CityU-HNA Group cooperation kickoff ceremony and forum on transport, trade and financial studies

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event: CityU-HNA Group cooperation kickoff ceremony and forum on transport, trade and financial studies

Date: 17 August 2011 (Wednesday)

Time: 2:10 pm

Venue: Grand Ballroom, 1/F, Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point
(MTR Fortress Hill station exit A)

Officiating guests: The Hon Leung Chun-ying, Council Chairman of CityU
Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU
Mr Adam Tan Xiangdong, Director of Board of HNA Group
Mr Zhang Shanghui, Vice-President of HNA Group

A letter of intent will be signed between Professor Way Kuo, President of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), and Mr Zhang Shanghui, Vice-President of HNA Group. The aim is to strengthen cooperation in transport, trade and finance, and align with the 12th Five-Year Plan goals aimed at reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as an international centre in these three areas.

The Hon Leung Chun-ying, Council Chairman of CityU, will appoint Mr Adam Tan Xiangdong, Director of the Board of the HNA Group, as the Advisory Co-Chairman of the Centre for Transport, Trade and Financial Studies at CityU.

CityU scholars will give talks titled “Sustainable Innovation in Transport and Trade: Maritime and Aviation Sustainability Indexing and Exchange” and “Recent Advances in Financial Innovations and International Finance: Perspective of Hong Kong” at a forum titled “Hong Kong’s Future: Sustainable Innovation of Transport-Trade Finance” co-organised by CityU and HNA Group.

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