The 12th China-LAC Business Summit Agenda

 

Wednesday, October 31

09:00-22:00

RIGHT HAND SIDE OF ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER E3 ENTRANCE

Registration

Thursday, November 1st

09:00-10:00

ZHUHAI HALL, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Opening Ceremony
  • Lu Pengqi, Vice Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
  • Gao Yan, Chairwoman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
  • Ouyang Weimin, Vice Governor, Guangdong Province
  • Chen Yulu, Deputy Governor of The People’s Bank of China
  • Alexandre Meira da Rosa, Vice President for Countries, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  • Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

10:00-11:15

ZHUHAI HALL, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Plenary Session I: Promoting a new chapter in the China-LAC partnership and a shared future for international cooperation

Keynote: Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Minister of Foreign Relations, Uruguay

Moderator: Lucy Hornby, Beijing Deputy Bureau Chief, Financial Times

  • Néstor González, Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry of Panama
  • Iván Chiu Yat, Director for China, Grupo BIMBO (México)
  • Liu Yuqin, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Latin American Affairs
  • Sun Ziyu, Vice President of China Communications Construction Company
  • Zhang Ming, Deputy Director of Department of West Region Development, National Development and Reform Commission

11:15-12:30

ZHUHAI HALL, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Plenary Session II: Seizing new opportunities in China-LAC commercial relations and the global economy

Keynote:  Liu Jin, Vice Governor of China Development Bank

Moderator: Fabrizio Opertti, Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • Nelson Toca Simó, Minister of Industry & Commerce, Dominican Republic
  • Patricia Iraola, Family Office Director and Board Member, Corven (Argentina)
  • Siegfried Kreutzfeld, Managing Director China, WEG (Brazil)
  • Fernando Cordero, Secretary General, Zona Libre de Colón (Panama)
  • Xie Dongbo, Assistant President, Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai
  • Wang Cheng, Senior Vice President, TCL Group

12:30-14:00

HALL 5&6, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Luncheon

14:00-15:15

SHIZIMEN HALL A&B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Plenary Session III: Enhancing Infrastructure and Connectivity

Keynote: Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Housing, Argentina

Moderator: Agustín Aguerre, Manager, Infrastructure and Energy Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Housing, Argentina
  • Merlin Alejandrina Barrera, Vice-Minister of Trade and Industry, El Salvador
  • Mauricio Castillo, Chief Commercial Officer, Sigdo Koppers (Chile)
  • Vicente Jesus Lara, Executive President, Empresa Siderúrgica del Mútun (Bolivia)
  • Claudia Pereda, Representative for China, Bancomext (Mexico)
  • Liu Zehong, Executive Vice President, State Grid Corporation of China
  • Zhao Jinhua, Chief Economist, China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd.
  • Sun Guozhuo, President, China-LAC Industrial Cooperation Investment Fund Co., Ltd.

15:15-16:15

SHIZIMEN HALL A&B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Parallel Session I: Financial Integration and Collaboration

Moderator: Gema Sacristán, Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest

  • Pablo Garcia, Executive Vice-President, Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (Argentina)
  • Carlo Bongianni, Vice-President of Origination and Financing, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (Colombia)
  • Rafael Valdez, Director for LAC, Envision Energy
  • Lin Fengyun, Expert of Global Finance Department, ICBC
  • Chu Xiaoli, President Assistant, Fosun Group

 

SHIZIMEN HALL C, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Parallel Session II: Promoting Value Chain Integration and Collaboration

Moderator: Jiang Shixue, Vice President of China Society of Emerging Economies; Consultant of Chinese Association for Latin American Studies

  • Juan Pablo Bonilla, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Maria Camila Moreno, Executive Director, Asociación de Zonas Francas de las Américas
  • Guan Dongyuan, President, Embraer China (Brazil)
  • Zimry Cordero, Logistics and Trade Manager, Agrícola Agromonte (Costa Rica)
  • Gao Aijian, Senior Vice President, Inspur Group
  • Zhao Ping, Director of the International Trade Research Department, Academy of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

16:15-17:15

SHIZIMEN HALL A&B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Parallel Session III: Accelerating Services Sector Opportunities

Moderator: Bernardo Guillamón, Manager, Office of Outreach and  Partnerships, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica
  • Julián Restrepo, Co-founder, TALLER Arquitectos (Colombia)
  • Gabriel Rozman, President, Zonamerica China (Uruguay)
  • Xi Weihang, Vice President & Chief Government Officer, Ctrip Group
  • Zhong Zeyu, Vice Chairman and Secretary General, China Association of Trade in Services
  • Yao Xin, Secretary General of CCPIT Commercial Sub-council, Secretary General of CAS Trade in Services Branch

 

SHIZIMEN HALL C, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Parallel Session IV: Seizing business opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area

Moderator: Fernando Muñoz, International News Editor, Xinhua News Agency

  • Martin Gustavo Ibarra Pardo, Vice President, World Free Zones Organization
  • Yang Kaishan, Vice Chairman, PRD Council of the Federation of Hongkong Industries; Chairman of Mainland Affairs Committee
  • Xiao Zhiwei, Representative of the Thirteenth National People's Congress from the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Executive Director of Dah Chong Hong Macau Total Supply Chain Management Company Ltd.
  • He Liangmei, Chairman of the board, Print-Rite Holdings

18:30-20:30

ZHUHAI HALL, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Gala Dinner

Friday, November 2nd

09:00-13:00

ZHUHAI HALL, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC Business Matchmaking

09:00-12:00 

SHIZIMEN HALL A&B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC TPO’s Roundtable Meeting

12:00-12:30

SHIZIMEN HALL A&B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Project Signing Ceremony

12:30-14:00

HALL 5&6, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Luncheon

14:30-16:00

SHIZIMEN HALL A, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

Guangdong&Zhuhai Investment Promotion Seminar

14:30-16:00

SHIZIMEN HALL B, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

LAC Investment Promotion Seminar

16:00-17:30 

SHIZIMEN HALL A, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC Soccer Cooperation Forum

14:00-17:30

ROOM 501, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC Economic and Trade Relations International Symposium

Saturday, November 3rd

08:30-17:30

ROOM 501, ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC Economic and Trade Relations International Symposium

09:00-12:30

Technical Visit Option 1

Headquarters of Gree Electric Appliances, Inc.

09:00-13:00

Technical Visit Option 2

China-LAC Economic and Trade Cooperation Park, Xiangzhou Port

November 1st-3rd  

All Day

EXHIBITION CENTER

China-LAC Trade Exhibition