The 2006 ZPARK International Financing Forum Will be Held in Beijing on November 16th

The 2006 ZPARK International Financing Forum Will be Held in Beijing on November 16th

October 09, 2006

    BEIJING, Oct. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The second
annual ZPark International Financing Forum on November 16th
will bring together the leaders of China's most dynamic SME
companies, top-class experts in SME international financing
and investment, and leading Chinese government officials
supporting the SME sector.

    The Forum will offer a unique opportunity for
participating executives to improve their knowledge of more
sophisticated international financing techniques. They will
learn about how international financing tools can help
their companies reach out internationally, do business and
make acquisitions in the United States, Europe, and beyond,
minimize their risks as they do, and how to better promote
their companies to investors.

    SME executives will have the chance to meet the experts
one-on-one, and make important new contacts to support their
future business development that in most cases would not be
possible otherwise. The ZPark Forum will bring the
international experts to you.

    They will also have the opportunity to hear from
High-level Chinese government officials about important new
Chinese government programs for SME finance and other
support, and how companies can best access these.

    Chinese bankers working with SME firms, representatives
of Venture Capital firms active in China, other financial
services experts, and SMEs showcasing specific investment
opportunities will also participate in open panel
discussions through the afternoon.   

    Patrick Hurley, the Chairman of the US Association for
Corporate Growth (ACG) -- the US' largest association of
successful SMEs and the financial firms who advise them --
will be coming from the US as a special guest of the Forum,
to make a keynote speech setting the international stage.

    Senior Government Officials from the Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), National
Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of
Science and Technology, Ministry of Information Industry,
and other ministries supporting China's dynamic SME sector
are expected.

    Several hundred Senior Executives of China's most
dynamic private SMEs in Technology, Media and
Telecommunications (TMT) to Agribusiness, Auto Parts and
other Manufacturing, Metallurgy, New Energy, the
Environment, and New Energy, and Pharmaceuticals among
other sectors will be attending.

    Senior Executives of Chinese and international banks,
investment firms, other financial services providers, and
related professionals with an interest in the development
of China's SME sector will also be included. Officials of
the China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of
China, China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation,
International Finance Corporation (IMF) of the World Bank,
BNP Paribas, the Business Development Bank, CDC Capital
Partners, CDH Investments, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet
Ventures, the German Investment and Development
Cooperation., Hina Group , IDGVC, IMC Capital Group, the
Industrialization Fund For Developing Countries, Maple
Valley Investment Limited, JPMorgan Chase, Orano
Investments Fund, Orchid Asia Group, PPF, Sequoia Capital
China, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
Pte Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, Vertex Group, WI
Harper Group are among the invited attendees.

    A special highlight of this year's Forum will be the
presentation of Special Awards to 10 SME companies for
their innovative contributions to rural development, linked
to the Chinese government's new core emphasis on rural
development in China's current 11th Five Year Plan
(2006-2010). 

    The Forum is being organized by International Financing
magazine in cooperation David Diebold & Associates
(H.K.) Ltd., the Management Committee of the Zhongguancun
Development Zone in Beijing's Haidian District (China's
Silicon Valley); China's Ministry of Science and Technology
and the Ministry's Torch Hi-Tech Industry Development
Center, with the support of the European Union Chamber of
Commerce in China, China Central Television (CTTV) and
Beijing Television, China Electronics News, China Value,
sina.com, and US Web TV among others.
    
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