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Note: This event opens only to card-holding general managers from member companies and non-member companies' general managers from manufacturing industries. The event will be conducted in English. Due date of registration: Jan 18, 17:00, Please prepare SuKang M(苏康码) as health prove.


According to the recent Jiangsu Provincial guidance the event will be controlled under 50 attendees. We suggest each company send one attendee to the event to help others to get the information.


AmCham Shanghai Suzhou Center cordially invites you to our monthly General Managers' Network on Jan 21, 13:30-16:00 at the W Hotel Suzhou for the first informative gathering in the new year led by top-level speakers on the following content:

  • China policy, financing costs, economy and cross-border capital flow. An operational perspective of the market trends.
  • The evolvement of U.S.-China relations under the new administration
  • The implications of RCEP on China and beyond
  • The impact of economics and politics on industries and how to shelter the risks and make new business strategy in 2021


This forum will give you a general perspective on the industrial trend happening in the business world in the upcoming year both economically and politically.

Agenda

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Check in and networking
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
An overview of China's Financial System
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
US-China relation outlook with the new administration
2:50 PM - 3:15 PM
RCEP and its impact to the China’s future
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Risks and opportunities for the business strategy in 2021
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Q&A

Speakers

  • Kent Kedl (Senior Partner at Control Risks Greater China and North Asia region)

    Kent Kedl

    Senior Partner at Control Risks Greater China and North Asia region

    Kent Kedl is a Partner in Control Risks, Greater China and North Asia. He is responsible for Control Risks’ practices across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, the Koreas and Mongolia. He has worked in Asia since the early 1980s.

    Kent has consulted with multi-national and Asian corporations on a range of risk and strategy issues, such as M&A and organic growth strategy, crisis management and operational business controls, and strategic and organisational development programs. Kent has particular expertise in the Asia-Pacific healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer products sectors.

    Formerly, Kent was responsible for the Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice throughout Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Control Risks, Kent was general manager and co-owner of Technomic Asia, a market strategy consulting firm.

    Kent has worked as a journalist and is a frequent contributor to Asia-based media outlets. The co-author of The China Ready Company (2006, China Pathways) he writes and produces The Talking Monkey, a blog and podcast on living as a foreigner in China.

    Kent has a bachelor’s in English and a master’s in East Asian studies from the University of Minnesota. He also completed graduate studies in journalism and mass communication at the China Times Centre for Mass Media and Social Studies.

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  • Han Shen Lin (Strategic Advisor,  IPWE)

    Han Shen Lin

    Strategic Advisor, IPWE

    Han is a China strategic advisor and investor of IPwe, the World’s First Global Patent Market platform that leverages blockchain technology and A.I to identify, research, and transact in patents.

    Prior to IPwe, Han Lin was a Senior VP, and Deputy General Manager of Wells Fargo Bank, China.
    In this capacity, Han helped to lead the bank’s China governance, and oversaw Wells Fargo’s China corporate and commercial banking client coverage, strategy, and business development.

    Han graduated from the University of Michigan Ross Business School (B.B.A). He later completed a Master of International Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a Master of Science in Global Finance at the joint HKUST-NYU Stern program, and a Master of Chinese Commercial Law at Fudan University Law School.

    Han serves on the American Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai) Board of Governors, and previously served as Chair of its Financial Services Committee. He lives in Shanghai with his wife and two daughters.

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  • Mattie J. Bekink (China Director of The Economist Intelligence Unit)

    Mattie J. Bekink

    China Director of The Economist Intelligence Unit

  • Guoxiong Zhang (Network Director, Shanghai of The Economist Intelligence Unit)

    Guoxiong Zhang

    Network Director, Shanghai of The Economist Intelligence Unit

    Zhang is the Shanghai Director and the China Head of Economic and Business Research of the Economist Corporate Network, an exclusive networking forum for business leaders, blending the collective intelligence of the Economist Group. Previously, he was an assistant professor of Economics at Antai College of Economics and Management of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a visiting scholar at Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He has extensive research experience in international economics and macroeconomics, with a particular focus on the Chinese economy.

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Tickets

A prepayment is required when choosing 'Members only price' or 'Standard Price'.

“会员票价”及“标准票价”要求您在提交注册信息后即刻完成在线预付,若您希望在活动现场支付门票,请选择“现场票价”。
Card-holding members
Member Price Complimentary
Non-member company GM
Standard Price RMB 500

Venue

W Suzhou

3rd floor, Saloon Room
W Hotel Suzhou (Corner of Xinggang Avenue and Suhui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park)
苏州W酒店: 星港街和苏惠路交叉口

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Sun

Contact Organizer

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