Time

Activities

Place

9:00-9:30

VIP ROOM

2F Rose Hall

9:30-11:45

9:30-9:40
9:40-9:50

9:50-10:00
10:00-10:30

10:30-10:35
10:35-10:40

10:40-10:45
10:45-10:50

10:50-11:00

11:00-11:10

11:10-11:20

11:20-11:30

11:30-11:40

11:40-11:45

Opening Ceremony of the 2007 China Trade in Services Congress, Signing Ceremony and Tablet-Awarding Ceremony

Session 1: Speeches

1. Address by leader from Shanghai municipal government
2. Address by Zhang Wei, Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
3. Address by Harsha Vardhana Singh,Deputy Director-General of WTO
4. Address by Yi Xiaozhun, Vice Minister of MOFCOM

Session 2: Inaugural Meeting of China Association of Trade in Services

1. Introduction about China Association of Trade in Services
2. Speech by Chairperson of China Association of Trade in Services

Session 3: Launching of “China Trade in Services” Website

1. Introduction about “China Trade in Services” website
2. Launching of the website by Vice Minister Yi Xiaozhun and Harsha Vardhana Singh

Tea Break
Session 4: Signing Ceremony
1. Signing of the “All-round Cooperation Agreement on Granting Support to the Development of Trade in Services” between Ministry of Commerce and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE)
2. Signing of the “Cooperation Agreement on Facilitating China’s Services Trade Enterprises to Explore International Market” between Ministry of Commerce and Hong Kong Trade Development Council
3. Signing of the “Cooperation Agreement on the Promotion of Services Export” between Ministry of Commerce and McKinsey & Company
Session 5: Tablet-awarding Ceremony for Key Culture Export Enterprises

1. Announcement of the list of key Chinese culture export enterprises
2. Awards to 10 representative enterprises

2F Banquet Hall

11:45-13:00

Buffet

1F Garden Restaurant

14:00-17:10

14:00-14:30

14:30-14:50

14:50-15:10

15:10-15:30

15:30-15:40
15:40-16:00

16:00-16:20

16:20-16:50

16:50-17:10

The 2nd International Seminar on Trade in Services

1. Presentation by Ms.Mina Mashayekhi from UNCTAD on the latest development of international trade in services
2. Presentation by Dr. Zhu Xiaoming, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, on how to promote the competitiveness of China’s service industries in the international market
3. Presentation by Nicolas (NIC) Brown from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia on the practices and experience of the Australian government in the management, analysis and application of trade in services statistics
4. Presentation by Mr. Joseph Lai, Director-General of Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department on the promotion of key services trade industries

Tea/Coffee break

1. Presentation by Francois DE RICOLFIS from French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment on its experience in promoting and developing foreign trade in services for French companies
2. Presentation by Pei Changhong, Head of the Finance and Trade Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, on the interaction between the development of service industries and the development of services trade
3. Presentation by Ms. Barbara D'Andrea， expert from WTO on the latest development of international trade in services statistics
4. Presentation by Dr. Hu Jingyan, Director General of the Department of Trade in Services of MOFCOM, on the development of China’s trade in services, the statistical system of trade in services in China, “China Trade in Services” website, the release of “Regulations on Trade in Services Statistics of China” and “China Trade in Services Report 2007” and the release of “The Eleventh Five-Year Plan for the Development of Trade in Services”

2F Banquet Hall

18:30-20:00

Dinner

1F Garden Lounge