will be a recession, 3 areas of investment, corporate investment, property investment and import and export trade will still be restored and get the sustained growth. After more government investment and corporate investment, China’s economy will be restored to normal in 2010 and the normal growth rate is between 8% and 9%. Professor Fan Gang’s speech makes the presence of women entrepreneurs be reassured and confirmed their investment and financial strategy in next year.

The Insights of Business Women between Crisis & Challenge

At 9:30 on Nov.21,2009, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women formally opened.

Mr. Xie Sizhong, the Chairman of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, indicated in his opening speech that: in the two sessions of this year, more than 100 CPPCC committeeman jointly made a proposal on advocating the spirit of women, coping with the economic crisis and exploiting women’s social advantages to the full. With its great significance, this meeting inevitably brings about more and more attention by the business world and even the whole society.

Ms Zhang Lili, The Chairman of Shanghai Women’s Federation mentioned that the two mainly themes, “Expo Business Opportunities bring Investment Chances to New Shanghai” and “Soft Words Win Hard HeartsThe Insights of Business Women between Crisis & Challenge”, are of bright times nature. Not only to focus on coping with the economic crisis, but also to prospect Expo opportunities, these themes are sensitive to and quickly come to grip with the continuous growing trend of the women’s power. President Ms. Zhang also invited all businesswomen to participate the Expo Women’s Forum which will be held in Shanghai in October next year.

Brenda Lei Foster, the president of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, explain the female leadership under the financial crisis in her speech. She considered that women has been the most influential part of the world. Not everyone is a born leader, but made up of his actions and entire targets. “We must not shrink from difficulties, instead, we should get the clearer aim and the stronger belief to come through this financial crisis.”

Rupert Hoogewerf, Founder of HURUN REPORT, analyzed his list of Richest Women in China and gave high praise to Chinese women’s business intelligence in his speech. “Hoogewerf emphasize that six out of 10 richest self-made women in the world are Chinese.

Besides, many other outstanding representatives of business women made their excellent speech on the event, including Annick de BentzmannPresident of French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (China) & General Manager of BNP Paribas Shanghai Branch; Zhao SujuanThe Chairman of BenQ Guru; Chen XiaofengChairman of Guang Dong Shining House Int’l Jewelry Limited; Zhuge HongyunThe Founder & CEO of Blue Ocean Network (BON); Li YuThe CEO of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited; Zhang LanThe Chairman of South Beauty Group.

On Nov.20 2009, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women was held at Grand Hyatt Shanghai Hotel. At the meeting, the list of “The Honor Roll of China Elite Business Women” was solemnly announced.

The list of “The Honor Roll of China Elite Business Women” is issued jointly by Wingo PR, South Weekend, CCTV.com, Manager Magazine, Shanghai Daily, Chinadaily.com, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Business Week and more than 100 authoritative Medias. Meanwhile, this list also gets the recommendation by Pathways, China CEO Union and many other business administration & research organizations. This award evaluates from the value about the corporate philanthropy, social responsibility, public influence; the commercial value and the Rose Value so comprehensively that to build the honorary model for businesswomen.

After several months’ vote, three main lists have been elected out by global Medias and the public. Ms Sun Chao, Chief Editor of Almanac of China’s Economy China Economic Report & Development Research Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, announced these lists. Wang Min, the Director of Comprehensive Department of the State Council Research Office, delivered the awards to the recipients, and encouraged them to bear the social responsibility in mind, respond to the crisis actively and make more meaningful contributions to the community. The winners are:

The Honor Roll of Foreign Elite Business Women in China
Brenda Foster
Annick de Bentzmann
Tatjana
Brenda Lei FosterPresident of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai
Annick de BentzmannPresident of French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (China)& General Manager of BNP Paribas Shanghai Branch
Tatjana Mujovic PiscevicThe Vice President of Expatriate Professional Women’s Society (EPWS)

The Honor Roll of New China Elite Business Women
Lu BingbingPresident of B-Doing Communications Co.Ltd Gong HaiyanCEO of jiayuan.com
Grace HeeCEO of Shanghai TX Group
The Honor Roll of China Elite Business Women
Yue-Sai KanThe founder of cosmetics brand of “Yue-Sai” (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Zhang LanThe Chairman of South Beauty Group
Chen XiaofengChairman of Guang Dong Shining House Int’l Jewelry Limited
Li YuThe CEO of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
Zhuge HongyunThe Founder & CEO of Blue Ocean Network (BON)
Yang LanThe Chairman of the Board of Sun Culture Foundation
Yang HuiyanCEO of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited
Zhai MeiQnPresident, Heung Kong Group
Yan CheungThe chairman of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited
Dong MingzhuCEO of Gree Electric Appliances,Inc.

Brand Show

This event has been created to the great event which is the combination of business and fashion. Keynote Addresses, Honored Guests’ Speeches, Round Table Interactivities and Award Ceremony. Brand Night, PuJiang Nocturnal Words made the business affairs easier to entrepreneuses.

On the evening of 20th, Welcome Dinner and Brand Show bring a luxury fashion feast, 2009 New Diamond Jewelry Show of ShiningHouse, to all distinguished guests. ShiningHouse is a design, development, processing, sale and service of the diamond and bare diamond multinational conglomerates. There are over hundred outlets in more than 30 provinces around the country.

ShiningHouse advocates romantic and is in pursuit of perfection. It’s highly respected and loved by the people all over of the world. ShiningHouse showed 8 series of new products: “Fly across galaxy”, “Love tango”, “Chopin Waltzes”, “”,,”Phoenix feather cape”, “Fluting and singing”, “Auspicious & wishful “, “Mimocrys”. Almost 100 representatives of important organizations and major Medias attended this evening dinner.

On the evening of 21th, the closing reception was held on the luxury cruise.On this cozy and relaxed Reception, business elites got the rare moment to be free from the noisy town centre and communicate with each other. Afterwards, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women concluded successfully on Huangpu River.

Chen Youyu, the Chairman-in-Office of Organizing Committee & CEO of Wingo PR, said that, 2009 Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women is a spectacular event with its clear theme and substantial content. This event is the Asia’s most influential business women event which is supported by government organization, organized by Wingo PR and jointly held by authoritative Medias and organizations. This event is not only the platform to share the wisdom between entrepreneurs and managers, but also the splendid stage for famous brands. During the 2010 World Expo, 2010 the second Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women will still be held in Shanghai, China. At that time, more famous persons, more wonderful parts and more substantial content will be presented in front of business elites.

bron: www.pr-inside.com [4-12-2009]

Chinese targetted by “Angolan maffia”

Tens of thousands of Chinese work reconstructing Angol The Chinese embassy in Angola has advised its nationals not to go out alone at night after a spate of violent attacks on Chinese expatriates. The “mafia-style” gang violence could affect the countries’ relations, say Chinese business leaders in Angola. Recently there has been a series of violent robberies and a Chinese man was murdered in the capital, Luanda. Many more attacks have gone unreported, the head of the Chinese Business Council (CBC) says. ‘Afraid’ Last month robbers reportedly poured boiling water on three Chinese workers in Luanda. In September businessman Xu Tonggou was murdered trying to resist a robbery. On the same day six armed men robbed the offices of a construction company, beating workers with batons and threatening them with AK-47s. “These are just the tip of the iceberg,” says Xu Ning of the CBC. “Things have got worse in the last few months. Just last night someone I was due to have dinner with did not turn up because he had been robbed. “Chinese people here are afraid, they are afraid. They don’t know who’s a criminal.” ‘Bad for business’ What used to be something that happened perhaps once a month has become a daily occurrence. “This is bad for business between Angola and China,” he said. Eddie Zhang, head of Shanghai Urban Construction Group, the company building the new 50,000-capacity football stadium in Luanda, told the BBC that he was hearing of a growing number of attacks and that they weren’t just normal robberies but planned “mafia-style”. Superintendent Jorge Bengue of Luanda’s Police Command police however disputed there was a campaign of violence specifically targeting Chinese nationals in the city. He said crime was a reality in any city in the world and he was not aware of any rise in incidents involving Chinese people. There are tens of thousands of Chinese workers in Angola, involved in reconstruction projects after the country’s 27-year-long civil war. Chinese workers are also building stadiums for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. China has given Angola more than $5bn in oil-backed loans to build infrastructure. bron: news.bbc.co.uk [13-11-2009]

Tens of thousands of Chinese work reconstructing Angol The Chinese embassy in Angola has advised its nationals not to go out alone at night after a spate of violent attacks on Chinese expatriates. The “mafia-style” gang violence could affect the countries’ relations, say Chinese business leaders in Angola. Recently there has been a series of violent robberies and a Chinese man was murdered in the capital, Luanda. Many more attacks have gone unreported, the head of the Chinese Business Council (CBC) says. ‘Afraid’ Last month robbers reportedly poured boiling water on three Chinese workers in Luanda. In September businessman Xu Tonggou was murdered trying to resist a robbery. On the same day six armed men robbed the offices of a construction company, beating workers with batons and threatening them with AK-47s. “These are just the tip of the iceberg,” says Xu Ning of the CBC. “Things have got worse in the last few months. Just last night someone I was due to have dinner with did not turn up because he had been robbed. “Chinese people here are afraid, they are afraid. They don’t know who’s a criminal.” ‘Bad for business’ What used to be something that happened perhaps once a month has become a daily occurrence. “This is bad for business between Angola and China,” he said. Eddie Zhang, head of Shanghai Urban Construction Group, the company building the new 50,000-capacity football stadium in Luanda, told the BBC that he was hearing of a growing number of attacks and that they weren’t just normal robberies but planned “mafia-style”. Superintendent Jorge Bengue of Luanda’s Police Command police however disputed there was a campaign of violence specifically targeting Chinese nationals in the city. He said crime was a reality in any city in the world and he was not aware of any rise in incidents involving Chinese people. There are tens of thousands of Chinese workers in Angola, involved in reconstruction projects after the country’s 27-year-long civil war. Chinese workers are also building stadiums for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. China has given Angola more than $5bn in oil-backed loans to build infrastructure.

1,2 million Euro for Chinese Ferrari

The exclusively for China built Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China, with a special paint coat, has been sold at an auction for 1,2 million euro, according to a spokesperson of Ferrari. The buyer is from Shanghai.

The Ferrari auction was held in Beijing at the Red Gate Gallery. Lu Hao, the first Chinese artist that worked with Ferrari, is responsible for the specific design. The sportscar has a porselein pattern.

The collected aution money will be donated to the Automotive Engineering-department of the Tsinghua University, at which students can travell to the Italian Politecnico di Milano University and visit the Ferrari main-office.

bron: autotelegraaf.nl [3-11-2009]

Disney park plan for China

The Chinese Government could approve a multibillion-dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai this week.

Quoting an unnamed government official with direct knowledge of the project, the South China Morning Post said yesterday the $US3.6 billion ($A4.01 billion) amusement park had been approved.

Shanghai has been working for almost a decade to land a world-class amusement park, partly to shore up its lagging economic growth compared with other Chinese cities.

Hong Kong opened a Disney theme park in 2005.

bron: www.theage.com.au

Huge audience watched operation to separate twins

More than 100,000 watched online as surgeons carried out a five hour operation to separate conjoined twin girls.

Orphaned sisters Ling Ling and Ling Mai – born sharing a liver, stomach and sternum – are now recovering after what medics in Shanghai, eastern China, say was a completely successful op.

At one point so many people were watching the procedure online that it threatened to crash the entire internet network in the region.

Lead surgeon Professor Xu Weiyu said: “It was a lot more complicated than we expected. The slightest error could have caused a massive haemorrhage.”

Medics managed to separate the 11-month-old girls’ shared liver and untangle intestines that were separate, but wrapped around each other.

The separated breast bone will be covered with skin grafts in a later op, said Professor Weiyu.

“They will be able to lead completely independent lives,” he added.

bron: www.ananova.com

2 Chinese tourists robbed by ‘Ativan Gang’, in Philippines

Two Chinese tourists, who decided to stop over at Rizal Park before their flight back to Macau, were victimized Sunday afternoon by suspected members of the so-called Ativan Gang in Manila,  Philippines.

Chinese women Qijie Wen and Huang Qin, both 29, of Shanghai, China, lost P77,000—most of the amount charged to a credit card—and a notebook containing personal information, were reportedly stolen by a Chinese-looking couple whom they mistakenly trusted.

PO2 Reginald Delos Reyes of the Manila Police District General Assignment Section (MPD-GAS) said that the Chinese tourists arrived in the country on Sept. 27 from Macau and went to Busuanga Island in Palawan.

Delos Reyes revealed that the women, on Sunday, decided to drop by Rizal Park in Ermita, Manila to see the monument before they take the night flight back home.

The Chinese tourists met the couple at around 2:35 p.m. somewhere inside the park, where their acquaintances served as their guides and even brought them to a church.

The case investigator said that after a brief tour, the Chinese-looking couple invited the women to have snacks. It was after consuming the food and drinks that the tourists started to feel dizzy.

“All they (tourists) remembered was that the suspects flagged down a taxi and (sent them) on their way to the airport for their flight back to Macau, but they were late for the flight,” Delos Reyes pointed out.

It was when the dizziness subsided that Qijie received a text message from the China Merchant Bank informing her that she had accumulated a credit on her card of P76,000. She claimed she knew nothing about the expense and told the case investigator that the couple could have taken her credit card while she was dizzy.

The thieves took P1,000 cash and a notebook containing personal information from Huang.

MPD-GAS operatives are conducting follow-up operations for the arrest of the criminals and the possible recovery of the stolen items.

bron: newsinfo.inquirer.net

Traditional mooncakes still in high demand in Shanghai

Chinese all over the world will be celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday.

In China (中国), it is a tradition to give out mooncakes (simp月饼trad月餅) to relatives and friends during this period. The traditional type of mooncakes in Shanghai (上海) is of the savoury, rather than sweet, variety.
[Traditional mooncakes from China's Zhen Lao Da Fang Food Company.]
Yao Song Ming, deputy manager of Zhen Lao Da Fang Food Company, said: “This version of meat-stuffed mooncake is more than 100 years old. It sells well because we keep the original flavour just like it was a century ago.

“Most people like it because it is salty. Over 80 per cent of the mooncakes in the market are sweet, but older folks prefer salty ones.”  One of the company’s customers commented: “It’s an old brand and it’s very famous. Guangzhou mooncakes are too sweet. I prefer salty mooncakes.”

Each mooncake costs less than 50 US cents, and as the festival approaches, around 50,000 pieces are snapped up every day. Besides retaining the traditional taste of mooncakes, new flavours are also introduced every year at various bakeries across the city.
[Sweet mooncakes from Shanghai's PAUL.]
Mathia Beerens, F&B manager at PAUL, said: “We decided to create different flavours for the expatriates in China and for the Chinese people. We have six flavours. The flavours for the Chinese people are lemon, kitsch, raisins and cinnamon, and the flavours for the expatriate people are rum and chocolate.”

These new varieties of mooncakes are more costly, with each box priced at about US$23. According to Shanghai’s Confectionery Association, over 80 per cent of the mooncakes sold in the city are priced around US$30 (200 yuan) a box. Last year, the most expensive mooncakes were sold at US$132 a box. This year, the price tag is US$100, signalling that consumers are getting more rational and thrifty.

bron: www.channelnewsasia.com

Six people accused in Halifax of smuggling Chinese cigarettes into Canada

Six people are facing charges after the seizure of 200,000 Chinese cigarettes in Halifax.

Four men and two women were arrested Wednesday following a joint investigation by the RCMP, Canada Border Services Agency and Canada Revenue Agency.

The RCMP says the investigation began in August after border services officers intercepted two parcels containing illegally imported Chinese-brand cigarettes that had been shipped by air to Halifax from Shanghai.

Officers discovered that about 30 additional parcels were imported between August and September.

The Mounties say the cigarettes were re-packaged in Halifax and sent to various locations in Ontario and Alberta.

The charges include possession and distribution of illegally imported goods, possession of unstamped tobacco, and two charges under the Revenue Act.

bron: The Canadian Press

Shanghai cleans up for the World Expo 2010

The Chinese city Shanghai has to have a the appeal of a metropolitan city, as the authorities have decided. Bulldozing is the way to clean everything up that refers back to the traditional China.

In the Wujiangstreet in the city centre, the old ‘eatery street’ where the smells of grilled inkfish, pork and dumplings linger around. Each night a large team of street cleaners rush through the streets to clean up the litter. According to the authorities this doesn’t fit in the image of Shanghai being the host for next year’s World Expo. And therefore the famous ‘eatery street’ will be shut down. The western part has been demolished last year. Now it is a high end shopping area with Starbucks, Burger King, Nike store and a store of the British brand store Marks & Spencer.

Bron: BN/De Stem [19-09-2009]

First Chinese Fudan-students graduated at Erasmus MC, the Netherlands

First Chinese Fudan-students graduated at Erasmus Medisch Centrum (medical centre, university), the Netherlands.

The first three medical students of the Fudan University of Shanghai graduated at Erasmus MC, as Masters of Science in clinical epidemiology. Fudan University is one of the most prestigious Chinese universities. Also the Erasmus MC enjoys a good reputation in China: It’s known to be a leading international institute in the field of training research in the health science.

Starting left: prof. Albert Hofman (NIHES), Zhang Xiaodong (Chinese ambassy), Qian Gu, Ningping Zhang and Yuanzhi Yuan (Medical Faculty of Fudan)

bron: www.medicalfacts.nl