The Asia Pacific region will be home to many of the world’s fastest growing economies in the 21 st Century. Having rapidly recovered from the global emerging markets setback of the late 1990’s most East Asian economies are once again enjoying rapid rates of economic growth and are becoming even further integrated into the global economy. Indeed, the Asia/Pacific region already represents more than 30% of the global economy – and 6-7% average annual growth rates.
The “Rise of China” – which since 2001 accounts for fully one-third of the world’s economic growth – is destined to be seen as one of the most important economic social and political trends of the first half of the 21 st Century. Indeed, China’s emergence is already being compared in its potential impact to the similar emergence of Britain and Germany over the 19 th Century and the United States and, arguably, Japan, in the 20 th Century.
Today, any company with any international ambitions at all must inevitably engage with Asia and, by extension, China. It follows that designing and successfully implementing competitive business strategies in Asia Pacific – “Building China Plus One / Plus Two” strategies – is fast becoming the new strategic imperative. This is particularly true for many of today’s growth industries being driven by sciencebased innovation (the bio-sciences, non-oil energy, the ICT sector, environmental solutions, et al).
This upcoming China Access 2008 business program will draw upon a number of the region’s most insightful corporate and thought leaders and will provide participants with a particularly time-and-costeffective opportunity to closely consider their own Asia Pacific strategies and the potential contribution that China may hold for these. It will particularly focus upon “What’s different? What’s changing? and What are the best companies currently doing about it?” It shall also provide consciously tailored opportunities for focused networking with a select group of your own business peers and counterparts.
Business Visit Programs are strictly limited to a maximum 50 participants. Early registration is recommended. For further information and to make a reservation for this invitation-only event please see www.chinaaccess2008.com
