All the official guests of the Summit will be invited to attend.
All the official guests of the Summit will be invited to attend.
A themed salon (buffet reception) on investment promotion will be held, which will serve as a platform for communication and exchanges between multinationals and provincial departments of commerce across China.
Topic: Seizing New Opportunities in the Market
Leaders of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Commerce (to be determined) will be invited to introduce the business environment, shed light on the 14th Five-Year Plan as well as other policies, and solicit opinions and suggestions from multinationals.
Relevant leaders of the General Administration of Customs (to be determined) will be invited to explain the policies released and solicit opinions and suggestions from multinationals.
Topic: Reconstruction of Global Industrial and Supply Chains under Multiple Shocks
Organizer: China Economic Consulting Corporation of China Center for International Economic Exchanges
Multinationals are heavy players of and contributors to global industrial collaboration and trade exchanges. A number of leaders of multinationals and industry experts in related fields will be invited to discuss how to build up the strength to ensure stable and smooth industry and supply chains in the reconstruction process.
Topic: China’s Attractiveness as a Business Environment Innovator
Executives of multinationals will be invited to discuss their overall impressions of the innovative improvement of China’s business environment, the new highlights or new changes in the improvementthe business environment in the past year and the innovative initiatives in different regions and fields that offeredmultinationals better experience. The participants will explore ways and approaches to enhance the attractiveness of China’s business environment to multinationals and strengthen their confidence in investing and expanding business in China.
Topic: Concentrate on carbon neutralization and accelerate low-carbon transformation
Focusing on green finance, this event will enable participants to explore the opportunities, paths and partnerships to promote the sustainable development of multinationals through green finance in the post-COVID-19 era.
Topic: Strengthen Intellectual Property Protection and Promote Multinationals Development
Organizer: Shandong Administration for Market Supervision (Intellectual Property Office)
Focusing on intellectual property protection, Commissioner of the CNIPA (to be determined)will be invited to attend and address the forum, and leaders of Shandong Administration for Intellectual Property and Shandong Higher People’s Court (to be determined) will be invited to deliver speeches and interpret related policies.
Topic: Business Environment in Shandong
Leaders of relevant provincial departments will be invited (to be determined) to answer questions raised by multinational leaders, learn the current business situations of multinationals in Shandong and solicit opinions and suggestions from them.
Topic: New Pattern of Opening-up, New Opportunities for Development
The 2022 Forbes China Leadership Summit will bring together global executives with the topic of “multinationals and the new development paradigm” to discuss theories and practices, stimulate insights, and jointly open a new chapter in the development of multinationals in the current era. This event will further highlight China’s resolution in promoting higher-level opening up and demonstrate China’s confidence in this process.
Topic: Pursue Green and Low-carbon Transformation of Energy while trying to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals
This event will invite government leaders, industry experts and representatives of leading enterprises, share Air Products’ experience and practice of developing hydrogen energy, discuss the opportunities and challenges of hydrogen energy development in the context of carbon neutrality and emission peaking, explore collaboration opportunities and promote the green and low-carbon energy transition in Shandong.
Topic: Strengthen Intellectual Property Protection and Promote Multinationals Development
Leaders of relevant departments and bureaus of the CNIPA will be invited (to be determined) to answer questions raised by multinationals on intellectual property-related issues and solicit opinions and suggestions from them.
Leader(s) of Shandong Provincial People’s Government (to be determined) will be invited to exchange views with economic advisors.
Topic: Business Environment Optimization
Organizer: China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment
The forum will focus on the main concerns of foreign-invested enterprises on the business environment in China, discuss such topics as China’s efforts in further opening up and benchmarking with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and put forward proposals for building a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment.
Topic: Hydrogen Energy Value Chain Construction and Cooperation
Organizer:Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China), Ltd.
Focusing on the impact of hydrogen energy technology development on the construction of the industry chain, the forum will invite guests from the government, industry and academia to discuss the opportunities and challenges brought by the hydrogen energy value chain. The guests will also provide insights on the future development and new pattern of international collaboration in the green and low-carbon industry chain.
Topic: Enterprise Transformation with the Rising Wave of the Digital Economy
Organizer: Shanghai Yicai Media
This event will focus on the opportunities and challenges of multinationals on the wave of digital transformation.
Topic: Ecological Cooperation on the High-quality Development in the Yellow River Basin
Organizer: Shandong Radio and Television Station
The forum will discuss the ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin through keynote speeches, case sharing, and Q&A. This event aims to give full play to the leading role of the Shandong Peninsula City Cluster and further enhance the role of innovation in economic and social development.
Supporting activities are arranged as “Tourism in Qingdao”, “Business opportunities in Qingdao”, “Marine industry in Qingdao”, “Shopping in Qingdao”, “Teatime in Qingdao” and“View of Qingdao from the sea".