Panels
Art Panel
Artistic and architectural innovations reflect the advancement of society and cultural evolution. Through contemporary art and architecture, this panel explores contemporary Chinese cultural dynamics and social changes.
Economics Panel
China’s economy has faced both opportunities and challenges since the latest financial crisis. What will China’s economy be in 2010? How will China embrace these opportunities and
challenges? How will the financial crisis continue to affect China?
Education Panel
The Education Panel is intended to provide both historical and current perspectives on China's testing system, discuss its recent reforms, and highlight the challenges and potential consequences of those reforms.
Energy & Environment Panel
Having been the world’s factory for low to mid-level goods for decades, China is now poised to rise to the top of the technological food chain its technology industry in position to compete against the world’s leading multinational corporations. However, the road to innovation is a bumpy one and it requires sustained effort.
Enterprise Panel
The world has witnessed the emergence of China in the past 20 years. Stepping into 21st century, the China market has attracted attention from around the world. Thirty years after the implementation of open-door policy, nine years after joining the WTO, how can China accelerate its pace of globalization and enable smoother transition for its companies on the two-way road of international business?
Entrepreneurship Panel
As China enters its 30th year since the market-based economic reform in 1979 and its 9th year since entering the WTO, how will it continue its international development and
allow both Chinese and foreign corporations to continue their growth? How will
start-ups in China cope with the pressure from both Chinese and foreign competition?
Health Care Panel
A booming and sound healthcare environment is critical to China, its economic development, and the improvement of the quality of life for ordinary Chinese people. How to achieve these goals requires more extensive discussions of various aspects and vigorous support and collaboration from different sectors of society.
Finance Panel
Issues addressed during this year's finance panel include: implications for China’s financial institutions in a post-crisis world, China as the new battle-field for PE/VC: the new source of funding and exit channel, the future of asset management in China, and the banking industry – what to expect in 2010 after the credit boom in 2009.
Media Panel
The media panel will explain the evolution of
China’s media industry, provide an overview of the current market environment, and explore future opportunities and challenges.
Non-Profit Panel
2008 has been called the First Year of the Philanthropic China. This panel will offer a comprehensive look at the non-profit landscape in China from
different angles and provide ideas for its future journey.
Real Estate Panel
Since the overall housing reform initiated by the state in 1991, the real estate industry has already become a national leading industry in the past 20 years. It is time to discuss the contribution and lessons of 20 years of industry development and its impact on cities.
Science & Technology Panel
What is China’s innovation roadmap? Our discussion will try to sort out a list of challenges with priorities China needs to deal with on its bumpy road to innovation. Our discussion will listen to insights from business leaders, leading scholars, and policy shapers and spark their debates on how their roles are defined in China regarding innovation, and what necessities are undertaken to boost innovation in a collaborative and efficient manner.