Opportunities & Value of the Forum

Opening up: to understand how China will promote the Doha Agenda
　　　　　　 Negotiations on trade in services

The Doha Agenda Negotiations on trade in services will come to the final stage in June 2005. In this Forum, China will demonstrate its position to vigorously promote the Doha Agenda Negotiations on trade in services. China’s state leaders, Minister of Commerce, Mayor of Shanghai, Director-General of the WTO, and the Ambassador of China to the WTO will air their comments on how to further open China’s service industry in this Forum. Through the comments, Forum participants will be able to learn how the Chinese government will promote the process of service trade negotiations in the Doha Round, and possible action taken by the Chinese government.

Cooperation: to provide a platform for communication between service
　　　　　　 providers from other countries and the Chinese government
　　　　　　 and Chinese service providers

Through conference presentations, banquet speeches, and roundtable conferences attended by important Chinese government officials, this Forum will provide a platform for communication between world service providers and the Chinese government and Chinese service providers.

Development: to discuss the latest trend for the development of global
　　　　　　　trade in services and business opportunities in China

This Forum will invite representatives from world-famous service providers to introduce the latest trend in the development of service industry and global trade in services, who will join the discussion and exchanges with provincial governments and their counterparts in China. The Forum will also arrange field trips to visit local service providers in Shanghai and introduce business opportunities for investment in service industry in China, especially in Shanghai.

This Forum will become a focus for the service industries in all participating countries. The corporate image of forum participants will be strongly promoted through press conferences, advertising along the highway from the ShanghaiPudongInternationalAirport to downtown areas and across central commercial districts, as well as wide coverage through satellite TVs, newspaper, internet reporting and other media in Shanghai and across China.