Commercial mission to China of Catalan life sciences companies

From http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=8815 (in Catalan)

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="282"] Commercial mission to China of Catalan life sciences companies (image from Biocat website)[/caption]

Between May 26th - 31st, 2013, ACC1Ó-Competitiveness for Catalonia is organizing a commercial mission to China for Catalan life sciences companies, in the framework of the bioXclusters European project that also includes companies from Baviera (Germany), Piemonte (Italy) and Rhône-Alpes (France). This mission will include visits to the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park (张江高科技园区) and the Juke Biotech Park (上海聚科生物产业园区), both located in Shanghai, and the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (中国—新加坡苏州工业园区), that will be key to know and understand first hand the Chinese health system. Other activities included in the program are the attendance to the Sino-European Biopartnering event (SEBP) and to the 15th Shanghai International Forum on Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry (BIO-FORUM 2013). For further information, download the delegation brochure for this specific mission and/or contact Ms. Carmen Martí by phone (+34 933 103 389) or by email.


 

Session on how to sell in China through Taobao

From http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=9226 (in Catalan)

On June 12th, 2013 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, CECOT is organizing a 2-hour informative session in their headquarters in Terrassa (Barcelona province) on how to sell in China through Taobao (淘宝网), a Chinese web site for on-line shopping that belongs to the Alibaba Group (阿里巴巴集团). Taobao provides a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open on-line retail stores that mainly cater to consumers in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The session will be conducted by Josep Ramon Obis, fashion expert that has been managing a shop in Taobao for the last two years.

 

Forum on the roadmap for investments between China and Spain organized in Barcelona

From http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=9218 (in English)

Barcelona Fang Consulting, a brand management company specialized in introducing Western premium products into the Greater China market, will the presenting the study “Roadmap for Investment between China-Spain” on the forum to take place on June 6th, 2013 at IESE Business School Auditorium. The report will reflect an international joint effort by IESE, Barcelona Fang Consulting and Horizon Research Group. The objective is to present the most updated key findings related to China-Spain projects in the industries of automobile, agriculture, real estate, tourism and luxury goods. This study will also help Chinese and Spanish companies find opportunities for investment, mergers, acquisition, joint ventures and new ways of cooperation between the two countries. Well-known entrepreneurs both from China and from Spain will attend this important event, which marks the new stage of international business.

This session is scheduled between 9:30 and 11:0 am and will have the presentations by Pedro Nueno, Holder of the Bertrán Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurship at IESE and President of CEIBS; and Xi Feng, Vice President, Horizon Research Group; President, Horizon Institute of Global Development Power. Pedro Nueno will present the key findings of joint research from Spanish perspective, whereas Xi Feng will do so from the Chinese perspective. The event fill finish with a open discussion with the attendants.

For further information, please contact Ms. Sheila Garcia either by phone (+34 931 592 980) or by email.

Barcelona gets ready to receive real estate investments from China

From http://www.globalasia.com/actualidad/economia/barcelona-atraer-inversion-inmobiliaria-china (in Spanish)

Barcelona is actively working on the organization of the first China Meeting Point in October 2013, aimed at attracting Chinese investments towards the Spanish real estate market. This event will be included among the activities of the 17th edition of the Barcelona Meeting Point and it will be held at the Fira de Barcelona facilities.

According to Enric Lacalle, President of the Barcelona Meeting Point, Chinese citizens are already investing in Spain. However, this initiative pretends to reinforce the relationship between the two countries and increase the volume of real estate investments from China in the forthcoming years.

According to Qi Zhou Lidan General Manager of the consulting company Puente China España S.L., the potential interest of the Chinese citizens is due to their perception of real estate being a safe investment, but also because of their growing interest in sending their sons and daughters to study abroad.

Conference "Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" organized in Barcelona

From http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=210705 (in English)

The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce together with Casa Asia are organizing in Barcelona this conference entitled "Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" aimed at explaining the situation in Hong Kong and the opportunities for businesses and investments that it offers. It will take place on Tuesday May 28th, 2013 from 8:45 to 11:45 am at the headquarters of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Diagonal Avenue, 452, Barcelona.

Programme

8.45 h - 9.00 h - Reception of attendants

9.00 h - 9.05 h Welcoming address by Josep Mª Cervera, International Director, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

9.05 h - 9.25 h "Think Asia, Think Hong Kong: opportunities in an rising region", by Stephen Wong, Regional Director, Europe Hong Kong Trade Development Council

9.25 h - 9.40 h "Fiscal and Legal Aspects to do Business in Hong Kong and benefits of the Double Taxation Treaty for Catalan Companies", by Álvaro Hernández-Puértolas and Tomàs Lamarca, partners at NetCraman

9.40 h - 10.20 h Sectorial presentations: "Opportunities and challenges for companies in Hong Kong and Asia", by Juan Pascual Bardera, CEO Diktons; Gerard Sanmartí, CEO LaGranja Design; and Oriol Domènech Vidal, CEO and oenologist at Vallformosa

Moderator: Joan Canals, President of the International Committee of Foment del Treball Nacional

10.20 h - 10.40 h Discussion

10.40 h - 10.45 h Closing speech by Mario Rubert, Director of Promotion of Foreign Economic Activity at the Barcelona City Council

10.45 h - 11.45 h Networking

Free entrance with previous registration.

Barcelona architects Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas aim at Chinese and Taiwanese markets

Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes (CFS) is an architecture office in Barcelona founded in 2000 and led by Pilar Calderon, Marc Folch and Pol Sarsanedas that has been awarded in Spain in 2004 and 2012 with the AJAC prize for Young Architects and the Isover Energetic Efficiency Prize 2012. Apart from the quality of their designs, they are renowned for working with the most up-to-date sustainability and urban strategy criteria and they have been certified Passive House Designers by the Passivhaus Institute (Germany).

During these 13 years Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes have worked on many different scale projects from the initial conceptual designs, the development of detailed projects and further on-site works supervision. Most of them have become reality after winning open international architecture competitions both in Spain and abroad. Some of the most prominent results have been  a 3^rd prize in the competition for the New Campus for the UTEC University in Lima, Perú; the 3^rd prize in the competition of the New Yacht Marina and Facilities in Bydgoszcz, Poland; and the 1st prize in competition for the Center Léonce Georges in Chauffailles (France), a building that is already completed at this moment.

Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes are aiming now at new markets. In the process of getting known in other parts of the world, they have recently had their website translated into both simplified and traditional Chinese, in order to let professionals from China and Taiwan to learn about their work from first hand. They are currently establishing contacts with architecture studios in these two countries, in order to find new insights, fresh angles, challenging ideas and, why not, rewarding projects to be jointly developed.

If interested in establishing contact with Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes, you can do it via email at cfs@cfs.cat.

Here there are some samples of their work:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Yacht Marina and Facilities in Bydgoszcz (Poland), 3rd Prize in open competition (Image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas website)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Cultural Centre Léonce-Georges, Chauffailles (France), 1st prize restricted competition (Image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas website)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Low Energy MZ House, ISOVER Energy Efficiency Awards 2012 and Ajac Young Catalan Architects Awards 2012 (image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes)[/caption]

 

Conference in Barcelona about China and the world in 2020

From http://www.casaasia.cat/actividad/detalle?id=210699 (in Catalan)

[caption id="attachment_2255" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Beijing airport, November 2012[/caption]

On Monday, May 27th 2013, Caixa Forum Barcelona will host the conference "China and the world: Towards 2020" by Professor Pedro Nueno (Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship IESE and Professor and President of CEIBS Shanghai) and organized by CEIBS with the collaboration of Casa Àsia.

This session will analyze how the continued growth of China can affect the world's economy, the different currencies, the resources and the pollution. From a European perspective, Professor Pedro Nueno will also discuss how can we benefit from both the massive investments of Chinese companies abroad and also from the already increasing Chinese tourism that is visiting our continent.

The event will take place at Caixa Forum Barcelona, Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona, at 7 pm. Entrance will be free with previous registration by email at croy@ceibs.edu (please include name, surname and phone number).