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News on Conferences in China

A sustainable advantage?

Groundbreaking event looks at where China stands in the green economy
Sep 13, 2019 (WiC 466)

Some researchers believe the fires raging in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, may have their root cause in the fraying trade relations between the US and China. The logic goes that tit-for-tat tariffs have decimated US soybean and ...

Connecting the dots

A three-day conference seeks to raise awareness of the Greater Bay Area
Jul 12, 2019 (WiC 459)

What’s the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and how can I do more business there? That was the basic proposition of HSBC’s GBA Connections conference in late June, where 60 clients from 13 countries came to Hong Kong for two days of presentations and ...

Gridiron versus soccer analogy used to explain Sino-US falling out
May 24, 2019 (WiC 453)

Last week’s HSBC China Conference – the sixth of the annual gatherings – attracted a record attendance for its three-days of meetings, presentations and debates in Shenzhen. In his opening remarks, HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker put in context ...

The next phase of growth

Where is the Chinese economy heading after 40 years of reform?
May 25, 2018 (WiC 410)

China’s economy is on the cusp of another rapid transformation and the changes could be almost as dramatic as the period that launched the country into the modern era four decades ago. That was one of the main messages from HSBC’s fifth ...

Fortune shines on Guangzhou

Giants of the corporate world gathered last week in Guangdong's capital for the Fortune Global Forum
Dec 11, 2017 (WiC 391)

There are not many events where you might find Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Apple’s Tim Cook, Tencent’s Pony Ma and Foxconn’s Terry Gou all speaking. The Fortune Global Forum in Guangzhou last week was one such occasion. The three-day conference ...

Chinese shipyards in battle to stay afloat
Mar 25, 2011 (WiC 100)

At HSBC’s fifth annual Shipping Conference last week, China’s growing impact on the industry was a major topic for conversation. In less than a decade China has gone from a virtual nonentity to the largest shipbuilder in the world. But as in ...

Hot commodities

The truth about rare earths and other matters...
Nov 5, 2010 (WiC 84)

Earlier this week, WiC attended HSBC’s inaugural Global Commodities in Asia Conference at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The conference focused on four main themes: metals and mining, energy, agriculture, and shipping and ports and brought ...