CEIBS to Host 'China Automotive Industry Forum 2004'

SHANGHAI, China, July 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) wishes to invite senior government officials and the world's top leaders and decision-makers to the China Automotive Industry Forum 2004 on November 22, 2004. The forum will be held in the school's newly expanded main campus in Pudong, Shanghai.

After completion of Phase II of the main campus, the 2004 forum will be an opportunity for a greater number of exclusive participants to discuss the micro- and macro-economic implications and impact of the new automotive industry policy after its final release earlier this year. Topics of discussion will focus on: Prospects of the Chinese Economy in 2005, Local and global perspectives on the Chinese automotive industry, Strategic alliances and technology transfer, Automobile distribution, Development of a competitive automotive component industry, and China's role in the global automotive industry.

Last year's China Automotive Industry Forum, held by CEIBS, was designed to coincide with the government's release of China's new automotive industry policy and was a phenomenal success. China's auto industry policy-makers came to this event and met with industry leaders from around the world seeking to learn what the new policy could mean to their companies, China and the world.

The presentations, and particularly the Q&A sessions, were characterized by a degree of openness not found in commercially organised conferences. This was true both of government (indeed especially true of official speakers) and industry speakers, and reflects the perception of CEIBS as an academic and therefore neutral, non-partisan host.

About China Europe International Business School

China Europe International Business School, internationally known as CEIBS, is a non-profit, joint venture created by the European Union and the Chinese government. Since its establishment in 1994, CEIBS has been the leading business school in China and its high quality meets high international standards and has been accredited by EQUIS. Since 2001, CEIBS has been ranked among the world's top 100 business schools for all its three programmes MBA, EMBA and Executive Education. On October 13, 2003, China's first EU Policy Paper, designed to increase cooperation between the EU and China, specifically stated that more work should be done with China Europe International Business School to develop more top business professionals by enhancing and expanding academic and business exchanges at all levels.

  For more information, please contact:

   Ms Phoebe Li of CEIBS
   Tel:   +86-21-2890-5122
   Fax:   +86-21-2890-5273
   Email: info@ceibs.edu
   Web:   http://www.ceibs.edu/