Event Type Seminar
Event Date 22/09/2009, 17:30 - 19:30

Event Description
In November 2008 China announced a RMB4 trillion fiscal stimulus plan. While the healthcare sector received only a small share of the initial funding (under which health, culture and education got 4%), it has since received additional stimulus funding of RMB850 billion. This spending is designed to help China restructure what has been an underinvested sector, and will include construction of 2,000 township hospitals and 5,000 clinics. It will also aid the longer-term process of rebalancing the economy by providing greater public services and releasing savings into the market. As a result there is high-level policy support. The sector will also benefit from a share of an additional RMB62.8 billion to support new technology in 2009 and 2010, including support for new drug development, the treatment of major infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis, and development of the biotech industry. Further plans for the sector are expected to be announced on Q3 2009 (with additional long-term planning likely to occur in 2012). The seminar will outline emerging opportunities in the Chinese healthcare market, resulting from the stimulus spending, and will also introduce the support services available from UK Trade & Investment and the China-Britain Business Council.

Speakers

Jeremy Gordon, Business Specialist, UKTI
"The Healthcare Implications of China's fiscal stimulus programme"

Ting Zhang, CEO, China Business Solutions
"Accessing the Chinese Healthcare Market"

Chris Cotton, Director, China-Britain Business Council
"What the CBBC can offer to help British business"

Venue Details
Olswang, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX (nearest tube station Holborn)

Further Information
Location: Olswang, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX (nearest tube station Holborn)
Timing: 17:30 - 1930 (Please arrive 15 minutes early to register)
Pricing:

Free to Olswang clients and APTN annual subscribers
£20 + VAT Non-academic participants
£10 + VAT (Academics),
Free for the Media.
To Register: please send your details (name, institutional affiliation, email address, phone number) to biz@aptn.org

Contact Details
Email:biz@aptn.org

UK Trade & Investment Contact: danuta.wurm@ukti.gsi.gov.uk
Publication date: 07/09/2009
Source UKTI