Global Corporate Social Responsibility Forum: China

　　“Global Responsibility，Harmony Society”

　　Feb.22, 2006

　　Theme:

　　The first Corporate Social Responsibility Forum sponsored by China Newsweek will be held in Beijing on Feb.22, 2006.

　　China Newsweek sponsored by China News Services is a magazine mainly focusing on politics and economics news which has a wide range of readership and influence worldwide. The China News Services is a state-level news agency directly under the leadership of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. It is mainly responsible for the overseas publicity work towards overseas Chinese and the compatriots in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

　　Launched in the spirit of “to influence the influential people”, China Newsweek aims to promote social progress; and the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum serves as an important platform for the communications of the magazine.

　　Themed as “Global Responsibility Harmony Society ”, the forum is launched with a view to promote the communication and cooperation between the academic circles both at home and abroad and the public organizations and to galvanize the research and action on corporate social responsibility under the background of economic globalization and in light of China’s economic and social status quo.

　　The globalization is now increasingly and profoundly influencing the development of the whole world. The economic growth, industrial upgrading and cultural integration have brought tremendous changes in corporate traditional value and concept of responsibilities. Concerns for natural resources, global environment, labour rights and interests, business ethics and the shouldering of the obligations for the stakeholders and the whole society have now become the common trend among the enterprises globally. China is now in a transitional period of economic restructuring when the health and harmonious growth of the economy and the sharing of the fruits of the economic prosperity among different social classes have become the important issue of the new historical phase. To advocate the awareness of Corporate Citizen and call for their fulfilment of the social responsibilities is not only conducive to the further sound development of Chinese economy but also helpful to the integration of the Chinese economy with its global family.

　　The corporate social responsibility is deemed as its bottom line for the profits. Therefore, only those enterprises with a strong awareness of responsibilities can develop their time-honoured brands and sustain continued profit-making. As the corporate social responsibility is closely related to public policy, it not merely needs the moral motivations but more importantly, calls for the institutional guidance and the concerted efforts of the government, industry guilds and other public institutions to prompt the enterprises to fulfil their social responsibilities. The corporate social responsibility is also an issue at the cultural sphere, as the social responsibilities have become an indispensable part of the modern entrepreneurship and enterprise’s corporate value.

　　This forum will invite the leaders from relevant state ministries and committees, officials from international organizations, renowned scholars both at home and abroad, CEOs of the multinational enterprises and general managers of leading domestic enterprise who will have in-depth and thought-provoking discussions on corporate social responsibilities from a wide range of cultural, economic and social perspectives.

　　Confirmed Speakers:

　　Chen Yujie

　　Director, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council

　　Liu Beixian

　　Proprieter, China Newsweek

　　Gao Qiang

　　Minister, Ministry of Health

　　Liao XiaoQi

　　Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce

　　Duan Yingbi

　　Chairman, China Federation for Poverty Alleviation

　　Donald Johnston

　　Secretary-General of OECD

　　Klaus Toepfer

　　Under-Secretary-General United Nations

　　Frannie A Leautier

　　Vice president, World Bank

　　Simon Zadek

　　CEO of Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

　　Auret Van Heerden

　　President Fair Labor Association

　　Gerd Leipold

　　Green Peace International

　　Liu Changle

　　President, Phoenix TV

　　Martha Vinson

　　Vice president, Amcham-china

　　Fred Dubee

　　Senior Advisor, Global Compact, United Nations

　　Josef M.Mueller

　　President, Nestle Greater China

　　Philipp Goedeking

　　President, Rolanberger Asia

　　Zhang Suixin

　　Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group China

　　Takaji Hishiyama

　　Former Vice President, Mitsubishicorp

　　Anthony Loo

　　Rio Tinto China/Asia　Managing Director

　　Li Jie

　　Vice president, DaimlerChrysler (China) Ltd

　　Zhu Min

　　Governor Assistant, the People’s Bank of China, PRC

　　Xia Bin

　　Diretor, Finance Institute, Development Research Center of the State Council

　　Cao Yuanzheng

　　Chief Economist, BOC International(China)Limited

　　Melissa Brown

　　President, Association For Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia

　　Lilia Clemente

　　Chairman, Clemente Capital, Inc

　　Djordjija Petkoski

　　Senior Advisor, World Bank

　　Marcel Jeucken

　　Sales Manager Sustainable Investment Research International

　　Lu Renfa

　　Vice Chairman, China Charity Federation

　　Wang Zhenyao

　　Director, Ministry of Civil Affairs, PRC

　　Wang Yan

　　CEO, Sina.com

　　Chong Chan-yau

　　Executive Director, Oxfam, Hongkong

　　Lou Zhongfu

　　Chairman Guangxia Company

　　Chen Ying

　　Vice Director, The Federation of Enterprises

　　Zhang Junfeng

　　Institute for International Labor and Information Studies, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, PRC

　　Liu Tiemin

　　Dean, The Institute of Safety production, China Safety Production Administration Bureau

　　Su Yilan

　　President, CEO, UPM-Kymmene Group

　　Li Zhenfu

　　President, Novartis China

　　William Valentino

　　General Manager, Bayer in Greater China