On 29 June 2017, the Olivia Business Centre will host a locally organized, international conference China-Hong Kong-Poland and the New Silk Road Initiative. The conference is organized by the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Gdańsk in cooperation with: the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, the Consultative Office of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council in Warsaw, HSBC Bank Polska S.A., the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk and Pomeranian Employers.
Substantive support will be provided by: the Hong Kong Bar Association, the Shenzhen Bar Association, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. During the conference, there will be a solemn ceremony of signing two Cooperation Agreements: between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Bar in Shenzhen, and between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Association of Lawyers in Hong Kong.
The organizers of the conference are aware that China is the largest market in the world, the second importer after the USA, the first exporter and one of the fastest growing economic partners of Polish. It is a potential market of one and a half billion consumers, whose aspirations and needs will ensure demand for goods and services from partner countries for many years to come. At the same time, it is a country of fast-growing economy. For entrepreneurs, China is an opportunity to ensure profits for a long time. This initiative is part of the activities of Polish and China aimed at strengthening mutual contacts and strategic cooperation.
Entrepreneurs interested in economic cooperation with China and Hong Kong were invited to participate in the conference. The partnership of all organizations cooperating in the organization of the conference is also aimed at strengthening the contact between the business community and the legal advisors in the context of future cooperation in providing business and legal services for Chinese investments in Poland.
The conference will be attended by attorneys-at-law and representatives of business entities, as well as: Ms. Betty Ho – representative of the Hong Kong government, Ms. Heather Jun Han – Vice President of the Shenzhen Bar, Mr. Amirali Nasir – Vice President of the Hong Kong Bar Association, Ms. Cecilla Wong – member of the Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association, Ms. Anna Grischenkova from the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, Mr. Maciej Wilk from the Hong Kong Consultative Office in Poland and Mr. Paweł Adamowicz – Mayor of Gdansk.
The conference was held under the honorary patronage of Dariusz Drelich, Pomeranian Voivode and Mieczysław Struk, Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Media patronage: Dziennik Bałtycki and Trójmiasto.pl
Participation in the conference is free of charge (subject to registration).
