Asean-China Partnership Forum 2002
Strengthening Competitiveness through Regional Integration and Specialization

Wednesday 28 August
Thursday 29 August
Friday 30 August

Program:

Wednesday 28 August
Beginning 9am Registration
14.00 - 17.00 CONCURRENT Pre Conference Workshops
1: INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN TRAINING, EDUCATION AND SKILL TRAINING IN CHINA AND ASEAN
Panel:
Dr David Strong, Chairman and CEO, Learning Wise, Inc. Canada*
Ren Zhikuan, Director of the Executive Learning Center of People's University of China*
Harvey Chen, Chairman, The First Light Academy, Inc., USA, Director, Institute of Contemporary Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Co-Director, Center for the New Economy, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University*
Chair: Tan Yew Sing, President, Inti College*

2: SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS RESPONSE TO AFTA, CHINA IN THE WTO AND A FAST-GLOBALIZING MARKETPLACE
Panel:
Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew, Group Managing Director, Country Heights Holdings Berhad, and founder of Young Entrepreneur Association Malaysia*
Chok Kwee Bee, Vice President, Walden International Investment*
Mei JianZheng, Director, Shanghai Small Enterprises Production Development Service, Shanghai*
Lydia Ng, Maybank Malaysia*
Chair: Larry Gan, Managing Partner, Corporate Development, Asia Pacific, Accenture*
19.30 - 22.30 BUSINESS PROPOSAL PRESENTATION AND MATCIHNG WITH INVESTORS
Session A:
Proposal by Chinese scientists and professionals, China companies
Session B: Proposal by Malaysian and Asean Companies
*Confirmed speakers/panelists

Thursday 29 August
8.30 - 9.00 Networking Coffee
9.00 - 9.10
Welcoming Speech
Tan Sri Ngan Chin Wen, President of Malaysia China Chamber of Commerce
9.10-9.30 Opening Keynote
BUILDING A COMMON MARKET IN ASIA
9.30 -10.00 Exhibition Opening
10.00 -12.30
Plenary Session A:
WTO, AFTA, CHINA AND ASEAN: HOW WOULD ASEAN AND CHINA INTEGRATE AND SPECIALIZE?
Panelists:
Long Yongtu, Vice Minister of Foreign trade, PRC*
Datuk Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia*
Andy Xie, Morgan Stanley, China *
Fred Hu, Economist, Goldman Sachs*
Chair: Tan Sri Datuk Dr Lin See Yan, President, Harvard Club Malaysia*
12.30 -14.00 Luncheon
BUILDING WORLD CLASS CHINESE ENTERPRISES IN POST WTO CHINA
Mr. Liu Yong Hao, Chairman, East Hope Group, China, Named by Forbes Magazine as China's No 1 Entrepreneur*
Chair:
14.30 -17.00 PLENARY Session B:
DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA: EXPERIENCE SHARING BY THOSE WHO SUCCEEDED
Panel:
Dato PY Lai, Chairman, Motorola China and Asia*
Wei Ing Chiao, Chairman of Tinghsin Corporation, Master Kang Instant Noodle. *
Mei Jun, President, Beijing Tongrentang*
Thanakorn Seriburi, C P Group, and Chairman of Thailand- China Business Forum. *
Chair: Dr Mohamed Ariff, Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research*
19.30 - 22.30 Concurrent:
Regional Briefing
C: Malaysia and Asean
D: PRC
*Confirmed speakers/panelists
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Friday 30 August
8.30 - 10.00 Panel Discussion I:
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND NEW PRODUCTS IN CHINA AND ASEAN
Panelists:
Dr Cai Cong, Researcher, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore*
Govinathan Pillai, General Manager, Sun Microsystems Malaysia
Tim Chen, Managing Director of Motorola China *
Dr. Kosol Petchsuwan, President The Telecommunications Association of Thailand*
Chair: Dato Paul Low, Vice President, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers*
10.00 - 10.30
Break
10.30 - 12.00 Panel Discussion II:
TRAVEL AND TOURISM: BUILDING ON HERITAGE AND CULTURAL CAPITAL TO PRODUCE HIGH VALUE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Panel:
Li Guowu, Head of Lijiang's Foreign Affairs Office, Yunnan Lijiang*
Chao Sun Kerya, Minister of Tourism, Angsara, Cambodia*
Claire Chiang, Executive Director, Banyan Tree Resorts and Gallery,Wah Cheong Group, Singapore*
Chair: Kaldun Beatrice, Unesco Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific*
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch:
Building Asia's own media
Liu Zhang Le, President of Phoenix Satellite Television*
13.30 - 15.00
Panel Discussion III:
OPPORTUNITIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA'S MASSIVE URBANIZATION DRIVE AND THE MEKONG CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
Panel:
Andy Xie, Morgan Stanley, China *
Chen Xioli, Deputy Chief Planner, Ministry of Construction, China*
Myant Thant, Asian Development Bank
Niu Shao Rao, Vice Governor, Province of Yunnan*
Chair: Hong Lee Pee, Former Chairman of Pilecom, and Chairman of Socso Malaysia*
15.00 - 17.00 Panel Discussion IV:
INVESTING IN ASEAN: REALIZING THE ASIAN COMMON MARKET
Panelists:
Mari Pengestu, Center of Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
Dato Kerk Choo Teng, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry*
Tan Sri B Beh Nielsen, Senior Executive Director, United Plantations Berhad*
Fred Hu, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs*
Tony Tan Caktiong, President, Jolibee, The Philippines
Chair: Dr Nungsari A Radhi, Executive Director, World Enterprise Institute*
17.00 - 18.30 PLENARY Session C:
THE CIHNA MARKET: ONE COUNTRY MANY MARKETS-- HOW TO OPERATE IN DIVERSITY
Panel:
Prof. Lu Tai Hong, Professor of Marketing at the Zhongsan Unversity in Guagnzhou*
Song Qing Hou, Hangzhou Wahaha Enterprise, China No 1 Beverage Company*
Tim Chen of Motorola*
Chair: Dr Kamal Salih, MD of World Enterprise Institute*
18.30 - 19.00 Summary Report
19.30 - 22.00 Farewell Dinner and Cultural Performance
*Confirmed speakers/panelists
Note: Timing and actual schedule still subject to change