China at Barcelona Summit to be held in Barcelona from 19-21 October 2011

From http://www.chinaatbarcelonasummit.com (in English / Chinese)

The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Mazars, La Caixa and ESADE Business School are organizing in Barcelona the first event around China Outbound Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, simply summarized as China Meets the Mediterranean (中国约见地中海). This China at Barcelona Summit has the support of the Barcelona Town Hall, ACC1Ó-Invest in Catalonia, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Port de Barcelona and Casa Asia, and will take place from October 19th to 21st, 2011. This first meeting is designed exclusively for Chinese firms in a globalization process and other related institutions and its aim is to serve as a "business bridge" and to attract Chinese global firms to Catalonia and use it as base for their further expansion in SW Europe and the whole Mediterranean area. The event is structured around one day of keynote conferences and two days of investment platforms especially designed for firms visiting the event from China, which will include site visits, one to one meetings with selected companies, information sessions and private meetings with local institutions, among other activities. For further information, you can download the 17-page dossier in pdf format that the organizers have prepared for the dissemination of the event, or you can contact them at info@chinaatbarcelonasummit.com.