|  | The 2003 China-America Outsourcing Business Development Summit October 18-20 2003
The Kerry Centre Hotel Beijing, China
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Produced by Michael F. Corbett & Associates, Ltd.
The Focus: Education and Business Development
Expanding Business Opportunities in China Through Outsourcing
The China-America Outsourcing Business Development Summit (OBD) is presented by Michael F. Corbett & Associates, Ltd. as part of The Outsourcing World Summit Conference Series.
The Summit is specifically designed to introduce western executives, decision-makers and decision-influencers to the opportunities to provide and source information technology, business process, and manufacturing outsourcing services in and from mainland China.
Because of outsourcing’s strategic importance to the future of the Chinese economy, this event has received the official support of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the All China Federation of Industry and Trade, the Beijing Municipal Government, and the Chinese Government’s Ministries of Commerce and of Science and Technology.
The Program: China’s Business and Government Leaders – the West’s Top Outsourcing Experts
Plenary Sessions feature business and government leaders from China and experts from the West addressing:
§ Connecting China and the World’s Economic Systems
§ China’s Market-Driven Transformation
§ Powering Global Cooperation through Outsourcing
§ The Chinese Market for International Outsourcing Providers
§ China’s Current and Future Positioning in the Global Outsourcing Market
§ Outsourcing Opportunities from China’s Recent Admission to the World Trade Organization and the Upcoming 2008 Olympics
§ China’s National Programs for Economic Development and Exchange
§ China’s Regional and City Programs for Economic Development and Exchange
§ Capabilities of China’s Information Technology Industry, including its Torch Centers
§ Case Studies of Top Customers and Providers
Sub-conferences are organized by the major areas of outsourcing opportunity: information technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing and manufacturing. A fourth sub-conference is devoted to better understanding and developing the overall customer and provider outsourcing markets in China. Sub-conference speakers represent customer, provider, advisor and government organizations, from both inside and outside China, making these exceptional forums for both learning and business development.
The Summit: Extensive Networking and Social Functions
Networking and Social Program Elements
§ Welcome and Departure Banquets
§ Chinese Product and Services Showcase Banquet
§ Networking Luncheons all Three Conference Days
§ Continental Breakfasts, Coffee Breaks and Networking Programs throughout the Summit in its Exhibition Hall
§ Business Development and Small Group Workshops in Each Sub-Conference
§ General Session Roundtable on Potential Business Opportunities
The Summit’s goals are to accelerate the development of outsourcing as a management discipline within China and to foster business development between Western- and China-based organizations – both as customers and providers of outsourcing services.
China Today
With a 2000 GDP of US$1.08 trillion, China is the world’s sixth largest economy.
China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, upcoming Summer Olympics (for which US$25 billion in new expenditures is expected), high-level of foreign investment, and the development of a more open and rules-based economy all suggest continued rapid economic growth in China.
Many U.S. companies, such as General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, Revlon, GE and others have made significant investments in their Chinese operations. All of GE’s businesses, for example, are now operating in China through 25 company branch offices and more than 30 joint ventures and wholly-owned enterprises with total investments over US$1.5 billion.
Outsourcing in China
China has long been recognized as a manufacturing source and as contract manufacturing has developed into outsourced manufacturing services, China has continued to be part of this evolution. Flextronics, for example, the world’s second largest provider of outsourced electronics manufacturing, broke ground in April 2002 on a 112-acre facility near Shanghai that is expected within three to five years to be the company’s largest plant in China.
Other segments of the outsourcing industry are beginning to develop in China as well – in particular information technology services and call centers. According to Gartner, China has 200,000 IT professionals in the software outsourcing business today, is adding 50,000 per year, and will be the third largest source of offshore IT outsourcing sometime between 2007 and 2010. Additionally, there are more than 37 companies in China providing outsourced call center services with more than 3,200 seats. Other outsourcing areas include information services (GE electronic data interchange, IBM e-business services), document imaging (Kodak i Center) and logistics outsourcing (China Logistics), just to name a few.
Press Coverage in China
The 2003 China-America Outsourcing Business Development Summit has received extensive coverage in the Chinese press, including: Economic Daily, China Daily, Worker’s Times, Beijing Morning Newspaper, Computer Week, and others, as well as on China’s English- and Chinese-language television.
About the Producer
Michael F. Corbett & Associates, Ltd. is dedicated to advancing outsourcing as a powerful management discipline. The company has trained thousands of executives on outsourcing and is known worldwide for its cutting-edge thinking.
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