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Many AmCham Shanghai members plan to return home or travel abroad this summer. However, it is important to understand COVID-related travel issues before departing China. Will you be quarantined when returning to China even if vaccinated? What COVID tests are required for international travel? What visas currently allow entry to the US or China?


AmCham Shanghai is pleased to host a seminar on US-China travel policies on Tuesday May 25 from 9 am to 11 am. KPMG Partner Michelle Zhou will first present on current Chinese and US travel policies. Next, an industry panel including Wong Hong, President – Greater China and Singapore for Delta Air Lines, Dr. David Krason, Senior Physician of Hospital Medicine at Jiahui, and Naked Group CEO Manoj Mehta, will offer their perspectives and advice on summer travel. Finally, the last hour will be a presentation by VisaCare CEO Mindy Hu focused on visa and quarantine policies for inbound travelers to China.


The session will include a coffee and pastry break.

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Registration
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
Presentation: US-China Travel Policies
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Panel: Industry Perspectives on International Travel
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Coffee Break
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentation: Visa and quarantine policies for inbound travelers to China

Speakers

  • Michelle Zhou (Partner, People Services at KPMG China)

    Michelle Zhou

    Partner, People Services at KPMG China

    Michelle currently leads the KPMG People Services practice in the Eastern and Central China region, and has over fifteen years of experience in providing global mobility solutions to clients in China and overseas.

    Michelle has assisted multi-national clients across a broad spectrum of industries on immigration, personal income tax compliance and advisory services. In particular, she has experience in Australian, China and United States expatriation taxation, and has served on small, medium and large accounts during her career with KPMG to date.

    Michelle and her team have assisted clients with successfully completing the tax and foreign exchange registrations of equity based plans in China since the introduction of the relevant regulations in China. She has also actively participated in various projects assisting clients with design, implement and roll-out of employee incentive plans, including equity based compensation plans.

    Over the years, Michelle has undertaken speaking engagements at events held by the American Chamber of Commerce, Australian Chamber of Commerce, Canada Business Council and EU Chamber of Commerce to update their members on the latest regulatory developments and trends in Chinese individual income tax, as well as topics on remuneration packaging; equity based compensation structuring; and others. Michelle has also delivered lectures to students in the finance discipline of Fudan University on expatriation taxation.

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  • Hong Wong (President, Greater China and Singapore at Delta Air Lines)

    Hong Wong

    President, Greater China and Singapore at Delta Air Lines

    Wong Hong is President – Greater China and Singapore for Delta Air Lines. He oversees and manages Delta's strategic and competitive financial position, as well as sales and marketing in the Greater China and Singapore region.

    Under Wong Hong’s leadership, Delta has significantly grown its China presence and commercial capabilities with strong expansion in both Shanghai and Beijing. Wong Hong is also being appointed as Delta’s observer member of the China Eastern Board of Directors.

    Wong Hong joined Delta in March 2016, from SATS, a leading service provider for the aviation industry, where he served as Executive Vice President of Food Solutions. He joined SATS in July 2012 as Executive Vice President for Gateway Services, and also sat on the Boards of a number of SATS' subsidiaries and associated companies.

    Prior to SATS, Wong Hong was Regional Director, Asia Pacific for Industry Distribution & Financial Services at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He was responsible for managing IATA's airline settlement systems and its accreditation program covering passenger and cargo agents across the Asia Pacific region.

    Previous to his position at IATA, he spent three years with MasterCard International and 13 years with Singapore Airlines, holding various marketing and management posts, including overseas positions in five countries.

    Wong Hong holds a Bachelor's degree (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of the Harvard Business School alumni.

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  • David A. Krason (Senior Physician of Hospital Medicine at Jiahui Health)

    David A. Krason

    Senior Physician of Hospital Medicine at Jiahui Health

    Dr. David Krason is Chief Physician of Hospital Medicine and Chair of the Infection Control Committee at Jiahui Health. Dr. Krason received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Before joining Jiahui Health, Dr. Krason worked as an infectious disease physician at St. Paul Infectious Disease Associates in St. Paul, Minnesota for 7 years, then joined the Hospital Medicine Unit (HMU) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston in 2012. He returns to Boston several times each year for ongoing clinical responsibilities with the HMU at MGH.

    Dr. Krason is American Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.

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  • Manoj Mehta (Group CEO of Naked Group)

    Manoj Mehta

    Group CEO of Naked Group

    Manoj Mehta is chief executive officer at naked Group. The group includes Naked Retreats, which has expanded to Naked Castle, Naked Water (Suzhou), Naked Forest (Nanjing) and the forthcoming Naked Creek (Hanzhong).

    In 2015, Naked Group entered the co-working market and opened the first Naked Hub in Shanghai. Within two years, Naked Hub successfully completed 2 rounds of funding and expanded to 50 locations across China, Vietnam, UK and Australia. In April 2018, Naked Hub and the global co-working powerhouse WeWork announced their plans to join forces.

    Prior to Naked Group, Manoj worked for Goodyear and Ford Motor Company. He has also served a as an independent board director of Triangle Tyre Group, one of China’s largest tire manufacturers. Manoj is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Advisory panel of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He is also President of the Shanghai Cricket Club.

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  • Mindy Hu (CEO of VisaCare)

    Mindy Hu

    CEO of VisaCare

    Mindy has over 16 years’ experience in HRM and managerial role and is very knowledgeable of the immigration laws/regulations in the mainland China. She has over the years built excellent rapports and working relationships with various agencies and foreign consulates in China. Mindy has successfully transformed VisaCare from a ten-strong local visa and immigration firm to today’s fifty-strong, serving many of the Fortune 500 companies. She graduated from Fudan University MBA program and speaks fluent English, Mandarin.

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Tickets

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

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Member Ticket
Member Price RMB 250
Member Price (Pay at the door) RMB 300
Member Company Employee Price
Standard Price RMB 350
Door Price RMB 400
Non-Member Ticket
Standard Price RMB 700
Door Price RMB 800

Venue

The Sukhothai Shanghai

2nd Floor Ballroom, 380 Weihai Road, Shanghai, China, 200041
Shanghai, China

If you have any questions please contact Daniel Rechtschaffen

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