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ABOUT PBECIndependent, apoliticial,
forward looking, and pro-business......the Pacific Basin Economic Council aspires to champion
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GET INVOLVEDMembership is comprised of
leaders with interests in Asia Pacific.Engaged and committed to expanding trade and investment in the region,
PBEC members forge business relationships
and address emerging issues most likely to affect
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TRADE MATTERSA Guide to Asia-Pacific's Trade AgreementsAnnouncing PBEC's latest initiative -
a regional trade guide specifically geared
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DIALOGUEWork with Governments in the region
to represent private sector interests.PBEC drives private sector interests via its relationships with APEC
and other government and nongovernmental organisations in the region.
News & Updates
Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) 2018
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The Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2018 aims to identify how business engagement in achieving inclusive and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region can be…
Demystifying RCEP and other Regional Trade Agreements and what this means for business
With the soon to be ratified replacement to the TPP (CPTPP) in full swing and China’s version of its own regional trade agreement called RCEP, which really is ASEAN and its bilateral partners, you could be excused for being confused.
We live in a strange trade world … with longstanding regional and global agreements being abandoned or renegotiated and others taking form from the shadows.
Why…
Belt and Road Summit
Date: 28 June 2018 (Thursday)
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Organiser: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Theme: Collaborate for Success
Introduction The Belt and Road Summit brings together senior government officials, representatives of international institutions, business leaders and industry experts from…
Multilateral Trade Survives and Prospers
Media Release
Hong Kong: Friday 26 January 2018
The Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) is wholly supportive the actions taken in Tokyo on 23 January 2018 to complete the first stage of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Said PBEC Chairman, Andrew Weir “the multilateral trade agenda is alive and well, which is an important stimulus for our Region and…
The Connected City Conference
PBEC dinner at the Asian Financial Forum
PBEC was pleased to organise a dinner seminar, as part of Hong Kong’s #AFF.
We were honoured to have @AndrewWeir, @JingUlrich, @BenSimpfendorfer and @AdamStuckert provide insights and crucial information gleaned from their own experiences.
Some of the key take-outs included:
The Belt and Road Initiative (#BRI) covers 2/3 of the world's population and 65% of them are not connected to the…
The Digital Belt and Road … Connecting Business to Opportunities
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) comprising the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, aims to build trade and infrastructure networks along the ancient Silk Road routes connecting Asia with Europe, Africa and beyond. This vision for economic development is initially a series of strategic infrastructure projects.
On behalf of…
GGEF Women Eco Game Changer
The inaugural GGEF Women Eco Game Changer Awards will become an annual event in the region to acknowledge and give recognition to women who are leading and inspiring change, making an impact in the community and environment through innovation.
The awards are divided into three categories:
The Social Eco Game Changer Award
The Eco…
PBEC 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
Date: Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Time: 7pm (cocktail); 7:45pm (dinner)
Venue: Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Dress: Business Attire
We are honoured to have the Hon. Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with us on the night.
During the…
PBEC Director Moses Cheng featured in SCMP
Insurance Authority chairman Moses Cheng has an extraordinary job ahead of him: regulating an insurance industry that has grown enormously thanks to China’s investors
Moses Cheng Mo-chi, the first chairman of Hong Kong’s new Insurance Authority (IA), was already enjoying a beckoning retirement before…
PBEC Chairman named in British queen’s birthday honours
Andrew Weir, former chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, was made an MBE for services to British commercial interests overseas
“Andrew has made an outstanding contribution to trade and investment links between Hong Kong and the UK, and Kenneth’s support to the ex-servicemen’s community of Hong Kong has made a measurable…
Dinner in Hong Kong with PBEC's Japan Chairman
Dinner in Hong Kong with PBEC's Japan Chairman and PBEC Board Member, Satoko Yahata (seated middle between) Chairman, Andrew Weir and Chief Executive, Deborah Biber.
Standing (from left to right) is visiting Kansai Chapter Member Shigeyuki Takami, Member Prof KB Chan and Vice Chairman Dr Moses Cheng. The forthcoming PBEC Kansai-Hong Kong Business Network activity will be held over one evening…
PBEC Supports the Belt & Road Summit
Date: 11 September 2017 (Monday)
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Organiser: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
The Belt and Road Summit brings together senior government officials, representatives of international institutions, business leaders and industry experts from countries along and beyond the Belt and Road to…
PBEC Economist Briefing on 29 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist Asia Pacific for Natixis, presenting to PBEC Members and Friends at a breakfast session in Hong Kong, 29 March 2017
How a historic Pacific trade route can foster better China-Latin America ties
Germán Muñoz says as China revives Silk Road links, the 16th-century 'Silver Way' offers a template for enhanced multilateral cooperation, development and integration
President Xi Jinping's "one belt, one road" initiative - a hugely ambitious attempt to link all of Eurasia via trade and transport infrastructure and procedures - has consolidated, among others things, the Silk Road Economic Belt…
PBEC Chairman Wilfred Wong interviewed on CCTV
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PBEC membership is comprised of senior business leaders with interests in Asia Pacific.
PBEC’s multinational membership includes senior executives from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, The Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and the United States.
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The oldest independent apolitical advocacy group in Asia-Pacific
Engaged and committed to expanding trade and investment in the region, PBEC members forge business relationships and address emerging issues most likely to affect the development of our globalized economies.
Learn more
Network and meet with like-minded CEO's and business leaders from the region.
PBEC’s unique and exclusive types of event – annual meetings, Distinguished CEO Series, regional executive meetings, retreats, socials, business expeditions, and special off-the-record meetings – provide the region with the most prestigious and exclusive platform for face-to-face networking for global business.
Learn moreThe Pacific Basin Economic Council believes that through cooperation and the exchange of ideas, the private sector can work with governments to promote significant growth and prosperity in Asia Pacific.
