The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) has the pleasure to invite you to a seminar on China’s macro-economic perspectives. This seminar will take place on Monday 19 November at 12h at the offices of Barco, President Kennedypark 35, Kortrijk.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Alexander van Kemenade will present the EIU’s long-term macroeconomic forecasts for China and discuss these in light of the new leadership’s challenges and reform prospects. He will also touch upon the current downturn in China and recovery prospects.

Mr van Kemenade will also turn to regional growth trends within China. Over the past decade, the changing nature of China’s economy has been underscored by a profound geographical shift in growth dynamics. The centers of economic change are no longer found on the coast in Shanghai or Shenzhen, but further inland as historically-sluggish regions begin to benefit from a recent wave of investment.

The programme is as follows :

12h00     Registration and buffet lunch
12h45     Introduction by Mr Bert De Graeve, Chairman, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce
12h55     “Which road ahead for China’s economy?” by Mr Alexander van Kemenade, Senior Economist and Deputy Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Access China
13h30     Question and answer session

Mr Alexander van Kemenade’s area of expertise is China’s macroeconomic and political outlook, with a focus on regional dynamics at the sub-national level. He regularly contributes to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s custom research and has co-authored numerous in-house publications. He manages a number of data products, including Access China’s province- and city-level demographic forecasting model, as well as the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Chinese city competitiveness rankings. He is fluent in Mandarin and has lived in China for over 20 years.

Register for this interesting seminar before 13 November 2012 at the following link:

http://www.flanders-china.be/events_subscription1.asp?id_event=267&lang1=

The participation fee for members of the FCCC is €65. The fee for non-members is €95.