SwissCham is delighted to invite you to the Sino-Swiss Business Awards 2019, where Sino-Swiss excellence is celebrated. The award ceremony is an occasion to honor and celebrate the ones who have fought for and promoted the development of Sino-Swiss Business the best.

SwissCham is delighted to invite you to the Sino-Swiss Business Awards 2019, where Sino-Swiss excellence is celebrated.

For third time, SwissCham Singapore will honour Excellence in People & Skills Development. This Swiss Business Award was successfully launched in 2017 and attracted various entries from the business community in Singapore.

The escalating China-US trade war and rising protectionism continues to cloud the outlook for Chinese outbound M&A. However, China remains the deal driver for M&A in Asia as the country presents promising opportunities for local and overseas investors facilitated by national reforms, consumer behaviour upgrade, industry consolidation and transformation under the new model of economic growth.

By 2050, over 70% of the world population will be living in cities covering less than 2% of the earth’s surface. Never had city been so challenged and the trend continues to grow. And, this rise to many issues like rising inequality, environmental pollution, infrastructure access, traffic congestion, mobility, safety and health of residents are only a few examples.

Addis Ababa, September 5, 2019 (FBC) – Abay Industrial Development Share Company is set to build a metal factory in the city of Bahir Dar, Amhara regional state, at a cost of 4 billion birr.

Qatar's economy has not only, as we expected, successfully absorbed the shocks from its neighbours’ boycott two years ago, it has strengthened -- particularly in banking and foreign reserves.

Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to Grupo Mercantil in connection with the registration of 104,760,961 common shares of its Panamanian holding Mercantil Servicios Financieros Internacional, S.A. with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama for its negotiation in the secondary market, shares that have been also listed on the Panama Stock Exchange since August 22, 2019.

Economically, 2019 has been rough for the top three economies in Latin America: only .9% growth forecasted for Mexico, fears of recession in Brazil after two quarters of contraction and a 5.8% drop in GDP for Argentina in Q1 2019. On a positive note, Colombia’s GDP grew by 3% in Q2 2019, Peru’s GDP went up by 2.6% and Chile’s by 1.9%.

Senior decision-makers from Fosun Pharma, Geely, Lenovo, Tsinghua Unicorp, Baosteel, Walt Disney, Fox, Citic Capital, Hopu and many others are attending the China M&A Forum on October 17 in Shanghai. These investors see the China M&A Forum as an ideal opportunity get together to compare strategies, discuss opportunities and meet future partners in today’s increasingly complex environment.