China Business Summit News – Page 2

Pengxin not over Lochinver

By Christopher Adams – NZ Herald China’s Shanghai Pengxin hasn’t completely given up hope of buying Lochinver Station, despite the Central North Island property having been sold to another company. In September government ministers declined an application by Pengxin subsidiary Pure 100 Farm to buy the 13,843ha sheep and beef station near Taupo, saying the benefits to New Zealand were …

PM defends decision to block sale of Lochinver

By Bernard Hickey – interest.co.nz PM defends decision to block sale of Lochinver to Shanghai Pengxin; says decision not political; ministers made independent decisions; says public debate over foreign land sales not hurting National in polls. Prime Minister John Key has defended the decision by two of his ministers to reject the sale of the Lochinver Station near Taupo to …

Changing the China game

After years of high-speed economic growth, China moved down a gear. This created concern in some circles, yet as session moderator Minter Ellison Rudd Watts chair Cathy Quinn noted: both Air New Zealand (then) CEO Christopher Luxon and Fonterra (then) CEO Theo Spierings thought any negativity was overdone. Instead, they were tuning their strategies to meet the challenge of a …

EU threat to NZ China dairy trade

By Christopher Adams – NZ Herald Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says losing Chinese market share to European dairy competitors is a concern for New Zealand. Addressing the China Business Summit in Auckland this morning, he outlined the dairy giant’s five-year plan in the world’s second-biggest economy. Spierings said Fonterra was aiming to grow its business in China from around …

2015 Full Programme

China Business Summit 2015: Game Changers 9 November 2015 7.00 – 8.00am Registration & Coffee 8.00 – 8.45am Scene-Setting & Big Picture for the Summit (Light Breakfast) Fran O’Sullivan (Co-chair), Managing Director, NZ INC. Michael Barnett (Co-chair), CEO, Auckland Chamber of Commerce RT HON JOHN KEY, Prime Minister His Excellency Wang Lutong, Ambassador to New Zealand 8.45 – 9.45am Session …

China Business Summit: Innovation key to Auckland’s growth

Brett O’Riley is adamant that innovation will be a key element of Auckland ‘s new global brand narrative. The chief executive of Auckland’s economic development agency Ateed has set a goal for Auckland to be world-leading advanced industries city by 2020 as measured by the Brookings Institution. A key element in that strategy is the agreement Ateed’s O’Riley forged with …

China Business Summit: Speaker’s Warning

By Fran O’Sullivan New Zealand is on a winning streak with China despite the perception of setbacks, says China investment strategist David Mahon. But cautions Mahon, who is chief executive of Beijing-based investment advisory firm Mahon China, NZ has to box clever to retain its pole position. Mahon who is a keynote speaker at the forthcoming China Business Summit forecasts …

Fonterra risks missing the boat, again

By Keith Woodford – NZ Herald Dairy firm lacks people who understand the impact of new, disruptive technologies, writes Keith Woodford. The Chinese Government may like Fonterra but Chinese companies find Fonterra arrogant and difficult to deal with. There is no escaping that Fonterra’s path forward has to be closely linked to China. No one else needs and has the …