CHINA INVESTMENT FORUM 2018

15

OCTOBER

DAY ONE CIF 2018

19:00 – 21:30

Prague, Czernin Palace

Welcome Reception for Foreign Guests

19:00 – 21:00 Welcome reception for foreign guests held under the auspices of the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of the CR Mr. Jan Hamáček

ZHANG JIANMIN

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the PRC to the CR

YU XIAOXUAN

Viceprezidentka, China Economic Cooperation Center

HOU WENBO

Managing Director, Bank of China ČR

16

OCTOBER

DAY TWO CIF 2018

09:00 – 10:00

Prague, Spanish Hall of the Prague Castle

CIF 2018 Gala Opening

9:00 – 9:45 CIF 2018 Gala Opening held under the auspices of Marta Nováková, Minister of Industry and Trade of the CR

9:00 – 10:00 Coffee Break

MARTA NOVÁKOVÁ

Minister of Industry and Trade of the CR

CAO JIANMING

Vice Chairperson, National People’s Congress Standing Committee of the PRC

LILYANA PAVLOVA

Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018

HUO YUZHEN

Envoy for cooperation between CEEC and China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC

CHANG ZHENMING

Chairman of the Board of Directors, CITIC Group

9:00 – 10:00

Coffee Break

16

OCTOBER

DAY TWO CIF 2018

10:00 – 16:00

Prague, Representative Halls of the Prague Castle

Panel Discussions, Lunch

10:00 – 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSIONS I. - Financial Cooperation and Banking

10:00 – 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSIONS I. - Digital Economy

12:30 – 13:30 Buffet lunch for CIF participants

13:30 – 16:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONS II. - Cooperation Projects within the Belt and Road Initiative

13:30 – 16:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONS II. - Agriculture and Food Industry

10:00 – 12:30

PANEL DISCUSSIONS I. - Financial Cooperation and Banking

MODERATOR: VLADIMÍR DLOUHÝ, PRESIDENT, CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RAPPORTEUR: JOSEF KOTRBA, PARTNER, DELOITTE

Financial integration is an important area of mutual cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative. This includes, inter alia, support for banks to establish their subsidiaries or branches in European countries and China, and encouraging financial institutions to provide financial services for business and investment cooperation. This panel discussion will focus on examples and conditions of mutual cooperation, implmentation of finantial measures and investments. The panel will discuss the experience financial institutions have with setting up up their branches and providing financial services in markets of the CEE region and China. TOPICS: • IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL COOPERATION IN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE• CONDITIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OPERATING IN THE CEE COUNTRIES • CONDITIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE CEE COUNTRIES OPERATING IN CHINA

TOMÁŠ NIDETZKÝ

Member of the Bank Board, Czech National Bank

MARIUS JURGILAS

Member of the Bank Board, Bank of Lithuania

PEI TAO

Director General, Training Department of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission

MEL CARVILL

Member of the Board, HOME CREDIT

HOU WENBO

Managing Director, Bank of China ČR

DAVID KERESZTES

Partner, Central Europe Trust

YANG YU

Managing Director, ICBC ČR

MARIAN BOČEK

Managing Director, Infrapartners Management

10:00 – 12:30

PANEL DISCUSSIONS I. - Digital Economy

MODERATOR: PETR SKOČDOPOLE, PARTNER, MOTEJLEKSKOCDOPOLE.COM RAPPORTEUR: PAVEL ŠIŠKA, PARTNER, DELOITTE

The speed and efficiency of digitisation implementation is vital for the competitiveness of countries and companies. A successful development and implementation of digital economy solutions depends on synergies among many stakeholders: private companies, government administration and authorities, academic institutions, employers’ associations. The first part of the panel will cover trade and travel industry as these two fields see a significant development of digital economy. Successful projects and their benefits together with experience, tips and examples of good practice will be presented in the first part of the panel. The second part of the panel will deal with investments in digital economy that are of key importance for the development of digital economy. Existing investments, investment climate and market potential will be discussed in the second part of the panel. KEY TOPICS: • E-COMMERCE AND E-TRAVEL • INVESTMENTS IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL ECONOMY

MARTA NOVÁKOVÁ

Minister of Industry and Trade of the CR

SUN JIPING

Head of the DSRIIP Country Cooperation Committee and Expert Committee

XI WEIHANG

Vice President, C-TRIP

IGOR MATEJOV

CCO, MALL GROUP

ZHENG CHENGJUN

Vice President, Zuzuche

BORIS RAOUL

CEO, INVIA GROUP

GUO XIN

Director, JD.COM

MERGIM CAHANI

CEO, GJIRAFA.COM

ZHANG GENG

Director General, Zhejiang Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission

ROBERT CHMELAŘ

Partner, ROCKAWAY CAPITAL

PAN JING

Senior Vice President, JUSFOUN

BEN BAILEY

Head of TMET Europe, Macquarie

ZHANG JUYAN

Vice President, Ucloud

JAN VALENTIN

Managing Director, Kayak Europe

12:30 – 13:30

Buffet lunch for CIF participants

13:30 – 16:00

PANEL DISCUSSIONS II. - Cooperation Projects within the Belt and Road Initiative

MODERATOR: JIŘÍ HAVLÍČEK, DEPUTY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

RAPPORTEUR: CSABA WOLF, HEAD OF CHINA DESK, DELOITTE CEE

The Belt and Road Initiative is a cornerstone of current Chinese foreign and economic politics. Infrastructure projects are supposed to be the key to connecting China and Europe. This panel discussion will focus on concrete projects and experience sharing within this initiative. The first part of the panel will see speeches of representatives of public administration while the second part will be dedicated to representatives of private sector. KEY TOPICS: • INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITHIN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE • TOURISM INDUSTRY COOPERATION, EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION• OPPORTUNITIES FOR CEE COUNTRIES IN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

JAN ZAHRADIL

MEP, European Parliament

WANG YIJUN

Deputy Director General, China Centre for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, NDRC

LILYANA PAVLOVA

Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018

SHEN JINQIANG

Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress

XIA YANJUN

Vice Governor, Hebei Province

ŠTEFAN FÜLE

Ambassador, Chairman of Administrative Board, Czech China Chamber of Cooperation

PAULA PIRVANESCU

Secretary of State, Ministry for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Romania

RENATA KRÁLOVÁ

Director of Tourism Department, Ministry of Regional Development of the CR

WANG XIAOZHEN

Acting Director General, Xi’an Foreign Affairs Office

CHEN QI

Chairman of Academic Board, Research Institute of the Belt and Road Initiative, Tsinghua University

JAN KOHOUT

President, New Silk Road Institute

BAO QIFA

Chairman, Hainan Airlines Holding

RAZVAN PAUNESCU

Honorary President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Romania–China

ZHANG ZHIYONG

President, Risesun Healthcare and Tourism Investment

DAI ZIGENG

General Manager, Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group

JERZY RZYMANEK

PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS

13:30 – 16:00

PANEL DISCUSSIONS II. - Agriculture and Food Industry

MODERATOR: JINDŘICH FIALKA, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOODSTUFFS AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTER’S CABINET UNIT MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

RAPPORTEUR: LUDĚK HANÁČEK, PARTNER, DELOITTE

Agriculture and food industries are key industries to each and every nation’s economy regardless of their ratio to the GDP. It is not only an important market effect but also the undisputable importance of high-quality and high-safety foodstuff for the consumer. The consumers from both markets are already familiar with foodstuff from the partner countries and all stakeholders have the ambition to further widen their portfolio. The necessary precondition is tackling custom as well as non-tariff trade barriers. The mutual cooperation has improved recently which seems to promise its further deepening. KEY TOPICS: • ASPECTS OF MUTUAL COOPERATION • ACTUAL EXPERIENCE OF BUSINESSMEN