The 2008 edition of the Global China Business Meeting was held in Barcelona on 17-19 November. The Global China Business Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of Chinese business leaders and their global counterparts. The event is open to Chief Executive Officers of the world's leading companies.

More then 400 participants took part in the meeting. As the financial crisis intensified, participants examined the state of the global economy and China's role in warding off a global recession. With the melting down of the global financial system participants conceptualized the characteristics of the Chinese economic model and its merits to ensure long-term growth. Download the report, read some related coverage in the international media and visit the photo gallery:


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The 2008 Global China Business Meeting provided a special focus on China's interaction with other emerging economies, including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and India. A review of the Beijing Olympics was another theme. Senior executives from around the world discussed Chinese firms' growing impact on global business and conceptualized the globalization of Chinese firms.

Outstanding speakers included H.R.H. The Prince of Asturias, Spain; Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain; George Yeoh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Xu Kuangdi, Vice Chairman, 10th CPPCC National Committee and Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Commerce, China.

The co-chairs were:

	César Alierta, Chairman, Telefonica, Spain
	Léo Apotheker, Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP, Germany
	Claude Begle, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Swiss Post, Switzerland
	Chang Dae-whan, Chairman, Maeil, Republic of Korea
	Chen Feng, Chairman, Hainan Airlines, China
	Fu Chengyu, Chief Executive Officer, CNOOC, China
	Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, SAS, USA
	Li Dongsheng, Chairman, TCL, China
	Li Ruogu, Chairman, China Exim Bank, China
	Liu Changle, Chairman, Phoenix TV, China
	Natalya Kaspersky, Chairman, Kaspersky Lab Group of Companies, Russia
	Munir Majid, Chairman, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia
	Naushad Merali, Chairman, Sameer Group, Kenya
	Eduardo Montes, Chairman, FerroAtlantica, Spain
	Juan Maria Nin, Chief Executive Officer, La Caixa, Spain
	Josep Piqué, Chairman, Vueling, Spain
	Anthony Salim, President, Salim Group, Indonesia
	S. Sandilya, Chairman, Eicher Group, India
	Shao Bo, Chairman, Novamed Pharmaceuticals, China
	Yan Bingzhu, Chairman, Bank of Beijing, China
	Zhang Yue, Chairman, Broad Air Conditioning, China

The meeting was organized by Horasis and co-hosted by the China Federation of Industrial Economics and Casa Asia - an institution under the Spanish government - with Ajuntament de Barcelona, COPCA and ICEX. Horasis is using its unrivalled history of partnership with Chinese and global firms to create a powerful platform for cooperation between China and the rest of the world.

Fu Chengyu, Chairman and CEO of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), right, and Frank-Jürgen Richter, President of Horaris Switzerland, centre, attend a Opening Plenary during Global China Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The head of China's biggest offshore energy producer CNOOC chairman Fu Chengyu, said Tuesday he thinks oil prices are likely to return to the $70-$80 barrel range, though he did not give a timetable and said low prices could continue for some time, during comments made at the conference on Chinese business in this northeastern Spanish city.

Xu Kuangdi, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative attends a Opening Plenary during Global China Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, right, and Xu Kuangdi, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative, left, walk before a plenary session during Global China Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, right, and Xu Kuangdi, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative, left, attends a a plenary session during Global China Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

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