GREAT Trade & Investment News
Hong Kong & Macao
July 2023
For a comprehensive round up of the latest UK-Hong Kong and Macao Trade and Investment news, insights and information kindly refer to the July Newsletter below:
GREAT Trade And Investment News Hong Kong & Macao July 2023
China Direct would like to thank the Trade and Investment team at the British Consulate in Hong Kong for kindly sharing this information.
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Please find the JULY 2023 IP Newsletter below highlighting the latest news and IP developments in China.
Download China IP Newsletter July 2023
For more information kindly contact: [email protected]
China Direct would like to thank the IP team for sharing this information.
Southeast Asia is a hot bed of innovation. The association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is currently the 5th largest economy in the world and is projected to become the 4th largest by 2050; its digital economy grew by $100bn in 2020 alone.
As the largest annual tech event in Southeast Asia, Techsauce Global Summit 2023 provides a unique opportunity to develop new relationships with key governments, businesses and investors in this increasingly important region. This year it will comprise of 10+ stages, 24+ workshops, 130+ sessions and an expected 20,000+ attendees. AI and data form two of the key cross-cutting themes for 2024 – areas we know the UK has particular strengths in!
If you are a UK tech business utilising AI and data to deliver products and/or services, this showcase is for you!
Please complete this application to register your interest in being selected as part of the Department for Business and Trade’s delegation.
Successful applicants will receive a place at the GREAT Pavilion in the main conference hall (booth space and construction), ticket access to all areas (conference, workshops, business matching, side events and networking receptions) and support from us to meet and build relationships with your desired partners in the region.
The application window is open until Midnight on Monday 10 July 2023. If you have any questions, please direct these to [email protected] and [email protected]
Please Note: Successful companies will be expected to fund their own flights, accommodation and other subsistence costs in country.
The Department for Business and Trade, in partnership with the British Council, are excited to be leading an in-person return mission to Vietnam, plus Thailand, focussing on opportunities in international Higher Education partnerships.
Background
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) are keen to develop their universities’ capacity in TNE, research and innovation, linkages with industry and quality assurance. Key TNE partnerships in the areas of Science & Technology such as AI, big data, biotechnology and green energy are starting to gain traction.
The UK’s reputation in Vietnam for high quality and sustainable education remains high, and HESA statistics show enrolments on UK HE programmes in-country have increased by an average of 11% annually over the last five years to over 7,100 in 2021/22, with the highest number of TNE programmes (over 100) with Vietnam, among all overseas partners, though only 10% are in S&T.
Following the continued success, and interest, of UK universities in Vietnam, and capitalising on DBT and British Council’s ongoing initiatives with MOET, our programme will take in the major centrally based city of Danang, followed by Hanoi, with the possibility of a day in Haiphong, Vietnam’s third largest city, and a major maritime hub. It will be our key education event during this year’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of UK-Vietnam diplomatic relations, and will serve to connect UK universities with local institutions, key industries, and ministry officials, to explore study areas, and take forward relationships.
Whilst in the region, we are taking the opportunity to visit Thailand, where in 2020/21, over 9,100 local students studied UK university programmes. That one-day programme will offer UK delegates the opportunity to meet with institutions in Bangkok.
Dates & Locations
16th October, Bangkok
17th - 18th October Danang, Vietnam
18th - 19th Hanoi
20th Hai Phong (tbc)
Register Your Interest Now
Delegates should be UK-based universities, with experience of international partnerships, preferably in either Viet Nam or Thailand or wider Southeast
Asia.
Please contact [email protected] for an application form by 21 June. Selection will be based on the profiles submitted, which should include an indication of your longer-term strategy for engagement in either of the countries, with an emphasis on Vietnam.
Profiles of successful applicants will be included in a UK delegate brochure to be circulated to local stakeholders in advance of the mission.
Participation Fee
The programme is free to attend, but spaces are limited. Participants are responsible for airfare, insurance, and accommodation costs. DBT will
provide local group transport to venues.
With China’s borders now fully open for travel, corporate executives and investors are heading back to the mainland – many for the first time in over three years.
Why it matters: With China effectively isolated from the world for a full 36 months due to the zero-Covid policy, many western executives and boardrooms have grown more skeptical of the China market.
And with so many folks making the long journey back east, we thought it would be useful to share our perfect-for-the-plane-ride briefing book that outlines everything you need to know about China and its policy priorities in 2023.
It’s free to read – so don’t be shy and download our top-notch briefing book – China in 2023: What businesses need to know – today.
Thanks for your time,
Andrew Polk
Trivium China, Co-founder
Our thanks to Andrew and the team at Trivium China for sharing this invaluable China briefing.
Looking to expand your business into the Asia Pacific region? Then look no further than the UK-APAC Tech Conference event scheduled for 08 June (1300-1600 tbc) at Deloitte's London HQ.
To register please click here.
The agenda can be accessed here.
Our sincere thanks to UKABC for sharing this information.
China’s ability to restore its position as a leading global investment destination depends largely on the ability to regain a reputation for certainty, stability, and trust, finds the results of the British Business in China: Position Paper 2023.
While businesses are much more optimistic about their prospects in the market than they were a year ago, they say more needs to be done to improve consultation between businesses and the Chinese government, and level the unequal playing field between SOEs, domestic businesses, and international companies.
Still, British businesses highlight many reasons to be optimistic about the Chinese market; 86% of businesses are optimistic about China’s market potential in the long-term, and almost three-fifths of businesses are more optimistic now travel has resumed.
To make sure China is able to reach its full market potential, the British Chamber of Commerce is calling for concrete action, to improve transparency, restore competition, and reduce uncertainty.
To access the Report please click here.
Our sincere thanks to the British Chamber of Commerce in China for kindly sharing the Position Paper.
GREAT Trade & Investment News
Hong Kong & Macao
April 2023
For a comprehensive round up of the latest UK-Hong Kong and Macao Trade and Investment news, insights and information kindly refer to the April Newsletter below:
Great HK & Macao TI Newsletter April 2023
China Direct would like to thank the Trade and Investment team at the British Consulate in Hong Kong for kindly sharing this information.
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Please find the April 2023 IP Newsletter below highlighting the latest news and IP developments in China.
Download China IP Newsletter April 2023
For more information kindly contact: [email protected]
China Direct would like to thank the IP team for sharing this information.
To view the latest April 2023 insights from Noah Barkin of the EU-CHINA relationship please visit GMFUS here.
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Our thanks to the German Marshall Fund US for kindly sharing this information.
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