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.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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.
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
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.
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.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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 3rd prize in the competition for the New Campus for the UTEC University in Lima, Perú; the 3rd 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:
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Yacht Marina and Facilities in Bydgoszcz (Poland), 3rd Prize in open competition (Image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas website)[/caption]
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Cultural Centre Léonce-Georges, Chauffailles (France), 1st prize restricted competition (Image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas website)[/caption]
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Low Energy MZ House, ISOVER Energy Efficiency Awards 2012 and Ajac Young Catalan Architects Awards 2012 (image from Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes)[/caption]
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 3rd prize in the competition for the New Campus for the UTEC University in Lima, Perú; the 3rd 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:
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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]Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Conference in Barcelona about China and the world in 2020
From http://www.casaasia.cat/actividad/detalle?id=210699 (in Catalan)
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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).
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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).
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Barcelona based Galeria Mayoral at the Hong Kong's edition of Art Basel
From http://www.galeriamayoral.com/en/Fires/Basel%20Hong%20Kong/21/ (in English)
Barcelona-based Galeria Mayoral is attending the Hong Kong's edition of Art Basel, where there will be on display the highest quality of paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries, by more than 2,000 artists from Asia and around the globe. Galeria Mayoral is going to display a Solo Show Miró, based on the works of renowned Catalan painter Joan Miró.
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Personnages et oiseaux, by Joan Miró (Image from Art Basel website)[/caption]
Barcelona-based Galeria Mayoral is attending the Hong Kong's edition of Art Basel, where there will be on display the highest quality of paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries, by more than 2,000 artists from Asia and around the globe. Galeria Mayoral is going to display a Solo Show Miró, based on the works of renowned Catalan painter Joan Miró.
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Personnages et oiseaux, by Joan Miró (Image from Art Basel website)[/caption]
Catalan wineries aim at Chinese market to overcome crisis
From http://www.lavanguardia.com/ocio/20130515/54374110984/bodegueros-catalanes-china-exterior-crisis.html (in Spanish)
Catalan wine producers are increasingly looking abroad to try to overcome the crisis and they are specially aiming at the Chinese market and other markets outside of Europe, according to Núria Ruiz, export manager of the Associació Vinícola Catalana (Catalan Wine Association), an organization that represents 90% of the bottled wine produced in Catalonia.
Núria Ruiz has explained that 70 Catalan wineries are currently taking part in the promotion actions organized by the Associació Vinícola Catalana to promote their products outside of European Union. The requirements for the wineries to be eligible for these promotion actions are to have their headquarters in Catalonia, to sell wines and cava wines with a Catalan controlled designation of origin, to have retail prices from 15 US dollars and to have received at least 89 points in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate or at least 90 points in other prestigious national and/or international wine guides.
Núria Ruiz also explains that because of the crisis and the decrease of consumption in Spain, there is a growing interest to export abroad. 25 Catalan wineries are already working together to promote their products in the Food & Hotel 2013 trade fair (2013上海国际食品饮料及餐饮设备展览会) in Shanghai in November 2013, that will include the ProWine China 2013 fair (2013上海国际葡萄酒展). There they will try to reach commercial agreements with wine distributors and representatives of supermarkets in order to reach the final consumer through the most direct way.
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Grapes in a vine, Tarragona province (September 2012)[/caption]
Catalan wine producers are increasingly looking abroad to try to overcome the crisis and they are specially aiming at the Chinese market and other markets outside of Europe, according to Núria Ruiz, export manager of the Associació Vinícola Catalana (Catalan Wine Association), an organization that represents 90% of the bottled wine produced in Catalonia.
Núria Ruiz has explained that 70 Catalan wineries are currently taking part in the promotion actions organized by the Associació Vinícola Catalana to promote their products outside of European Union. The requirements for the wineries to be eligible for these promotion actions are to have their headquarters in Catalonia, to sell wines and cava wines with a Catalan controlled designation of origin, to have retail prices from 15 US dollars and to have received at least 89 points in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate or at least 90 points in other prestigious national and/or international wine guides.
Núria Ruiz also explains that because of the crisis and the decrease of consumption in Spain, there is a growing interest to export abroad. 25 Catalan wineries are already working together to promote their products in the Food & Hotel 2013 trade fair (2013上海国际食品饮料及餐饮设备展览会) in Shanghai in November 2013, that will include the ProWine China 2013 fair (2013上海国际葡萄酒展). There they will try to reach commercial agreements with wine distributors and representatives of supermarkets in order to reach the final consumer through the most direct way.
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Grapes in a vine, Tarragona province (September 2012)[/caption]
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