Event Type Outward Mission
Event Date 23/03/2009 - 27/03/2009
Registration Cut-Off Date 02/03/2009

Event Description
Who This programme is ideal for UK mobile and wireless communications companies wishing to gain access to the Chinese market and to meet potential Chinese partners and customers as well as key Government decision-makers and their think-tanks. What A 5 day, one-to-one meetings, seminar and networking programme, visiting Shanghai and Chongqing:

 Open doors – one-to-one meetings with senior executives with high profile Chinese companies and contacts that would otherwise be very difficult for UK companies to achieve alone
 Valuable insights – seminar presentations from leading Chinese and UK communications companies sharing their experience of doing business in China including ARM, BT Vodafone, NDS, Imagination Technologies and more…
 Networking – informal networking opportunities to further business development
 Market Knowledge – Up to date status and insight into market conditions and opportunities
The programme

 Pre- visit briefing in the UK providing an introduction to the visit programme, the China market and to raise cultural awareness of doing business in China
 At least 6 one-to-one meetings with Chinese companies and organisations interested in discussing business opportunities with further options for additional meeting arrangement services. (Additional meeting arrangements may incur a service charge)
 Seminars featuring high profile UK and Chinese companies with simultaneous translation, providing
opportunities to introduce your solutions to an invited Chinese audience. The seminars will be followed by one-to-one meetings The opportunity to invite up to 5 additional local companies of your choice to join the seminar(s)

 A free list of major Chinese industry clusters, companies, universities and institutes in the region(s)
 PR support to help build your profile – UKTI will seek to arrange media interview with Chinese trade press
on your behalf where relevant (please note media interest is not guaranteed) Enabling Innovation – UK-China Partnership in ICT This is the second Enabling Innovation, UK-China Partnership in ICT event to be undertaken. The first was held during December 2008 and visited the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen introducing UK mobile and wireless companies to trade and partnering opportunities. This second event will visit the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Chongqing again focusing on mobile and wireless technologies and applications. These visits are part of the ongoing Enabling Innovation initiative introducing UK companies to qualified ICT trade opportunities in China.

Shanghai Shanghai is a major international trading hub, a focus for business in North Western China and hosts the headquarters of many global companies’ China operations. Shanghai and its neighbouring provinces Jiangsu, Zhejiang, is also home to many of the largest provincial branches of China's telecoms companies. It has the largest concentration of embedded system and integrated circuit clusters in the country. Chongqing Chongqing, is the regional economic hub of South-West China. Chongqing and Chengdu area are an emerging destination for international, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese companies to move to, especially their investments from the coastal area to inland China, particularly IT, software and digital content outsourcing. The area has a cluster of specialised companies and research centres that supply to China's aerospace and defence industries. Shanghai, Chongqing, China – 23 Mar – 27 Mar 09 (5 days) Space is limited, register today: Contact: Earl Downer, Tel: 07802 624 289 or John K Davies, Tel: 07803 392 479 Alternatively email: ict@ukti.gsi.gov.uk

Contact Details
Earl Downer
Telephone:07802 624289
Email:earl@eventsnetwork.org

UK Trade & Investment Contact: dafydd.roberts@ukti.gsi.gov.uk
Source UKTI