Trade and Invest GOLD COAST - Business Gold Coast

Trade and Invest GOLD COAST
Multi-Sector
GOLD COAST CITY TRADE MISSION TO
15 to 23 November 2011
MIPIM Asia, Hong Kong and Southern China Trade and
Investment Roadshow to Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Beihai
About the mission
Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) is
committed to supporting the city’s fastgrowing
industries and in particular,
encourage participation in export
activities. Such activities aim to advocate
the capabilities, products and services of
the city’s export-ready businesses and to
promote major Gold Coast projects direct to
foreign investors.
Gold Coast City Council is organising a trade
mission to MIPIM Asia in Hong Kong, to be
followed by an optional Southern China
Trade and Investment Roadshow.
MIPIM Asia is the pre-eminent real estate
event in the Asia-Pacific region for industry
professionals actively involved with or
interested in the Asia-Pacific real estate
market.
The trade mission will also provide the
opportunity for qualified companies to meet
with a range of contacts in Hong Kong
and in Zhuhai, Guangzhou and Beihai in
Southern China.
Gold Coast City Council is seeking
expressions of interest from local
industry to participate in this trade
mission to Hong Kong and Southern
China from 15-23 November 2011.
Who should attend
If your organisation is currently in one of
the following key sectors, then you are
encouraged to attend MIPIM:
• commercial and industrial real estate
professionals with opportunities available
in major projects such as hotels and
shopping centres (note this trade mission
is not suitable for residential real estate
agencies)
• property developers
• architects
• town planners
• consultants to the property and
development industries
Gold Coast businesses across the diverse
range of sectors listed below may also
benefit from participating in the Gold Coast
City Council Roadshow program in Hong
Kong and Southern China:
• food and beverage
• corporate training and education
• creative industries
• clean technology and green building
• sports and leisure
Benefits
The Gold Coast City Council mission to
MIPIM Asia and Southern China will offer a
unique opportunity to:
• create awareness for local products and
services throughout Asia-Pacific
• meet potential partners/distributors/
agents/customers and general industry
contacts
• increase networking opportunities through
Council’s Southern China partnerships
• work collaboratively with other Gold Coast
companies to gain greater leverage in the
market
• participate in approximately three prearranged
business matching appointments
in each city with assistance from Council
Note: additional meetings can be arranged
through Austrade and are charged at the
Austrade standard rate of $190 p/h.

MIPIM Asia, Hong Kong and Southern China Trade and Investment Roadshow
15 to 23 November 2011
Market Information
Deng Xiaoping, one of China’s modern leaders,
set the country on a transitionary path to a
market-based economy in December 1978, when
he instigated an ‘open door policy’.His idea was
to modernise China by encouraging foreign trade
and investment and stimulating the country’s
economic growth.
China’s ‘open door policy’ also coincided with
a shift in thinking from a centralised planned
economy to a so-called ‘socialist market economy
with Chinese characteristics’. Consequently, this
unique combination of Marxist ideology mixed
with market liberalisation has contributed towards
China’s economic growth.
China has the fastest-growing manufacturing
sector in the world, which has been propelled
by extensive foreign investment, cheap land and
a low-cost labour base. These conditions have
given rise to an increase of foreign enterprises
relocating manufacturing operations to China,
and a boom in demand for resources and raw
materials.
The country’s service sector continues to improve
and expand with the rise in prosperity and foreign
investment. Consequently, there has been a
structural shift in labour from agriculture to the
manufacturing and services sectors, and also a
shift from rural to urban living.
Chinese authorities have placed an emphasis
on ‘building a harmonious society’ as China
reorientates towards a market-based economy.
While almost all Chinese have benefited from
a rise in income levels and living standards,
growth and reform have brought on fundamental
structural shifts in China’s economy. Some of
the challenges Chinese authorities face include:
reform of state-owned enterprises and banking
system, widening income gaps, rising inflation
and pollution levels.
*Source: Austrade
For further market information, please refer to the
following websites:
www.austrade.gov.au/China-Market-Overview/
default.aspx
www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/chin.pdf
www.export.qld.gov.au/qld-exports-china.html
Preliminary mission program
Date
Mon 14 Nov
Tues 15 Nov
Wed 16 Nov
Thur 17 Nov
Fri 18 Nov
Sat 19 Nov
Sun 20 Nov
Mon 21 Nov
Tues 22 Nov
Wed 23 Nov
Activity
Bump in - MIPIM
MIPIM Exhibition
MIPIM Exhibition
MIPIM Exhibition
Business matching meetings
in Hong Kong and Hong Kong
investment seminar
Free time
Free time
Business matching meetings in
Zhuhai and Zhuhai investment
seminar
Business matching meetings in
Guangzhou and Guangzhou
investment seminar
Option to visit Council’s sister
city, Beihai
*Mission schedule is tentative and subject to change.
An itinerary will be designed to meet each
companies individual meeting requirements. This
may include travel to other destinations within the
region. These costs will therefore be in addition to
the estimates quoted below.
We anticipate that in each of the cities visited,
activities will include some or all of the following:
• individual business matching meetings
• meetings with business representatives, local
chambers of commerce or similar organisations
• tours of industry facilities and other sites based
on the delegation’s composition and priorities
Please advise through your expression of interest
whether you are interested in joining Gold Coast
City Council’s entire trade mission to Hong Kong
and Southern China or whether you would
prefer to attend only MIPIM or the Southern
China element.
Mission costs
Each participant will be expected to fund their
own flights, accommodation and other costs
associated with travel to Hong Kong and
Southern China.
Estimated costs for a round trip economy airfare
are between AUD $1,000 - $2,000 per person
including taxes (Prices are subject to availability
and may change).
Estimated costs for accommodation for nine
nights is approx AUD $2,000 per person (Prices
are subject to availability and may change).
Airfares and accommodation are to be
booked independently by participants. Please
feel free to contact Council’s corporate travel
agent should you require further assistance:
World Travel Professionals
Gold Coast QLD 4217
Tel: 07 5556 7222
Fax: 07 5556 7200
Email: goldcoast@worldtravel.com.au
More information
For further information, please contact:
Emma Wallace
Investment Attraction Officer
Economic Development Branch
Gold Coast City Council
Tel: + 61 7 5581 7547
Mob: +61 414 180 251
Email: international@goldcoast.qld.gov.au
or
Mindy Adamson
International Relations Officer
Economic Development Branch
Gold Coast City Council
Tel: + 61 7 5581 7525
Mob: +61 414 180 245
Email: international@goldcoast.qld.gov.au
Important dates
Friday 2 September 2011
Deadline for preliminary expression of interest
Friday 23 September 2011
Deadline to confirm participation and to be
included in any GCCC publications
TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING
PLEASE EMAIL
international@goldcoast.qld.gov.au
www.businessgc.com.au
Please note: Completing your registration online does not guarantee
your involvement, nor does it bind you to participation. This is simply a
preliminary registration that represents interest from Gold Coast firms,
and it will be used to inform Council’s future planning on how best
to approach this mission.