The 2005 China Economic Summit, as one of the major activities of the upcoming 8th China Beijing International High-tech Expo (CHITEC), will be held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 24. The theme for the Summit is "2005 being the year of China reform: Financial opening, company management and sustainable development".

Hot topic of conversation unusually brilliant

Leading officials from the State Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the People's Bank of China, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics, as well as Nobel economists, noted scholars, presidents of well-known domestic and foreign enterprises will conduct dialogs on the theme of the China Economic Summit as well as on related topic of discussion, by then, top-level personages from eight major domestic and foreign exchanges will attend the meeting. It is reported that the upcoming summit will draw the participation of the most securities exchanges compared with previous meetings.

The upcoming conference will center the discussion on topics such as the reform and opening of finance, global merger and acquisition (M&A), the capital market, property transaction and company management, high-growth enterprises and the financial market, the development strategy of Chinese industry, the development of China's auto industry, the development of China's realty sector, the internationalized development of Chinese enterprises, the development of Beijing's capital market, the overseas listing of high-growth enterprises, and brilliant discussions will be carried out on the focal points of the 2005 Chinese economy from different macro and micro angles.

Famous personages gather to discuss the Chinese market

The present summit attracts top-ranking personages from eight major reputed Chinese and foreign securities exchanges--the American New York Securities Exchange, the American NASDAQ Securities Exchange, the Singapore Exchange, the London Securities Exchange, Japan's Tokyo Exchange, the Hong Kong Exchange, the Canadian CNQ Securities Exchange, the ROK Exchange, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Beijing Property Exchange, to attend and speak at the meeting.

By then, presidents from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the American First National City Bank and other famous financial institutions and Daimler-Chrysler, the Beijing Hyundai and other famous Chinese and foreign enterprises will give speeches and engage in dialogs.

In recent years, along with the vigorous development of the Chinese economy and the high-speed growth of Chinese enterprises, China has become the focus of attention from various large international capital markets. The gathering of top-level personages from various overseas exchanges at the CHITEC once again proves China's important position in the world capital markets.

By People's Daily Online