[15 May 2002]
Wharton school and Singapore Management University Address Strategies for Asian Companies Doing Business in China

Seminar Examines Opportunities in China After WTO Entry

China's accession into the WTO heralds a competitive call for Asian companies to constantly re-invent themselves to suit today's challenging economic scenario. As the world's most populous country, China's entry into the WTO created an impact which is difficult to overstate. With this, reforms of entire sectors have created new markets, new financing channels, and new associations, with feverish legal and regulatory efforts implemented to accommodate these changes. It has also transformed and fuelled businesses in China and the region. As such, Asian companies are now searching for effective inroads into possibly the world's largest market.

To examine these opportunities and challenges confronting Asian companies, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Singapore Management University (SMU) will hold a one-day conference on Wednesday, 15 May 2002, entitled How China Will Do Business With You: Strategies for Asian Companies at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. Demonstrating support for the seminar are main sponsors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SITF Singapore Enterprise Chapter, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, in cooperation with Network China and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The conference's Guest-of-Honour is Mr Tang Guan Seng, Political Secretary to the Prime Minister. Three keynote sessions will follow, showcasing speakers Professor Marshall W. Meyer from the Wharton School, Mr Zhou Hongli, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, and Dr Kenneth J. DeWoskin, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers China. Two follow-up panel sessions consisting of corporation leaders will also discuss the building of successful businesses in China.

Chief executives, executives, management consultants, strategic planning executives, entrepreneurs, managers and investors interested in penetrating China and transforming their businesses will be attending this seminar.