In the morning of June 4, prior to the Antwerp Shanghai Trade & Investment Forum (see next item below), a business matching event with the delegation of the Shanghai Jinshan Second Industrial Zone is planned.

Bart De Wever, Mayor of Antwerp, and Philip Heylen, Vice Mayor, will receive the delegation of the Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board, including CEOs and managers of top firms in the port, chemical, and machinery sectors and representatives of the Jinshan Industrial Zone.

Business matching event:

10.30 h.               Registration
11.00 -12.15 h.    Business matching
– Port & Industries – Role and Strategy of Port of Antwerp
– Chemical Cluster – Role and Strategy of the Antwerp Petrochemical Cluster
– Shanghai Jin Shan Second Industrial Zone Development – opportunity for future cooperation

12.15 -13.15 h     Lunch

The Shanghai Second Industrial Zone (SJSIZ) is located in the South-western area of Shanghai, the North shore of Hangzhou Bay, and the heartland of the Yangtze River Delta city group with an overall planning area of 14.03 sq km. The distance from Urban Center, Hongqiao international airport is about 50 km, and the distance from Pudong international airport and Yangshan port is about 70 km. On June 4, 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, chairing a State Council executive meeting, announced the plan to build seven national petrochemical industry bases including Shanghai Caojing, Dalian Changxing Island, etc. SJSIZ is adjacent to the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP, National level) in the East and Shanghai Petrochemical Company (SPC) in the South.

Register before May 26. More information is available at ondernemeninantwerpen.be