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| Chinese Fashions Show for Forum Participants, Partners |
| A beautiful Chinese fashions show put an end to the 3-day Cultural Program that accompanied the Fortune Global Forum which was open in Hong Kong Tuesday. |
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| Chinese Joint-Stock Banks Challenged by WTO Entry: Expert |
| Experts said Thursday that China's joint-stock banks should adapt to China's accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO) by quickening their globalization pace. |
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| Fortune Global Forum Ends in Hong Kong |
| The three-day Fortune Global Forum 2001 concluded Thursday afternoon after fruitful discussions among heads of the world's leading multinationals on the theme of Next Generation Asia. |
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| Chinese Banks Urged to Prepare for Post-WTO Competition |
| Liu Mingkang, chairman and president of the Bank of China, said Thursday Chinese banks should prepare themselves for tougher competition from its foreign counterparts after China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
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| Clinton Urges China's Quick Entry into WTO |
| Former US President Bill Clinton Thursday urged China's quick entry into the World Trade Organization when delivering a speech to some 700 business leaders at the concluding meeting of the 2001 Fortune Global Forum in Hong Kong. |
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| Microsoft Eyes Asian Market |
| Microsoft's chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, said Thursday in Hong Kong the world's computer software giant is striving to become the leader in Asia's software market, which witnesses the fastest business growth in the world. |
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| Roundup: More Entrepreneurs Will Come for Better Opportunities |
| Celebrities from the world's business community to the Fortune Global Forum, which closed Thursday afternoon in Hong Kong, agreed that Hong Kong remains an international metropolis with an attractive business environment four years after its return to China. |
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| US Must Strengthen Cooperation With China, Says Former US Secretary of Commerce |
| The United States must cooperate with China in any case and keep on exchanges as well, said Mickey Kantor, former US secretary of Commerce and trade representative, at the conference of the Fortune Global Forum 2001 in Hong Kong. Kantor emphasized that there is no alternative for Sino-US relationship. It is a crucial time for the two countries. The US should deal with the bilateral relations cautiously. |
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| Roundup: Rosy Future for IT Industry |
| Corporate giants attending a Fortune Global Forum in Hong Kong predicted Wednesday that global information technology market will go back onto the upward track and more investment will continue to flow into technology sector. |
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| Hong Kong to Benefit from China's WTO Entry |
| China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will bring about tremendous business opportunities for Hong Kong, a senior official of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (SAR) said Wednesday. |
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| Roundup: Economists Bullish on Chinese Capital Market |
| Economists and analysts attending an economic forum Wednesday expected the Chinese capital market to be one of the best performing markets in the world with fruitful reforms. |
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| Hong Kong's Economy Regains Vitality |
| On May 8, nearly 700 outstanding politicians and economists and business leaders gathered in Hong Kong to attend the 2001 Fortune Global Forum. Chinese President Jiang Zemin delivered an important speech at the banquet given on the occasion of the opening ceremony. For a while, the world once again focused at the Xiangjiang River. |
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| HK Chief Executive Meets Thai PM |
| Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tung Chee Hwa said Wednesday that Hong Kong hopes to work with Thailand and other economies in the region to create more investment opportunities and economic prosperity for all. |
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| Thaksin Optimistic About Thailand's Economic Outlook |
| Thailand's outlook will continue to be stable and the market assessment should be bullish in the near term once the reform programs are in place, said Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, Wednesday in Hong Kong. |
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| China's Top Planner on Development of Western Region |
| China's western region will be a bright star playing a vital role in the future economic development of Asia, Zeng Peiyan, minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission, said Wednesday in Hong Kong. |
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| Domestic Demand Robust, China Just Beginning to Take off |
| China's economy will continue its rapid growth and largely avoid the impact of the downturn in the US by relying on domestic demand, the governor of the central People's Bank of China said Wednesday. |
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| Experts at Fortune Forum on Development of Asian Economy |
| Senior economists and officials attending the current Fortune Global Forum 2001 said Wednesday the Asian economy will meet more development opportunities than challenges in the future, despite the slowdown of the world economy and problems in some Asian countries. |
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| President Jiang Zemin Leaves Hong Kong |
| Chinese President Jiang Zemin left Hong Kong by special plane Wednesday afternoon after attending various activities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). |
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| President Jiang Attends Banquet Given by Tung |
| Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who is in Hong Kong for the Fortune Global Forum 2001, attended a banquet given by Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) at the Government House Wednesday noon. |
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| Chinese President Meets with Thai PM |
| Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Wednesday morning in Hong Kong with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and welcomed him to go to Shanghai for the informal summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in October and pay an official visit to China. |
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