Date Tuesday, 28th April 2009
Time 09.30 - 12.15
VenueThe Grosvenor Hotel, Park Lane, London

CBBC is pleased to announce that Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Co-operation Bureau will be hosting an investment promotion seminar in London on Tuesday, 28th April 2009. The seminar will be hosted by Ms Ling Li, the Director-General of Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau, and will be held at The Grosvenor Hotel, Park Lane, London.

The seminar will offer delegates the chance to hear the Director-General speak about Hangzhou's rapid growth and the exciting opportunities open to UK businesses and the support they can expect from government. Ms Li will also be accompanied by a business and government delegation, details of which are set out below:

Janet Zhu, Deputy Director-General, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Ge Lin, Deputy Director-General, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Sharp Wu, Deputy Section Chief, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Hang Song, Deputy Section Chief, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Kai Xu, Project Director, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Yipping Zhong, Director-General, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Suping Zhu, Secretary-General, Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
Zhigen Lai, Chairman & Manager – Hangzhou Laiye Metal Group Co Ltd
Lingjun Han, Vice President, Zhejiang University Artificial Environment Engineering Tech Ltd
Feng Wei, Manager, Hangzhou Three-Dimensional Graphics Animation Company

Hangzhou - Zhejiang province’s capital city - has enjoyed sustained economic growth with a number of industries moving into the region from the vastly-populated city of Shanghai. Hangzhou has a large ICT sector with international supply chain leaders choosing it as their preferred location. Creative industries also remains a strong focus for the area. In the recently published UKTI Regional Cities report, Hangzhou featured prominently, boasting an impressive infrastructure and highly skilled human resources.

The programme for the seminar is as follows:
09.30 Registration & Networking
10.00 Welcome & Opening Remarks – Ms Li Ling, Director-General of Hangzhou Municipal Foreign
Trade & Economic Bureau
10.10 Address by CBBC Chair (TBC)
10.20 Address by a Representative of UK Trade & Investment (TBC)
10.30 Presentation on Hangzhou’s Business Environment, Mr Song Hang, Deputy Section Chief,
Hangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade & Economic Bureau
10.50 Tea & Coffee Break/Networking
11.10 Hangzhou Case Study - TBC
11.20 Hangzhou Business Enterprises Presentation
11.30 Q & A/Networking
12.15 Event Closes

Reservation
To reserve your place/s at this key business event, please email Echo Wang at echo.wang@cbbc.org, with your full name, company name and job position or complete the form below and fax it to Echo
Wang at 020 7802 2029, no later than Friday, 24th April 2009.

Confirmation will be sent to you once your place/s has been successfully secured.