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
