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THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 17 > 22 November 2019 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION, PRESIDED BY HRH PRINCESS ASTRID, REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS MAJESY THE KING PARTICIPANTS BROCHURE PUBLICATION DATE: 22 OCTOBER 2019 This publication contains information on all the participants who have registered before its publication date. The profiles of all participants and companies, including the ones who have registered at a later date, are however published on the website of the mission www.belgianeconomicmission.be and on the app of the mission “Belgian Economic Mission” in the App Store and Google Play. Besides this participants brochure, other publications, such as economic studies, a useful information guide, etc. Are also available on the above-mentioned website and app. 2 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION 17 > 22 November 2019 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Organized by the regional agencies for the promotion of Foreign Trade & Investment (Flanders Investment & Trade [FIT], Hub.Brussels, Wallonia Export-Investment Agency [AWEX]), FPS Foreign Affairs and the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 4 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION CALENDAR 2020 SENEGAL 7-10 June AUSTRALIA 18-24 October (The dates are subject to change) THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 6 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION TABLE OF CONTENTS p.8 HRH PRINCESS ASTRID AND MINISTERS p.20 COMPANIES p.286 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS p.300 FEDERATIONS AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE p.320 DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES p.328 OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS p.362 HOTELS OF THE MISSION p.366 ECONOMIC PROFILE OF BELGIUM, THE HEART OF BELGIUM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 8 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION HRH PRINCESS ASTRID OF BELGIUM AND MINISTERS THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HRH PRINCESS ASTRID OF BELGIUM REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING © FPS Chancery of the Prime Minister-Directorate-General External Communication-Belgium External of the Prime Minister-Directorate-General © FPS Chancery Photographe:Shimera-Ansotte 10 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid, Princess mothers and people lacking in education and nounced that Princess Astrid - as Special of Belgium, was born in Brussels on 5 June skills. Envoy of the Convention - would be part of a 1962. She is the second child of King Albert II In late June 2009, the International Paralympic working group tasked with promoting the trea- and Queen Paola. Committee (IPC) Governing Board ratified the ty at a diplomatic level in states that had not appointment of Princess Astrid as a member yet joined. After her secondary education in Brussels, of the IPC Honorary Board. Princess Astrid studied art history for a year Princess Astrid joined the Belgian Armed in Leiden in the Netherlands. She complet- In January 2010, the charity Action Damien/ Forces on 22 May 1997. She is a colonel in the ed her education in Geneva, at the Institute Damiaanactie announced that Princess Astrid Medical Unit. of European Studies and in Michigan in the had agreed to take over from HM Queen Fabiola United States. as Honorary President of the organisation. The Princess is involved in the public activities of the Royal Family. In Brussels on 22 September 1984, Princess As Honorary President of the Queen Elisabeth Astrid married Lorenz, Archduke of Austria- Medical Foundation (QEMF) and the King Princess Astrid represented the King at his Este, who became Prince of Belgium in 1995. Baudouin Foundation’s Scientific and Medical request during the trade missions to Angola Funds, Princess Astrid lends her support to & South Africa and to India in 2013, to the The couple has five children, all born in fundamental medical research. She is involved Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & the Sultanate of Belgium: Amedeo (21 February 1986), Maria in the fight against epidemics and pandem- Oman, to Colombia & Peru and to Malaysia Laura (26 August 1988), Joachim (9 December ics, including from 2007 until 2015 as Special & Singapore in 2014, to Qatar & the United 1991), Luisa Maria (11 October 1995) and Representative of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Arab Emirates and to Western Canada in Laetitia Maria (23 April 2003). Partnership. The Princess is also committed to 2015, to Indonesia and to the United States championing the victims of violence, most no- of America-Texas in 2016 and to the Republic Princess Astrid has always shown particular tably in efforts to combat antipersonnel mines. of Korea and to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire concern for those in society who risk falling in 2017, to Argentina and Uruguay and to the through the net. She supports initiatives that On 20 June 2013, the Secretariat of the Ottawa Kingdom of Morocco in 2018, and to Mexico assist the disadvantaged, in particular single Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention an- in 2019. BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION 11 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HE PIETER DE CREM MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, SECURITY AND FOREIGN TRADE 12 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION Born on 22 July 1962 in Aalter • Deputy Prime Minister (March 2013 - Oct • Assistant in Roularta Media Group , 1987- Married to Caroline Bergez and father of 2014) 1989 Constantijn, Alicia and Victoria • Minister of Defence (Dec 2007 - Oct 2014) • Attaché at the private office of Minister of EDUCATION • Member of the OSCE Parliamentary Defence Leo Delcroix, 1992-1993 • Master of Arts, Romanic Philology at KU Assembly • Attaché at the private office of Prime Minister Leuven – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven • Commander in the Order of Leopold Wilfried Martens, 1989-1992 • Master of European and international Law at • Chairman of the Commission for the Interior • Chairman of the youth CVP (Christelijke VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel at the House of Representatives between 10 Volkspartij – Christian People’s Party) section • Harvard Business School – Advanced June 2007 and 21 December 2007 Ghent–Eeklo , 1989-1995 Management Program • Chairman of CD&V parliamentary party at LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY the House of Representatives between 31 • Pieter De Crem is a Dutch native speaker. He May 2003 and 21 December 2007 speaks and writes fluently in French, English, • CD&V Member of Parliament of the German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. He constituency for Oost-Vlaanderen (East – also has a basic knowledge of Russian. Flanders) since 2003, re-elected in 2007 PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE • CVP Member of Parliament of the • Minister of the Interior, Security and Foreign constituency for Ghent-Eeklo, 1995, re- Trade (2018 - ) elected in 1999 • Special Envoy of the Federal Government for • Mayor of Aalter since 1995, re-elected in the research project MYRRHA of the Belgian 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018 Nuclear Research Center (2017 - 2018) • Advisor in “De fabrieken van de Gebroeders • Secretary of State for Foreign Trade (Oct 2014 De Beukelaar”, 1993-1994 - 2018) BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION 13 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HE JAN JAMBON MINISTER-PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF FLANDERS, FLEMISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN POLICY, CULTURE, IT AND FACILITIES 14 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION Jan Jambon is born on 26 April 1960 in Genk, PROFESSIONAL CAREER Belgium. He is a Flemish politician, mem- • Career in the business sector, among others ber of the N-VA. On 2 October 2019, he be- at IBM, SD Worx and the Bank Card Company came Minister-President of the Government (1984–2007) of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Foreign • Political career Policy, Culture, IT and Facilities. • Member of the Local Board of Brasschaat (2007-2013) PERSONAL INFORMATION • Deputy Mayor of Brasschaat (2007-2013) • Born in Genk and living in Brasschaat • Mayor of Brasschaat (2013-2014 and 2018- • In a relationship and father of four children 2019) • House of Representatives (2007-2014 and STUDIES 2018-2019) • Bachelor in Computer Sciences at the VUB • Party leader at the House of Representatives (1984) (2008-2014) • MBA at the University of Antwerp (2000) • Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Security and Home Affairs, in charge of Urban Policy and State Buildings (2014-2018) • Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Foreign Policy, Culture, IT and Facilities (2019-…) BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION 15 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HE WILLY BORSUS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE WALLOON GOVERNMENT MINISTER OF ECONOMY, FOREIGN TRADE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURE, AND URBAN AND SPATIAL PLANNING 16 BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION Born in Pessoux (Ciney) on 4/4/1962 • Walloon MP and MP of the Fédération • Administrator of the Union des Villes et des Married - 3 children Wallonie-Bruxelles (2004 - 2014) Communes de Wallonie (1995 - 2014) EDUCATION AND TRAINING: • Head of the MR-group in the Walloon • Active member of the Sustainable • Higher vocational diploma in legal sciences parliament (2009 - 2014) Development Committee and subsequently obtained at the IESN (Namur) • President of the MR-federation in the of the • Extra training in European social law province of Namur (2004 - 2014) • Governance Committee of the Congress of PROFESSIONAL CAREER: • National executive vice-president of the MR Local and Regional Authorities of the Council • Parliamentary attaché and employee in (2009 - 2014) of Europe (2003 - 2014) Belgian French-speaking non-profit sector • Federal Minister for Small Business Owners, PUBLICATIONS: (1995 - 1997) SMEs, the Self-Employed, Agriculture • « Appel pour le redressement de la Wallonie • Secretary-general of a non-governmental and Social Integration responsible for the », work co-written with Charles MICHEL organisation that is active in the youth sector policy regarding the railway system and the (September 2013) and on an international level (1997 - 2001) regulation of railway and air traffic (2014- • « The European Charter of Local Self- • Advisor for the office of Mr. Michel FORET, 2017) Government in domestic law », report Walloon Minister for Town and Country • Minister-President of the Walloon presented at the 21st session of the Planning, Urban Development and the Government (2017-2019) Governance Committee of the Congress of Environment (2001 - 2004) • Vice-President of the Walloon Government Local and Regional Authorities of the Council ENGAGEMENT AND POLITICAL and Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, of Europe (29 September 2011).