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GLOBAL FORUM 2005
China and the New Asian Century
May 16-18, 2005

WEBCASTS AND CHATS Below are select Webcasts from the 1999 Forum "China: The Next 50 Years," from Shanghai, China. You will need the RealPlayer software to view these files. (If you do not have RealPlayer, please download it now.)


1999 FORTUNE Global Forum, Shanghai, China
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BUSINESS SESSION: WHAT NOW FOR CHINA?
This business session will set the framework for the program to follow with discussions on where China is today, where it is going in the immediate future, and what this means for multi-national companies.

Discussion Leaders:
Kenneth S. Courtis, Strategist and Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Group Asia Pacific
Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation
Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Ambassador Mickey Kantor, Former Secretary of Commerce and Trade Representative, USA

Moderator:
Richard I. Kirkland Jr., Deputy Managing Editor, FORTUNE

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BUILDING THE NEW CHINA: NOW COMES THE HARD PART
Insights into the real costs and the real gains in China's development as it enters the next 50 years. Subjects will include State Owned Enterprise reform, perspectives on the "Socialist Market Economy," the evolving rules for foreign companies as reform progresses, and the development of rural China.

Discussion Leaders:
Ambassador Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company, and former Trade Representative, USA
Hu Angang, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Founding Director, China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University

Moderator:
Donald Morrison, Editor, TIME Asia

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Speaker:
John F. Welch, Jr., Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co.

Moderator:
Geoffrey Colvin, Editorial Director, FORTUNE

Introduction:
Jim Wadia, Worldwide Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen

 

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