The 2008 edition of the Global China Business Meeting will be held in Barcelona on 17-19 November. The Global China Business Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of Chinese business leaders and their global counterparts. The event is open to Chief Executive Officers of the world's leading companies, More then 400 participants are expected to take part in the meeting.

The 2008 Global China Business Meeting will provide a special focus on China's interaction with other emerging economies, including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and India. A review of the Beijing Olympics will be another theme. Senior executives from around the world will discuss Chinese firms' growing impact on global business and will conceptualize the globalization of Chinese firms.

The co-chairs are:

• César Alierta, Chairman, Telefonica, Spain
• Léo Apotheker, Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP, Germany
• Chang Dae-whan, Chairman, Maeil, Republic of Korea
• Chen Feng, Chairman, Hainan Airlines, China
• Fu Chengyu, Chief Executive Officer, CNOOC, China
• Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, SAS, USA
• Li Dongsheng, Chairman, TCL, China
• Li Ruogu, Chairman, China Exim Bank, China
• Nin Gaoning, Chairman, COFCO, China
• Feyhan Yasar Kalpaklioglu, Chairperson, Yasar Holdings, Turkey
• Natalya Kaspersky, Chairman, Kaspersky Lab Group of Companies, Russia
• Munir Majid, Chairman, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia
• Naushad Merali, Chairman, Sameer Group, Kenya
• Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa, Chairman, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain
• Anthony Salim, President, Salim Group, Indonesia
• S. Sandilya, Chairman, Eicher Group, India
• Shao Bo, Chairman, Novamed Pharmaceuticals, China
• Wei Jiafu, Chairman, Cosco, China
• Yan Bingzhu, Chairman, Bank of Beijing, China
• Zhang Yue, Chairman, Broad Air Conditioning, China

The meeting is organized by Horasis and co-hosted by the China Federation of
Industrial Economics and Casa Asia - an institution under the Spanish government - with Ajuntament de Barcelona, COPCA and ICEX. Horasis is using
its unrivalled history of partnership with Chinese and global firms to create a powerful platform for cooperation between China and the rest of the world.

Co-hosts:

with

Co-organizers:

China Kingdom Club	China International Reform Agency	China Entrepreneurs Club	2005 Committee

Strategic Partners:

Deloitte

Knowledge Partners:

Accenture	AIG	Port of Barcelona	Baker McKenzie
CEIBS	CLSA	Digitas	GTZ
IDA Ireland	IESE	Finnair	Havas Media
Permira	Roland Berger

Media Partners:

Business Week	Caijing Magazine	Euromoney	International Herald Tribune

For the last three years, the Horasis Global China Business Meeting has provided an unrivalled platform for Chinese firms to globalize their operations', said Frank-Jürgen Richter, President, Horasis. ‘The goal of this 4th Meeting is to identify the opportunities and challenges that will shape Chinese firms' future growth environment.'

‚The Global China Business Meeting is geared toward knowledge creation and business cooperation, with meetings between company leaders, government officials and regulators, aimed at finding a common ground to expanding our operations outside China', added Nin Gaoning, Chairman, China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) and Executive Chairman, China Federation of Industrial Economics.

Jesús Sanz, Director of Casa Asia concluded: ‘We are pleased to co-host this important meeting of Chinese and global business leaders. Barcelona will serve as important gateway for Chinese firms to Europe, Latin America and other emerging economies. We are pleased to welcome them as guests at the Global China Business Meeting.'

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