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  International seminar on trade in services

26 - 27 September 2006, Beijing, China

Agenda

 

26 September
Morning:

 

 

Participants: Foreign and domestic experts, related ministries from the state council, officials from commercial departments of provinces including autonomous regions, municipalities and separate planning cities in China

Study and Discussion: To promote the development of trade in services in China and to increase the export of Chinese trade in services

9:00-9:20

 

Opening speeches of the hosts

9:20-10:20

 

Speech by expert from UNCTAD (Mr. Henri Laurencin)

10:20-10:30

 

Tea break

10:30-11:00

 

The development trend of trade in services in China (Mr. Long Guoqiang, domestic expert from the Development Research Center of the State Council, PRC)

11:00-11:30

 

The promotion of trade in services in Hong Kong SAR (Ye Zeen, assistant president , Hong Kong Trade Development Council)

11:30-12:00

 

Speech by Mr. Hu Jingyan, Director General of Department of Trade in Servives, Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China

12:00-13:30

 

Lunch

 

 

 

Afternoon:

 

 

Study and Discussion:

The present development and prospect of international trade in services statistics

13:30-15:00

 

Speech by expert from WTO (Mrs. Barbara d'Andrea)

15:00-16:00

 

Speech by expert from UNSD (Mr. Matthias Reister)

16:00-16:10

 

Tea break

16:10-17:10

 

Speech by expert from IMF (Ms. Nataliya Ivanyk)

10:30-11:00

 

Speech by expert from OECD (Mr. David Brackfield)

 

 

 

 

 

 

27 September
Morning:

 

Participants: Experts from international organizations, Some professors from universities, officials from related ministries from the state council

9:00-11:30:

 

Discussion: International trade in services statistics system in China

12:00-13:30

 

Lunch

 

 

 

Afternoon:

 

 

Tour:

 

Visit The Forbidden City