CONFERENCES & MEETINGS >> IN CHINA

Green-Tech Mission to China, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Nantong

St Patrick's Day is celebrated in China's big cities, such as in Beijing (pictured above in 2008) and especially in Shanghai, where the Irish community will hold a special festival between March 10-13. Jiang Dong / China Daily

China's green-technology market is developing and changing rapidly. The event aims to provide an intensive and cost-effective mission to explore China's leading green-tech area and meet potential business partners.

Date: March 7-11

Ireland Festival Shanghai 2011, Shanghai

A one-of-a-kind opportunity to market Ireland in the most affluent and influential city in China. This event, now in its 5th year, is unique in China and this year will be its largest ever with the busy shopping district of Nanjing Road becoming a corner of Ireland for four days in March.

Venue: Nanjing Road

Date: March 10-13

Plug-in Electric Vehicle Forum, Shanghai

The Chinese car industry is maturing and follows other big manufacturers in their investment on electric mobility. The government supports this move by setting an official goal of 500,000 Chinese plug-in hybrids and electric cars produced by the end of 2011. To facilitate this goal, China launched a nationwide program to install large electric vehicle charging stations. China is on track to lead deployment of this infrastructure in the coming years. This forum will provide a platform to build partnership with Chinese local companies and grasp latest marketing information and technologies.

Venue: Shanghai Pudong Ramada Plaza

Date: March 10-11

Contact: michelle@genesis-resourcing.com

Conference Series of Cervantes Institute, Beijing

The main theme of the conference series is "Strategies for a change: the new leaders of the industry". Spanish industrial cooperation starts history and had numerous successful experiences. On this new conference series at Instituto Cervantes, experts from Spain and China will talk about subjects like financial systems, renewable energies or the railway and they will make a deep analyze of Spain and China industrial cooperation relationship.

Venue: Beijing Cervantes Institute

Date: from March 15

Contact: cult4pek@cervantes.org.cn

Asia Power T&D Summit 2011, Beijing

In the spotlight of global smart grid, China's power industry is undergoing significant evolution in the past five years and encouraging huge investment in grid construction. In order to greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of power transmission and distribution, the State Grid Corporation of China released a three-step plan for 2009 to 2020, thereby motivating the smart grid implementation in China. On this occasion, the policy makers, experts, decision-makers and professionals will hold joint discussions on the opportunities and challenges in power T&D in China as well as Asian Region, also talk on the outlook of intelligentizing this process.

Venue: Renaissance Beijing Chaoyang Hotel

Date: March 16-18

Contact: domi.liu@atunicorn.com

Merger & Acquisitions Due Diligence, Shanghai

Following the strong economic growth, the Greater China region is seeing a reawakening of M&A activity. Since due diligence is an important deciding factor between success and failure of any M&A transaction, the conference is designed to offer the most up-to-date information on investments in China.

Venue: Crown Plaza Shanghai

Date: March 17-18

Contact: molly.jiang@lexisnexis.com

Chinese Institutional Investors Focusing, Shanghai

This is the only China funds overseas investment conference that is aimed at educating the investors in China, and will gather senior decision-makers from leading investors and service providers to discuss the hottest topics in this market. A total of 60 plus experienced frontline CIOs will bring case studies on how to managing assets and enhance returns. The most important regulators stay 30 plus hours to explore the QDII & QFII policies in China market.

Venue: InterContinental Shanghai

Date: March 22-24

Contact: helenzhang@cbichina.com

China International Petroleum &

Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition, Beijing

It is recognized as one of the world's four premier oil exhibitions. This high-profile event was featured in a total of nearly 200 central-administrated media, financial media, industrial media and local media. It was, and continues to be, highly valued by the industry professionals for reflecting the industry's future trends.

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Date: March 22-24

Offshore Wind Power Development,

Shanghai

China is giving top priority to develop offshore wind power projects to meet its energy target. It is of incredible value to bring the experiences and lessons learnt from the successful projects all around the world together with an in-depth analysis of the most pressing challenges in this spinning market.

Venue: Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park

Date: March 23-24

Contact: enquiry@iqpc.com.sg

CONFERENCES & MEETINGS >> IN EUROPE

Seminar: What is behind

"made in China" ?, Brussels

That China is a "factory of the world" is a wide spread belief. What is the real role that China plays in global production networks? Should China be considered as a threat to the Western manufacturing firms? To gain new insights into these questions, Professor Ari Van Assche is invited as the keynote speaker. His recent research focuses on the growing role of global production networks in international trade, and the special role of China therein.

Venue: Best Western Premier HNA Sodehotel La Woluwe

Date: March 10

Contact: info@bcecc.be

2011 Spring Lecture Series:

China Faces the World, Brussels

The Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies launches the lecture series, featuring 10 renowned experts, to contribute to a more qualitative debate about China's rise and its impact on Europe.

Venue: Vrije University

Date: Till May 18

China workshop-Module 1, Brussels

The theme of the first module of this workshop, which is a series of talks focused on China, is the essence of doing business in China. Interactive speeches will be given on topics, such as intercultural cooperation, regional differences in many parts of China, underlying structure of Chinese society and culture.

Venue: Diamant

Date: March 22

Contact: info@chinaconduct.com

Managing the Security Risks of

Doing Business in China, London

This seminar will look at ways of managing the key security risks relevant to doing business in China: bribery and corruption, and cybersecurity. There will be a range of speakers from across government, as well as from British businesses with experience of working in China.

Venue: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Date: March 30

Contact: tracey.heather@fco.gov.uk

CULTURE >> IN CHINA

Berlanga Film Season, Beijing

Luis Garca Berlanga is considered one of the most influential Spanish directors of film and stage. His films describe with poignant humor Spanish life from the postwar Franco period to the 21st century.

Venue: Beijing Cervantes Institute

Date: Till March 31

Contact: cult4pek@cervantes.org.cn

TNT Theater China Tour, Beijing

TNT theater was founded in 1980 in Britain and since has established as one of the most popular international touring theater companies in the world. Last season alone the company produced seven productions in almost 30 countries worldwide. It has brought Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to China.

Venue: Beijing Nine Theater

Date: March 25 -26

Contact: info@mwacc.com

Westminster Boys' Choir, Beijing

Coming from the UK, the Westminster Boys' Choir enjoys great popularity in its country, and has performed on elite occasions. The choir will sing masterpieces of Anthony Caesar, John Gardner, Chris Hazell, Edmund Jolliffe, Simon McGregor, Giles Swayne and John Woolrich.

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Date: April 5

CULTURE >> IN EUROPE

Chinese Films Show, Paris

The Chinese Cultural Center in Paris will put Chinese films and documentaries on show for free. The movies include Lin Yutang, Tea Culture, The Founding of a Republic, The Flying Tigers, Chinese Knots, The Great River, Super Typhoon, and The Ring of Rainbow Flower. Check the official website of Chinese Cultural Center in Paris for detailed information.

Venue: Chinese Cultural Center

Date: Till March 26

Details: http://www.cccparis.org

Exhibition of Miao ethnic group in Guizhou province, Paris

The Miao is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. In the 2000 census, there were 8.94 million Miao people in the country, and half of them live in Guizhou province. Miao costume is meaningful and decorative motifs are of great beauty and each creation is unique and of infinite variety. This exhibition shows the deep meaning, function and different styles of the Miao costumes and the techniques of embroidery, brocade and batik that help make them.

Venue: Chinese Cultural Center

Date: April 20- May 8

Contact: cccparisinfo@gmail.com