From http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=207353 (in English)
A successful business implementation strategy and/or for the import-export of goods and services depends in China on the detailed assessment of the legal and financial aspects of the Chinese market. China has a special legal and cultural complexity that requires of special skills for business development, something that will be discussed in this workshop. It will also be used to discuss the potential role of Spanish companies to act as bridge between China and Latin America. The event is organized by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in collaboration with Casa Àsia and it will take place one June 26th, 2012, at Cosmocaixa, Isaac Newton street 26, Barcelona.
Program
9:30am - 10.15am Registration
10:00am - 10:30 am Opening ceremony by Dr. Agustí Cerrillo Martínez, Director of the Studies of Law and Political Science of the Open University of Catalonia; Mr. Jaume Giné Daví, General Secretary of Casa Àsia; and Dr. Ana María Delgado García, Professor of Financial and Tax Law of the Open University of Catalonia.
10:30am - 11:15am Fiscal aspects affecting the Spanish business investments in China, by Dr. Ángel Urquizu Cavallé, Permanent Teacher of Financial and Tax Law of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Director of the Master in Business Relations between Europe, China and Latin America. He will be introduced by Dr. Ana María Delgado García.
11:15am - 11:30am Discussion
11:30am -12:00am Coffee break
12:00am - 12:45pm Internationalization of Spanish Companies in China, by Dr. Maria Victòria Sánchez Rebull, Permanent Teacher of Accounting of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Director of the Department of Business Management. She will be presented by Dr. Rafael Oliver Cuello, Professor of Financial and Tax Law of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
12:45pm - 1:00pm Discussion
1:00pm - 1:45pm Transference Prices in China, by Dr. Antonia Anguita Morera, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Coordinator of the Master in Business Relations between Europe, China and Latin America. She will be presented by Dr. Rafael Oliver Cuello.
1:45pm - 2pm Discussion and closing ceremony
Free admission until room capacity, prior registration.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Dialogues on China's sea frontier
From http://www.cidob.org/en/actividades/asia/dialegs_maritims_a_l_altra_frontera_de_la_xina (in Catalan)
The Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB), a Barcelona-based think-tank about international relationships, is organizing a dialogue between experts Manel Ollé, Seán Golden and the invited professor Zheng Yangwen about China's sea frontier and its importance to shape present day commerce and history. This event is organized by InterAsia Research Group (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Entremons Magazine (Pompeu Fabra University), Autonomous University of Barcelona and CIDOB, and will take place at 5:30 pm at the Sala Maragall of the CIDOB headquarters, Elisabets street 12, Barcelona.
Zheng Yangwen was born and raised in China. She received education from the Oberlin College (B.A 1995) and the University of Cambridge (King’s College, M.Phil 1997 and Ph.D 2001). Later she worked for the University of Pennsylvania (2002-04) and the National University of Singapore (2004-06) before joining the University of Manchester in 2007. Trained as a Qing dynasty (1644-1911) historian with a focus on China's maritime trade, she was fascinated with the foreign goods/things that went into China and the ways in which they became Chinese or indigenised. She is author of several books, including China On the Sea: How the Maritime World Shaped Modern China and The Social Life of Opium in China. She is also editor of several books on Asian affairs, and has also written many journal articles and book chapters. She is also an Editorial Board Member of the journal Modern Asian Studies and an Executive Board Member of Universities' China Committee London (UCCL).
To register for the event, please visit the following link at the CIDOB website - http://www.cidob.org/en/activities/registration_to_activity?act=33369.
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Image from CIDOB website[/caption]
The Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB), a Barcelona-based think-tank about international relationships, is organizing a dialogue between experts Manel Ollé, Seán Golden and the invited professor Zheng Yangwen about China's sea frontier and its importance to shape present day commerce and history. This event is organized by InterAsia Research Group (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Entremons Magazine (Pompeu Fabra University), Autonomous University of Barcelona and CIDOB, and will take place at 5:30 pm at the Sala Maragall of the CIDOB headquarters, Elisabets street 12, Barcelona.
Zheng Yangwen was born and raised in China. She received education from the Oberlin College (B.A 1995) and the University of Cambridge (King’s College, M.Phil 1997 and Ph.D 2001). Later she worked for the University of Pennsylvania (2002-04) and the National University of Singapore (2004-06) before joining the University of Manchester in 2007. Trained as a Qing dynasty (1644-1911) historian with a focus on China's maritime trade, she was fascinated with the foreign goods/things that went into China and the ways in which they became Chinese or indigenised. She is author of several books, including China On the Sea: How the Maritime World Shaped Modern China and The Social Life of Opium in China. She is also editor of several books on Asian affairs, and has also written many journal articles and book chapters. She is also an Editorial Board Member of the journal Modern Asian Studies and an Executive Board Member of Universities' China Committee London (UCCL).
To register for the event, please visit the following link at the CIDOB website - http://www.cidob.org/en/activities/registration_to_activity?act=33369.
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Image from CIDOB website[/caption]
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Chinese language dragon year summer camp (西班牙龙年汉语夏令营) in La Bisbal, Girona province
From http://innovaservei.wordpress.com/colonias-chinas-dragon/ (in Spanish)
Two summer camps to learn Chinese language addressed to children between 6 and 16 years old are being organized at the Casa de Colònies Pou del Glaç, in La Bisbal (Girona province). Program 1 starts on June 24th until July 6th and the cost is 1,195 €, whereas Program 2 goes from June 24th until June 30th and its cost is 640 €. The summer camp will include 4 hours/day of Chinese language classes given by native Chinese teachers, plus several other activities related to Chinese culture (kungfu, Chinese calligraphy and painting) and sports. A pdf file with a detailed explanation in Spanish of this summer camp can be downloaded from http://innovaservei.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/programa-colonias-chinas-dragc3b3n-verano-20122.pdf.
Two summer camps to learn Chinese language addressed to children between 6 and 16 years old are being organized at the Casa de Colònies Pou del Glaç, in La Bisbal (Girona province). Program 1 starts on June 24th until July 6th and the cost is 1,195 €, whereas Program 2 goes from June 24th until June 30th and its cost is 640 €. The summer camp will include 4 hours/day of Chinese language classes given by native Chinese teachers, plus several other activities related to Chinese culture (kungfu, Chinese calligraphy and painting) and sports. A pdf file with a detailed explanation in Spanish of this summer camp can be downloaded from http://innovaservei.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/programa-colonias-chinas-dragc3b3n-verano-20122.pdf.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Conference on Chinese Megacities in Barcelona's Casa Asia headquarters
From http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=207268 (in English)
Casa Àsia in Barcelona is organizing a second important activity for June 21st, 2012. If in the morning it will host the business seminar entitled "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China", in the afternoon it is going to host a free conference by Stephen Siu Yu Lau on "Chinese Megacities: Tendencies and Issues for a Sustainable Urban Development".
Stephen Siu Yu Lau, has a degree on architecture by the University of Hong Kong (HKU, 1979) and a Master's Degree by the University of London (1981). He is the Director of the Faculty of Architecture at the Hong Kong University, Co-chair of Research, Design Coordinator and Supervisor of the Environmental Teaching Laboratory. He is also an expert in environment and sustainability, more specifically on the design of green buildings, low emission of carbon and sustainable cities. He is a Board Member of the Steering Group of the Hong Kong Professional Green Building Council (香港綠色建築議會), and an appointed member to two of Hong Kong Government's Appeal Panels for Architects and Noise Control Ordinance.
The conference will be in English without translation and will take place in the Casa Àsia headquarters, Tagore Auditorium, Diagonal Avenue 373, Barcelona, at 7 pm.
The event will bep resented by Rafael Bueno, Director of Politics and Society of Casa Àsia; Anna Vicenza Nufrio, architect, Marie Curie COFUND researcher, Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM/UPM); and Felipe Pich-Aguilera, architect, President of the Green Building Council España (GBCe), Director of the Chair of Industrial Building and Environment (CEIM) and teacher of projects and the Superior Technical School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia ESARQ-UIC.
You can download a brochure of the event as a pdf file from Casa Àsia website.
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Skyline of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0[/caption]
Casa Àsia in Barcelona is organizing a second important activity for June 21st, 2012. If in the morning it will host the business seminar entitled "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China", in the afternoon it is going to host a free conference by Stephen Siu Yu Lau on "Chinese Megacities: Tendencies and Issues for a Sustainable Urban Development".
Stephen Siu Yu Lau, has a degree on architecture by the University of Hong Kong (HKU, 1979) and a Master's Degree by the University of London (1981). He is the Director of the Faculty of Architecture at the Hong Kong University, Co-chair of Research, Design Coordinator and Supervisor of the Environmental Teaching Laboratory. He is also an expert in environment and sustainability, more specifically on the design of green buildings, low emission of carbon and sustainable cities. He is a Board Member of the Steering Group of the Hong Kong Professional Green Building Council (香港綠色建築議會), and an appointed member to two of Hong Kong Government's Appeal Panels for Architects and Noise Control Ordinance.
The conference will be in English without translation and will take place in the Casa Àsia headquarters, Tagore Auditorium, Diagonal Avenue 373, Barcelona, at 7 pm.
The event will bep resented by Rafael Bueno, Director of Politics and Society of Casa Àsia; Anna Vicenza Nufrio, architect, Marie Curie COFUND researcher, Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM/UPM); and Felipe Pich-Aguilera, architect, President of the Green Building Council España (GBCe), Director of the Chair of Industrial Building and Environment (CEIM) and teacher of projects and the Superior Technical School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia ESARQ-UIC.
You can download a brochure of the event as a pdf file from Casa Àsia website.
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Skyline of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0[/caption]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Seminar in Hong Kong as gate for Spanish food products
From http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=207272 (in English)
On June 21st, 2012, Casa Àsia in Barcelona is organizing a free business seminar entitled "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China". Hong Kong is considered the gate for food and agricultural products in China, thanks to the HKTDC Food Expo and the HKTDC Wine & Spirits Fair, that bring to the former British colony more than 400.000 visitors per year from all over the world. Through Hong Kong, food companies are trying to access the affluent new Chinese middle class, which already amounts 300 million people, and the goal of this seminar is to highlight the advantages offered by the city.
Programme
10.15am Registration and welcome of attendants
10.30am Opening speech by Amadeu Jensana, Director of Economy and Business of Casa Àsia.
10.40am Conference: "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China" by Virginia Seoane, Director of Marketing of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
11.00am Conference: "How to access the Chinese market through Hong Kong? Analysis of the food and agriculture and wine sector", by Alfonso Ballesteros, General Director of Tradewinds.
11.20am Experience of a company in the market of Hong Kong.
11.40am Discussion.
12.00am End of the session.
The event is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Casa Àsia and will take place in the headquarters of the latter, at Diagonal Avenue, 373, in Barcelona. for further information, please contact casaasia@casaasia.es.
You can download a brochure of the event as a pdf file from Casa Àsia website.
On June 21st, 2012, Casa Àsia in Barcelona is organizing a free business seminar entitled "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China". Hong Kong is considered the gate for food and agricultural products in China, thanks to the HKTDC Food Expo and the HKTDC Wine & Spirits Fair, that bring to the former British colony more than 400.000 visitors per year from all over the world. Through Hong Kong, food companies are trying to access the affluent new Chinese middle class, which already amounts 300 million people, and the goal of this seminar is to highlight the advantages offered by the city.
Programme
10.15am Registration and welcome of attendants
10.30am Opening speech by Amadeu Jensana, Director of Economy and Business of Casa Àsia.
10.40am Conference: "Hong Kong: Commercial Platform of the Sector of the Spanish Food and Agriculture and Wine Sector in China" by Virginia Seoane, Director of Marketing of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
11.00am Conference: "How to access the Chinese market through Hong Kong? Analysis of the food and agriculture and wine sector", by Alfonso Ballesteros, General Director of Tradewinds.
11.20am Experience of a company in the market of Hong Kong.
11.40am Discussion.
12.00am End of the session.
The event is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Casa Àsia and will take place in the headquarters of the latter, at Diagonal Avenue, 373, in Barcelona. for further information, please contact casaasia@casaasia.es.
You can download a brochure of the event as a pdf file from Casa Àsia website.
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