China shows interest in Catalan pharmaceutical sector

From a press release by GlobalTaixue (全球太学)

For the first time a Catalan pharmaceutical company takes part in an international meeting sponsored by the Chinese government. As of today, China is already the world's second largest pharmaceutical market | GlobalTaixue (全球太学), the organizer of the meeting, has started a collaboration with Catalan R+D+i companies in China.

On September 25th, 2012, a delegation from Diater Laboratorios, a company from the Catalan pharmaceutical group Ferrer, met the representatives of the municipal government of the city of Suzhou (China), after the invitation of the city's Mayor. During the meeting both parts discussed potential future collaborations and the development of projects by Diater and the Ferrer group in the Biotechnological Park of Taicang, near Shanghai. The meeting took place during the international conference of pharmaceutical companies, the China Biopharmaceutical Summit, co-organized by the Chinese government and the Chinese-Catalan consulting company GlobalTaixue (全球太学), specialized in the development of R+D+i projects in China. Diater is the first Spanish pharmaceutical company to take place in such event, in which there were 15 companies directly invited by Chinese government coming from United States, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Austria, South Korea, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan.

For more information please contact Jack Wang at jack.wang@globaltaixue.com, tel (+86) 18616287131.

For further information on the Chinese-Catalan project of GlobalTaixue (全球太学) and its management team please visit http://www.globaltaixue.com/about-us/management-team/

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="487"] Diater delegates during the meeting with the Suzhou municipal government[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="461"] Attendants to the round table "New opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Industries in China", held during the China Biopharmaceutical Summit 2012 in Hangzhou[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="461"] Official reception in Taicang with delegates of the GlobalTaixue international meeting[/caption]

Antonio Miró's Groc Miró brand enters Asian markets through China's richest man

From http://www.expansion.com/2012/10/15/catalunya/1350326641.html (in Spanish)

Catalan designer Antonio Miró will enter Asian markets with the brand Groc Miró through Hangzhou Wahaha Group (杭州娃哈哈集团有限公司), owned by China's richest man Zong Qinghou (宗慶後). The agreement does not include the brand Antonio Miró.

Groc Miró is the brand with which Antonio Miró became well known in Barcelona when he was 20 years old. His first shop, Groc, located in Rambla Catalunya since 1967 has recently been reformed and opened again.

Second edition of China at Barcelona Summit

From http://chinaatbarcelonasummit.com/en/index.php (in English)

After a successful first edition of the China at Barcelona summit in October 2011, the Catalan capital city of Barcelona is again ready to host its second edition on November 8th and 9th, 2012. Again organized by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Mazars, and La Caixa, China at Barcelona Summit (CBS) is a first in its kind initiative around Chinese Outbound Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean and has also been labelled as China Meets the Mediterranean (中國符合地中海). CBS is a special “investment bridge” devoted to provide Chinese companies and China OFDI stakeholders (government, institutions, specialized media) with the opportunity to know about key markets and discover the advantages of Barcelona as operational base. CBS program has been designed to meet the needs of potential new investors, including site visits, informative sessions, one to one meetings with pre-selected local companies and private meetings with local institutions, plus a formal reception and conference around China OFDI in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Registration is currently open for both Chinese and European companies.

For Chinese readers, the website has also been translated into simplified Chinese and can be accessed through http://chinaatbarcelonasummit.com/zh/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFyZWwi-lCc&feature=colike

 

Workshop on Chinese investments in Europe to be held in Barcelona

From http://www.eic.cat/wps/PA_Jornades/fitxa.jsp?codi=1085764 (in Catalan)

The College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia is organizing a free workshop on the Chinese investments in Europe that will be held on October 22nd, 2012 in their headquarters at Via Laietana 39, 5th floor, in Barcelona, at 6:30 pm.

Since Deng Xiaoping opened China's economy to outdoor markets in the early 80's, many western countries have invested there to benefit from the lower salaries, helping to boost Chinese exports worldwide. After 30 years, now it is China that is investing worldwide, thanks to its economic power and the technological knowledge learnt from western companies.

The purpose of workshop is to give a general view of the present situation of the Chinese investments in Europe, specifically analyzing the situation in Catalonia.

The event will be introduced and presented by Mr. Jordi Guix, president of the Commission of Industrial Policy and Technological Innovation and coordinator of the China Working Group, and the discussion will be conducted by Mr. Carles Palomo, Fixing Business Unit Director at Roberlo SA. Invited speakers will be Mr. Jordi Martí, General Director for the China Desk of Mazars Spain and General Director of the China at Barcelona Summit; Eva Aumedes, expert on Asian markets and Director of the program Asian Headquarters of ACC1Ó - Invest in Catalonia, oriented towards the attraction of Chinese investments in Catalonia; and Shanmei Yu, General Director of Keeway Motor España.

For further information, call +34 933 192 304 (from 9 to 14 h and from 16 to 18 h).

Downloadables:

- Registration form for members

- Registration form for non-members

 

Spanish King inaugurates in Barcelona the Hutchinson pier container terminal

King Juan Carlos I of Spain has inaugurated the new pier container terminal managed by the Chinese group Hutchison Port Holdings, the most advanced one of the whole Mediterranean due to its capacity to simultaneously serve several ships. Apart from the King, the ceremony also included the President of the Catalan government Artur Mas; Spanish Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ana Pastor; the President of the Barcelona Port Authority, Sixte Cambra; Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Executive Director, John E. Meredith; Hutchison Port Holdings  Executive Director for Europe, Clemence Cheng, and the Mayor of El Prat de Llobregat, Lluís Tejedor. The new terminal, called Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) will have 100 hectares, a 1500-metre berthing line and a capacity to hold 2.65 million TEU per year.