Seminar | HK: Where Belt & Road Business Opportunities Connect, Feb 22nd

Please note that the event, originally offline only, will also be held online via Zoom.

The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC), in collaboration with InvestHK, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shanghai Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT Shanghai), is pleased to inform that we are organizing the seminar "Hong Kong: Where Business Opportunities Connect".

The seminar is scheduled for February 22nd 2022, and will be held OFFLINE and ONLINE in the auditorium of the CICC Office in Shanghai (777 Weihai Road, Auditorium 10° floor, Jing’an District, Shanghai  / 静安区威海路777号10楼会议室), from 14:00 to 17:00 (GMT+8).

How to Leverage Hong Kong as Springboard to Capture Business Opportunities?

The seminar will discuss:

• Hong Kong’s business environment and Unique Advantages

• Hong Kong’s Taxation System and Preferential Benefits

• Cross-border Financial Services and All-rounded Support to the Enterprises in Mainland and Hong Kong

Date

February 22nd 2022

14:00 – 17:00 (GMT+8)

Venue

CICC Auditorium in Shanghai (777 Weihai Road, Auditorium 10° floor, Jing’an District, Shanghai / 静安区威海路777号10楼会议室，中国意大利商会上海礼堂)

Organizers

• Invest Hong Kong, HKSARG

• China-Italy Chamber of Commerce

• Shanghai Council for the Promotion of International Trade / Shanghai Chamber of International Commerce

Co-organizer

• Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai, HKSARG

• Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong & Macao

Language

English

The seminar is FREE of charge.

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SPEAKERS

Mr Philip Kung, Deputy Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai; Head of Investment Promotion at InvestHK Shanghai Office

Mr Philip Kung, Deputy Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai, as well as Head of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) Shanghai Office covering the purview of Eastern China (i.e. Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shandong). He has been with InvestHK over 20 years and was nominated as the Head of Business & Professional Services at InvestHK in Head Office since January 2001.

InvestHK is the government department of HKSAR responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment and supporting overseas and mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides free advice and customised services to support companies from the planning stage right through to the launch and expansion of their business succeeded in HK.

Prior to that, he held several high-level positions in private consultancy firms, the Hong Kong Tourism Association and worked for the Jamaican Government’s Investment Promotion Board in Asia as Assistant Director for over five years. Mr KUNG also was an entrepreneur having established and operated his own businesses in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Brazil. He holds degrees of MBA in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Calgary, Canada.

Mr Tony Xu,  Senior Manager of M&A Tax Services at PwC Shanghai

Mr Tony Xu, M&A Tax Senior Manager at PwC Shanghai, has been providing both business regulatory/tax advisory services and M&A related tax services since he joined PwC in 2011. As requested for the personnel secondment,  Tony was dispatched to PwC US in New York Metro Core Tax team during 2016 - 2018.  In the period, he has ever provided services in the field of US tax reform to US-listed clients.

Tony has a global view with an overseas study and work background. As a tax specialist, he has rich service experience in providing tax advisory services to clients ranging from Fortune 500 multinational companies to top tier domestic groups, covering a wide range of industries including TMT, consumer products, energy & power, pharmaceutical, real estate etc. Tony is timely updated with the latest development of tax policies and regulations of domestic in cross-border M&A, restructurings, financing, negotiation support and evaluation of exit options etc.

Tony holds a Bachelor degree from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and a minor in finance. And, he is one of the members of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA).

Ms Rebecca Fan, Senior Vice President of International Business, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited

Rebecca has been in the banking industry for over 16 years. She has extensive experiences on both PRC corporations and international businesses. In the past 8 years, she focuses on European headquartered subsidiary banking in China.

Mr Paul Allen, Country Head of International Subsidiary Banking, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited

Paul heads up HSBC Commercial Banking’s international operations in China. His teams look after four-thousand international businesses operating around the Country. Paul brings more than 40 years of Corporate Banking experiences to the role and has previously worked in London, Melbourne, New York and Manchester. Paul has been in China for nearly 9 years.

Mr Fabio Stella, China Head of Sales & Business Development, Hawksford Corporate Services Hong Kong Limited

Fabio graduated in International Law, Business and Geopolitics before moving to China in 2012 for a course on Intellectual Property (IP) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at Peking University. He started his career at the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce where he also acted as Board Member for two terms between 2017 and 2020. Part of Hawksford pool of professionals since 2013, Fabio began assisting Asian subsidiaries of international companies in the Hong Kong office from where he was then seconded to Shanghai to closely follow the expansion of an important retail project in the Mainland. After 4 years in Guangzhou where he headed the South China footprint of the firm developing additional presence and practice in Shenzhen, Fabio now heads China's Business Development activities while acting in various corporate governance positions and Board seats for Chinese subsidiaries of Global clients.

AGENDA

14:00 – 14:30

Registration

14:30-14:35

Welcome and introduction to guests

Moderator: Shanghai Council for the Promotion of International Trade

14:35-14:50

Welcome remarks

- Remarks by Mr Valtero Canepa, Vice Chairman of China-Italy Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

- Remarks by Dr Jimmy Chiang, Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion (Business Development) of Invest Hong Kong  (Online)

- Remarks by Vice Chairman (speaker tbc) of Shanghai Council for the Promotion of International Trade

14:50-15:10

Hong Kong’s Business Environment and Unique Advantages

- Speaker:  Mr Philip Kung, Deputy Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai;  Head of Investment Promotion at InvestHK Shanghai Office

15:10-15:30

Hong Kong’s Taxation System and Preferential Benefits

- Speaker:  Mr Tony Xu, Tax Senior Manager (M&A), PwC Shanghai Office 

15:30-15:50

Cross-border Financial Services and All-rounded Support to the Enterprises in Mainland and Hong Kong

- Speaker:  Ms Rebecca Fan, Senior Vice President of International Business, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited

15:50-16:10

Hong Kong at the crossroad of Asian success cases from and towards the Mainland: Hawksford case and practice

- Speaker: Mr Fabio Stella, China Head of Sales & Business Development, Hawksford Corporate Services Hong Kong Limited

16:10-16:30

Q&A session

16:30-17:00

Cocktail Reception

Event Background

During the 6th Belt &Road Summit held on September 1st 2021, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Mainland have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on enhancing exchanges and co-operation in promoting Multilateral Co-operation along the Belt and Road initiatives and high-quality development of overseas Economic & Trade Co-operation Zones. The MOU was signed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Ministry of Commerce. According to the MOU, both sides will leverage respective strengths to promote the zones’ high-quality development, encourage enterprises of both places to invest and set up businesses at the zones, develop the zones jointly and explore international markets, following the principle of “government providing guidance, enterprises taking the lead, and market-oriented operation”.  Furthermore, the pact states that the two sides will encourage enterprises, business associations, trade and industry organisations and intermediaries of both places to jointly organise business missions to Belt & Road-related countries and seminars, and to establish exchange platforms and more. Both sides will also support exchanges and collaboration amongst the zones and Hong Kong to the SMEs. 

Hong Kong is an important gateway under the B&R initiative and plays its unique role in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) region. Furthermore, it is the ideal place for investors to explore in wide range of diversity for their business development via Hong Kong and further expansion in the international market. It’s encouraged to leverage Hong Kong as the Springboard for “Stepping out” to capture the business opportunities under Belt & Road initiative and explore the new market in the GBA. 

The event targets to introduce HK’s business environment and how best to leverage HK’s unique business advantages such as low tax regime, leading financial services by providing diversified financing channels, international talents, professional services in different sectors, government support measures with funding scheme etc. to formulate business plan and foster tie with the clients from the global.  

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

InvestHK

InvestHK is the government department of HKSAR responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment and supporting overseas and mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides free advice and customised services to support companies from the planning stage right through to the launch and expansion of their business succeeded in HK.

http://www.investhk.gov.hk

CCPIT Shanghai

Founded in November 1956, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai Sub-council was the oldest local branch of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). In August 2002, with the approval of Shanghai Municipal People's government, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai Sub-council also assumed the name of Shanghai Council for the Promotion of International Trade, which is directly affiliated to the municipal government.

With a mission to serve national economic and diplomatic strategy and Shanghai's overall development, CCPIT Shanghai’s mission is to promote trade, investment, economic and technological cooperation and enhance mutual understanding and friendship between Shanghai and the rest of the world. The main functions of CCPIT Shanghai are to provide services to government and enterprises in fields of international liaison, conventions and exhibitions, legal arbitration and trade and investment consultation, and to undertake work entrusted by other government departments in accordance with the Charter of CCPIT. CCPIT Shanghai is also responsible for the operation of Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center) and Chamber of International Commerce Shanghai (World Trade Center Association Shanghai).

http://www.cpitsh.org/cpitsh

COIC Shanghai

Chamber of International Commerce Shanghai (COIC Shanghai) is a comprehensive non-governmental and non-profit social organization with legal person status. COIC Shanghai is made up of companies, public institutions and economic organizations engaged in international business activities. It is one of the most influential Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai. At present, COIC Shanghai boasts more than 3,000 members, provides services for over 110,000 companies, and has signed MOUs with 156 Chambers of Commerce, economic and trade organizations around the globe.

http://www.cpitsh.org/cpitsh

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