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Belt and road Summit

: Belt and Road Summit 2024 – Invitation

When: September 11-12th 2024 Where: HKCEC, Hong Kong SAR PBEC Members are cordially invited to join the 9th Belt and Road Summit at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Summit is jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).  The upcoming Summit will build on the concrete achievement in the past years to explore areas with promising prospects arising from the Initiative, connect potential business partners along…

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: GS1 HK Annual Summit 2024 – Invitation

When: November 1st 2024 Where: S200 Series, Level 2 HKCEC, Hong Kong SAR Format: Physical Who should attend: C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, SME owners, policymakers and others, across retail, finance, foodservice, logistics, information technology, e-Commerce, healthcare and many other sectors. To register click here: https://www.gs1hk.org/gs1hksummit/2024/register – PBEC members are entitled to 10 complimentary passes. First come first serve basis. email: pbec@pbec.org to request.

: PBEC/Vina Capital Mid-Year Economic Review & Outlook for Vietnam 2024

Invitation to register for online webinar: On the 3 July 2024 at 10AM UK / 4PM Vietnam/Thailand / 5PM Hong Kong/Malaysia/Singapore & Philippines time, PBEC’s Vina Capital will host its Mid-Year Vietnam Economy & Market Review & Outlook Webinar. PBEC’s Michael Kokalari, Chief Economist, and Linh Vu, Head of Research, will review macroeconomic and stock market performance in H1 2024 and share their outlooks for the remainder of the year. After their remarks, a Q&A session from the audience will…

PBEC ABAC-APEC Briefing 2024

: Round-table briefing on APEC-BAC Meeting outcomes YTD & Autumn/Winter 2024 priorities outlook

The Pacific Basin Economic Council is hosting a round table dialogue with experts involved in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. We are joined also by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) members who are appointed by APEC’s 21 member economies to represent business interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The dialogue will feature ABAC representatives from Australia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, as well as the APEC- Asia Pacific Economic Council Int’l Secretariat Executive Director. PBEC’s Chair, Andrew Weir MBE…

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: ICC/Milken Institute & Asia Global Institute release its Global Trade Modernization Index in Hong Kong – Apr 2024

PBEC CEO Michael Walsh was a special guest alongside ICC Senior Directors Pamela Mar and Sebastian Man as well as Ambassador Curtis Chan of Milken Institute Asia and the former Financial Secretary of HKSAR amongst others including PBEC’s Peter Burnett, HKMA and FSDC senior executives. The index showed country ranking for digital adoption in supply chains and friendliness for FDI’s. Singapore came out 1st, Hong Kong SAR 4th, Taiwan, ROC 10th and Malaysia 15th, Japan 17th and South Korea 18th…

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: PBEC went on the road and hosted two roundtable luncheons for members and guests and conducted a site visit in KL and HCMC in – Apr 2024

In Vietnam we attend the Horasis China meeting followed by hosting a roundtable luncheon at Lotte Hotel back in HCMC and welcomed PBEC members the likes of Ong & Ong, KPMG Vietnam, Bonds Group of Companies HK, RMIT University Vietnam, Sunwah Group Vietnam, VinaCapital, Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam, CRBE Vietnam, Act Renewable, International Engineering Solutions, Transportation Law Firm, CEL Consulting, ESG expertise, leading Internationally renowned Business and Politician Coach. When speaking and listening to several Chinese business leaders who came…

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: PBEC Celebrates International Women’s Day 2024

In celebration of International Women’s Day last week, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) hosted a “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” gong-strike event, bringing together over 250 industry leaders. The event highlighted the leading role of capital markets in contributing to gender diversity and equality through affirmative actions. PBEC Chairman Andrew Weir moderated an all-female senior leadership panel discussion examining how capital markets can be doing even for to move the dial. PBEC supports all progress in…