Agenda

7th Summit of Heads of Government of CEEC and China: BUSINESS FORUM 2018

07 July 2018

09:30

location

National Palace of Culture

Within the framework of the 16+1 High-Level Summit in Sofia, the Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency will host the 2018 16+1 Business Forum. More than 1000 participants are expected to attend. The Forum will be opened by the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and China, in the presence of their counterparts from CEECs and business delegates.

The 2018 Business Forum will consist of a main forum and four panels:

 

Agenda (06.07.2018)

14:00 - 17:00:

Registration, Central Entrance of the National Palace of Culture

 

Agenda (07.07.2018)

 

06:30 - 08:30:

Registration, Central Entrance of the National Palace of Culture/Welcome coffee

09:30 - 10:00:

Official  Ceremony, Hall 1, National Palace of Culture:
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy of the  Republic of Bulgaria
Key note speech by H.E. Mr. Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Zhong Shan, Minister of Trade of People Republic of China
Key note speech by H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People‘s Republic of China

10:00 - 10:05: 

Beautiful Bulgaria, video

10:05 - 10:45: 

Main Forum, Hall 1, National Palace of Culture:
Bulgarian Development Bank: Activities and outcome of the China-CEEC Interbank Association
Plovdiv Municipality: 4th China-CEEC Local Leaders  Meeting, Plovdiv, 2018
Ningbo Municipality: China-CEEC Investment and Trade Expo 2019 in Ningbo
Trade Development Bureau of MOFCOM: Economic Cooperation Situation between China and the CEECs

10:45 - 11:15:

Coffee Break, 5th Floor, National Palace of Culture

11:15 - 13:00:

Panel discussions, 5th Floor, Halls 7, 8 and 9, National Palace of Culture:
Panel 1: High technology, Investments, Industrial Partnership, Joint Ventures
Panel 2: Infrastructure (including transport and road infrastructure, energy)

13:00 - 14:00: 

Lunch break, 5th Floor, Halls 7, 8 and 9, National Palace of Culture

14:00 - 15:45: 

Panel discussions, 5th Floor, Halls 7, 8 and 9, National Palace of Culture:
Panel 3: Agriculture
Panel 4: Tourism

11:15 - 17:00: 

Projects Presentation Session, Hall 1, National Palace of Culture

11:15 - 17:00: 

Networking & В2В session, 5th Floor, National Palace of Culture




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