On 15 January I took part in “The 2nd China Overseas Investment New Year Forum” (“Silk Road Five Promotions”) in The Great Hall of The People where I gave a short presentation.

The audience of over 800 was basically Chinese with few foreigners, most of them being speakers.
In the morning session there were also speeches by the French and Pakistani ambassadors (pictured, Maurice Gourdault Montagne & Masood Khalid).
In my speech (see here the PDF: 150115 ODIb), I gave some insights on the shift from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI – the money coming in) towards Overseas Direct Investment (ODI – the money going out).
As time was short, I was given 15-20 minutes, then cut back to 13 minutes, I concentrated on showing a suspicious trend in ODI along with some very basic guidelines on how Chinese entities could be more successful in investing and carrying out projects in overseas countries.
In the session I talked, I just came after the ambassador of Poland, H.E. Tadeusz Chomicki, and before the speakers of South Korea and the USA. (all pictured)
For once the food served during lunch was pretty good – usually the food there is very much soso.