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What does China’s Belt & Road Initiative mean for Luxembourg?

with concluding speech by HE Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance

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We are delighted to invite you to the China’s Belt & Road Initiative - Finance seminar, the fourth event of the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce ("CHINALUX") co-hosted event series on China's Belt & Road initiative. Throughout the course of the event series, we endeavour to introduce and explore opportunities for Luxembourg under the initiative – an intercontinental trade and infrastructure project focused on forging new economic corridors between China and Eurasia. The China’s Belt & Road Initiative - Finance seminar will take a “deep-dive” into the opportunities and experiences in the finance sector, taking a specific look at the role of different Luxembourg finance industry players under the initiative.

 

Agenda:

10:00: Registration

10:30: Opening Speech, Mr. Carlo Thelen, Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Director General

10:35: Opening Speech, Mr. Dirk Dewitte, CHINALUX, President

10:40: Presentation: Impact of Belt & Road Initiative to European Financial Sectors, Mr. Bo JI, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business ("CKGSB") Europe, Chief Representative

11:05: Q&A

11:10: Panel Discussion: Role of Different Luxembourg Financial Industry Players in the Belt & Road Initiative, moderated by Mr. Sascha Bremer, Luxembourg for Finance ("LFF"), Market Intelligence Advisor

Panellists:

- Mr. Yves Maas, Luxembourg Bankers' Association ("ABBL"), Chairman

- Mr. Camille Thommes, Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry ("ALFI"), Secretary General

- Dr. Lyu Ke, Bank of China Luxembourg, Deputy Head/Director Corporate Banking

- Mr. Michael Pechner, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Chief Commercial Officer

- Mr. Ning Wang, PingPong Europe, Chief Business Officer & Chief Financial Officer 

12:00: Concluding Speech: What does China’s Belt & Road Initiative mean for Luxembourg?, HE Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance

12:15: Walking Lunch

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RSVP: No later than November 6th, 2017 - registrations are now closed. Participation to this event is free of charge, however registration is compulsory. For further information about this upcoming event, feel free to contact the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, International Affairs team (Contact persons: Na Shi/Violaine Mathurin - T: (+352) 42 39 39-364/481 – China(at)cc.lu) or the CHINALUX Team (Contact: Sandy Wong/Sophie Smith - T: (+352) 621 188 143 - events(at)china-lux.lu)

 

Full Event Series: Throughout the course of the China's Belt & Road initiative event series (formerly referred to under the now less commonly used English translation of "One Belt One Road"), CHINALUX and the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg have and will continue to endeavor to introduce and explore the opportunities for Luxembourg under the initiative, with events following the launch highlighting opportunities and experiences in the Luxembourg logistics, ICT and finance sectors. To hear about the upcoming events, please sign-up to the CHINALUX mailing list, and watch the events announcements from CHINALUX and Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for more details.