Events

Updated: 2013-05-17 07:52

(China Daily)

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Conferences & Meetings \>\> In China

Bakery China 2013, Shanghai

With information on industry trends and technology, this event covers the entire range of products and services offered by the baking sector. Everything from handcrafted cakes to large-scale baking machinery will be covered.

Date: May 20-22

Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre

Website: www.cnbakery.com

SIWS Expo 2013, Shanghai

A trade platform bringing together domestic and global wine companies under one roof. This is an ideal event for meeting distributors, agents, retailers, importers, wholesalers or a potential business partner.

Date: May 23-25

Venue: Shanghai Mart Exhibition

Website: www.globalwine.com.cn

The 2nd Luxury China, Beijing

With exhibitors expected from 12 countries, including the US, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia and Switzerland, this is a premier trade event for the luxury industries.

Venue: China International Exhibition Center

Date: June 6-8

Website: www.luxurychina.com.cn

The 8th International China Pharmaceutical R&D Summit, Shanghai

Focuses on changes in and the impact of the political environment, and the latest scientific innovations and advances, as well as providing invaluable networking opportunities.

Date: May 20-23

Venue: Grand Hyatt Shanghai

Website: www.chinapharmard.com

Conferences & Meetings \>\> In the US

China's Investment Surge in Silicon Valley, San Jose

Silicon Valley's dynamic high-tech market attracts many Chinese firms and investors as they expand their businesses overseas. During the forum, experts and business leaders will explore the latest trends emerging from Chinese investment in Silicon Valley.

Date: May 23

Venue: San Jose Hilton

Website: asiasociety.org

3rd Annual US-CP, Boston

This two-day conference focuses on how to adapt to China's new healthcare system with strategies on maintaining profitable long-term growth. Topics will include intellectual property, brand marketing, and generic and bio-similar products.

Date: May 20-21

Venue: TBD

Website: www.chinamdpartnership.com

Culture \>\> In China

Azure Ray 2013 China Tour, Beijing

Hear American pop duo Azure Ray, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts before fronting a band called Little Red Rocket, often compared to Veruca Salt, in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in the mid to late 1990s.

Date: May 21

Venue: Zhangzizhong road 3-2

Website: weliveinbeijing.com

Backstreet Boys 2013 Shanghai Concert, Shanghai

American boy band The Backstreet Boys, who have sold more than 130 million records worldwide, play Shanghai. Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, they are the best selling boy band of all time and the first group since Sade to have their first 7 albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Date: May 28

Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage

Website: en.piao.com.cn

Culture \>\> In the US

Flowers, Fragrance, and Porcelain Wares in China's Song Dynasty, Los Angeles

A talk with Professor Yang Zhishui, Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. A scholar of material culture from historical China and a prolific writer on the intersection of archaeology, material culture, visual history, and literature. Her recent books includes studies on the cultural history of Song scholar's studio, gold and silverware, and visual art of the Silk Road.

Date: May 28

Venue: West Electronic Classroom, UCLA

Website: www.international.ucla.edu

Front Row: Chinese American Designers, New York

Guest-curated by designer Mary Ping, the show will demonstrate the unique visions of 16 Chinese-American designers, showing the origins of their careers and development of signature styles, as well as their relationship to the concepts of New York and Asia.

Date: April 26-Sept 29

Venue: The Museum of Chinese in America

Website: www.feedage.com

Diplomatic pouch

Peter Haymond, US consul-general in Chengdu, recently highlighted the strong historical ties between the United States and China in remarks at a ceremony commemorating US pilot Lieutenant Robert Mooney in the village of Xiangyun, Yunnan. Mooney was a Flying Tiger in World War II who, in order to avoid crashing his damaged plane into a populated area, piloted his craft to a safer area, giving up the chance to eject to safety and lost his life.

Yuan Nansheng, China's counsel-general for San Francisco, paid a courtesy visit last week to Darrell Steinberg, president pro tempore of California State Senate, to talk about the China-US relations and cooperation between California and Chinese local governments.

Noting that California has long been one of the biggest exporters to China among the 50 states, Yuan said, "We are very glad to witness frequent exchanges of high-level visits, especially California Governor Jerry Brown's recent visit to China."

Zhao Weiping, Chinese consul-general in Chicago, recently spoke at a seminar hosted by the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Noting that China's outward direct investment has a short history, but has risen rapidly in the last decade, he said, "In particular, the fast growth of China's ODI even continued after the world financial crisis in 2008, while global foreign direct investment has significantly shrunk. In 2002, China's ODI flow was $2.7 billion. By last year, it had jumped to $77.2 billion, 28 times greater than 10 years earlier."

China's Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, recently wrote to the Office of Foreign Mission in New York, the Boston Medical Center and Boston University to express his gratitude for their kind assistance and support in dealing with the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, during which a Chinese student was killed and another one wounded. Writing on behalf of the Chinese government, the Chinese embassy, the Chinese consulate-general in New York and the families of the Chinese victims, Cui also offered his deep condolences to the American families who lost loved ones in the bombings and his best wishes to those who are recovering from the tragedy.

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(China Daily 05/17/2013 page23)

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