China Chapter Research Review 2010-2011

5th Annual China Dinner, Tianjin

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On March 29th, the Global Institute of Logistics held its 5th Annual China Dinner on the eve of the TOC Asia 2011 event. This year we focused our attention on the enormous opportunities and challenges for both the global and Chinese logistics industry that will result from China’s 12th Five Year Plan. We were pleased to welcome Mr. Wei Jianguo, Secretary General of China Center for International Economic Exchanges, as our guest of honour and after-dinner speaker.

Pictures from the 5th Annual China Chapter Dinner

BACKGROUND

The Institute has been researching the logistics implications of the 12th 5 year plan for the last 18 months; our findings from the research were published in our “Deliver China” whitepaper released to coincide with TOC Asia.

The formation of the Global China Import Logistics Committee is a key recommendation from the Deliver China research process. Mr Alex Chu Chairman of DCH logistics has been invited by GIL to be the founding Chairman of the committee.

THE 12th 5 YEAR PLAN

China’s 12th Five Year Plan was ratified in early March and strategizes the Chinese government’s objective to double or indeed triple per capita income through a more balanced distribution of GDP among the government, corporate, household and financial sectors.

The plan encapsulates the new policy direction for China of “inclusive growth", a term coined by President Hu Jintao in his speech at an APEC meeting on 16 Sept 2010, emphasising that making all the Chinese people benefit from economic growth is the ultimate goal of inclusive growth.

The plan will have widespread implications for global trade and will herald a dramatic rise in Chinese domestic consumption. This shift in emphasis: the balancing of Import with Export will mean enormous implications for the global and local logistics industry.

Documents

Aide Memoire'Deliver China' research summary

China Chapter convenes in Hong Kong
The China Chapter of the Institute met on Friday 27 February in Hong Kong under the Chairmanship of Dr FU Yunning, China Merchant Holdings more...

Dr Fu Yuning Meets with Philippine Transport Secretary
Dr Fu Yuning, President of China Merchants Group and Chairman of the Institute's China Chapter has met with Philippine Transportation Undersecretary Maria Elena Bautista to discuss the Crew Welfare Initiative

The introductions were made by Institute CEO Kieran Ring who also attende the meeting The Meeting took place at China Merchants Headquarters in Hong Kong, where Dr Fu, Undersecretary Bautista and Kieran Ring discussed the launch of the Crew Welfare Initiative in Manila and Hamburg in February and the plans to progress the initiaitive with a pilot scheme.


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Global Ports China Task Force (GPCTF) Tianjin Dinner Meeting
On September 7th, in Tianjin China, members of the GPCTF attended a dinner meeting with representatives of the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) to discuss the Institute’s China programs, and in particular the role that Ports can play in facilitating trade development. more...

Dr Fu Yuning Announced as Chair of China Chapter
New York & Shanghai, March 17th 2008: The Global Institute of Logistics (GIL) has announced the appointment of Dr. FU Yuning as the Chairman of its China Chapter.

The announcement was made in Shanghai on the eve of TOC Asia at the Institute's third annual China Chapter dinner.

The China Chapter has been chaired since its inception in 2006 by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Director Paul Goldsbrough.

Speaking at Monday?s annual dinner in Shanghai, Mr. Goldsbrough reflected on his time in the chair before welcoming Dr. Fu as his successor.

"I am honored to have served as the founding Chairman of the China Chapter and am particularly proud of our role in the development of the CTQI standard; its existence is testament to the power of cooperation amongst all stakeholders in global maritime logistics and proves what can be achieved when we as an industry simply talk.

I would like to congratulate Dr. FU Yuning on his appointment to the chair. It gives me enormous satisfaction to see the role pass to Dr. Fu, his reputation and deep working knowledge of the Chinese maritime logistics sector will bring the work of the Global Institute of Logistics to a new and much larger audience. I am very encouraged by his vision for the China Chapter and am confident that under his direction, it will establish itself as one of the preeminent voices in Chinese maritime logistics."

Dr. Fu, commenting on his appointment said:
"I very much look forward to my time as Chairman of the China Chapter; the Global Institute of Logistics has done an excellent job in developing the Institute and has proved the case for its work in the development of CTQI.

In the future development mandate of the China Chapter, I wish to bring attention to a number of items on the agenda. We plan to call upon the assembly of a multi-party task force made up of a cross-section of the industry, to investigate and identify key buildup areas of China?s maritime logistics chain?particularly the standing of China?s inland distribution network and the effects of logistics traffic on existing infrastructure. The taskforce will determine efficiency and productivity pitfalls and evaluate site connectivity for benchmarking. The best minds in the business will congregate through a series of workshops over the year, ultimately culminating in the production of a white paper to showcase the results and present deliverables."

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: :

Dr. FU Yuning was born in 1957. He graduated from Dalian Institute of Technology in the PRC with a Bachelor?s Degree in Port and Waterway Engineering. Dr. Fu obtained his Ph.D. in Offshore Engineering from Brunel University in the UK, where he also worked as a Post-Doctorate research fellow from 1986 to 1987.

Dr. Fu is President and a Director of China Merchants Group Limited. He also currently holds the following positions in these HK and Mainland China listed companies: Chairman and CEO, China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited; Chairman, China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited; Independent Non-Executive Director, Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited and Sino Land Company Limited; Chairman, China International Marine Containers (Group) Limited; Chairman, China Merchants Energy Shipping Company Limited; Director, China Merchants Bank.

Dr. Fu was previously President and Managing Director of China Nanshan Development (Group) Incorporated. From February 1999 to July 2000, he was Chairman of Union Bank of Hong Kong Limited. From 2001 to 2003, he was an Independent Director of Jurong Port Pte. Limited in Singapore.

Dr. Fu is also Executive Director of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Director of Hong Kong Port Development Council and a member of International Advisory Panel of CapitaLand in Singapore. more...
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