CHINA’S F REIGN TRADE The Export-Import Bank of China: Want to Be the Best in A Better World ? Impact of 2010 World Expo on China’s Exhibition Industry Four Things to Know About the Trade Recovery Cooperation & Innovation for a Better Tomorrow Jorge Mora, CEO of Veolia Environnement Asia 邮发代号：80-799 国内刊号：CN11-1020/F 国际刊号：ISSN0009-4498 Lifestyle JIL CAPLAN CONCERT bring meaning, nuance and depth to the very loud and vulgar Top 50 in the 80’s is back today for our biggest pleasure. http://www.myspace.com/jilcaplan Ballad On the Road Artists: Laolang, Wanxiaoli, Zhouyunpeng, Matiao, Shanren, Gaoxiaosong Time: April 23rd, 20:30 ON STAGE ON Price: RMB 120; RMB 110 (on membershipcard only); In Advance: RMB 100; VIP: RMB 280 Web: www.piao.com.cn Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845 Belgium Piano Master-Peter Ritzen Concert 2010 Time: 2010/5/8 Venue: Century Theater Price: 60/120/180/280/480/680/880 Tickets are available at 86-10-64177845 Peter Ritzen is a Belgian pianist, composer & conductor. His contact with Chinese culture has had Time: Thursday April the 22nd, a great impact on his creativity. He has conceived a Open door at 8:00 (pm) whole repertoire of China-related musical works. Be- Venue: CD Jazz Club, N°16 ing a descendant of the ‘Golden’ 19th Century tradi- South of Agriculture exhibition Center tion, Peter Ritzen has, besides his brilliant skills as an Dongsanhuan Road, Chaoyang Dis- interpreter, displayed what is today an unparalleled trict, Beijing gift for improvisation in classical music. It connects Free entrance with invitations him unmistakably to the great music epochs of the (invitations to pick up at the recep- past three hundred years. tion desk of the Alliance française – Guangcai, BLCU, Xihai- from April 8th) Sweden’s Cullberg Ballet China Tour Information: Time: 2010/5/15-2010/5/16; Price: RMB 100/180/280/380/580 86-10-6553 2678 ext. 209 Venue: People's Liberation Army Opera House [email protected] www.afbeijing.org.cn Programs www.faguowenhua.com She was Black—Mats Ek; Black with Flowers—Johan Inger 40 M Under—Alexander Ekman Icon of the late 80s-early 90s, Jil Caplan comes first in China to present her latest album, “Behind the Door” (2007), musical gem consisting in eleven poems in chiaroscuro, arranged by Jay Alansky. This disc also marks the re-union of the two henchmen. A blend pop, jazz electro-coated with the velvet voice of Jil Caplan. Jil and Jay together again, for the best, a disc of songs. Jil Caplan and Jay Alanski, composite and subtle duo formed in the twilight of the 80’s whose collaboration fusion gave life to three albums between 1987 and 1993. The pair who had known to LIFESTYLE ART & GALLARY « Cross visions » by Christina Lionnet and Shen Jiangping Exhibition time: from April 7th to 30th Free entrance Venue: French Cultural Centre – Beijing Alliance française Gongtixilu 18, Guangcai Guojigonyu, Chaoyang District Phone : 86-10-6553 2678 ext. 209 Art Gallary He is Chinese, she is French. She spent four years travelling through China, he strolled on the Seine banks. They have one love in common, the love of color. “Color is par excellence the part of art holding the magic talent. Whereas matter, figure, design touch thought, color has no meaning for intelligence, but has all powers on sensitivity” wrote Eugène Delacroix. This mutual sensitivity pushed Shen Jiangping and Christina Lionnet to offer you a 100% sensual travel through a prism, the prism of colors. While the Parisian carries you successively in the blue China, the green China or the grey China, the Beijinger one reveals the red France or the yellow France. Each photographs yield a shimmering and affecting vision, sometimes classic but more often surprising, of a country that isn’t their one but hosted them. Mostly, they do better than make you see the life in pink: they offer you it with a polychromatic vision, driving you in both sides of the Earth. Biographies : Christina Lionnet : journalist and photographer (Paris, Shen Jiangping : film director and pho- France), had lived in Beijing from 2002 to 2006 (more informa- tographer (Beijing, China), had lived in France from tion : http://www.christinalionnet.book.fr/). 2002 to 2006. Beds Duration: 10 April ~ 9 May 2010 Venue: ShanghART,50 Moganshan Rd., Shanghai Opening hours: 10:00 am~18:00 pm Artists: HU Yang | JIN Weihong | LIANG Shaoji | LIU Weijian | «Wedding » by Manuel Meszarovits SHI Yong | SUN Xun | TANG Maohong | WEI Guangqing | XU Zhen | XUE Song | YANG Zhenzhong | ZHANG Enli | ZHOU Zixi Exhibition time: from May 5th to 30th Unlike the way of group exhibitions in the past, in April, ShangART Free entrance brings “Beds” which is gathered paintings, photographs and installations on Venue: French Cultural Centre – Beijing “bed” or “things mattered with bed” from 13 distinguishing artists. Zhang Alliance française Gongtixilu 18, Guangcai Enli painted the bed in daily life, the monologue of the vacant home; The beds Guojigonyu, Chaoyang District, by Jin Weihong described the worship and home of female; Hu Yang’s camera Phone : 6553 2678 (ext. 209) records the beds of Shanghai, the attitude of living, and the meticulously pro- Information : www.afbeijing.org.cn cessed bed from Xu Zhen is more Marriage is a precious time in one’s life: like a game with figure words. a time of joy, intense happiness, intimacy and As furniture with privacy communion, prepared for a long time, and complex, bed should be placed in gone too fast. With his camera, Mr. Meszaro- a closed space. But the borderline vits is a discreet witness of these moments, of privacy and public was blurred capturing attitudes, gestures, looks and emo- by information society, and ev- tions. He thus realizes his passion: leaving his eryone (family) just set the wall pictures as a timeless trace of this unusual day, higher than yesterday. Currently, this deep commitment, this act of love and in the name of art, we concentrate on the sharing space with the different art sharing. works on the same topic which lead more “different dreams” however. More information: www.afbeijing.org. Zhang Enli, Bed 1, Oil on canvas, 160 x 300 cm, 2008 cn, www.meszarovits.com Lifestyle FASHION CHINA FASHION WEEK China Fashion Week A/W 2010-2011 was held on Mar.24th in Beijing. There were approximately 50 events including fashion shows, professional contests, conference & forum during this one- week fashion festival which will complete on Mar. 30th. We enjoyed more than 2000 pieces of design by 25 brands, 20 designers, 101 designers-to-be and graduates from 5 colleges, in 26 shows and 3 contests. Ladies’ wear brands included are namely: Lea Seong, NUIT BLANCHE, DUNNU, THROB-IMMOBILE, Snow Lotus, JEFEN, DORIAN HO, FERAUD, Marisfrolg, AsahiKASEI, Misun, and URBAN EIGTHDAY. There will also be men’s wear brands like NOTTING HILL, Cabbeen, L2, SEPTWOLVES, EDENBO, and knit wear brands like WSM, COLOMBINA, and Dongming leather wear, BOSIDENG down wear, JeansWest casual wear and PEPCO children’s wear. Designers from both at home and abroad have participated in this fashion week, they are: Mr. CHEN Wen, Mr. Cabbeen, Ms.ZHU Lin, Mr.ZOU You, Ms. ZHANG Yichao, Ms. GIOIA PAN, Mr. XIE Feng, Ms. Seong Sooyeon, Ms. LIAO Qionghui, Mr. HE Guozheng, Mr. YANG Yaoji, Ms. Sun Kwang Soon, Ms. WU Zheng, Ms. WANG Xia, Mr. SHENG Weihong, Mr. Daniel•Faret, Mr.Jean Pierre Marty and Mr. Durelli Alessandro. 28 young fashion designers from19 countries ran for Hempel Award the 18th International Young Fashion Designer Contest Fi- nal on Mar.25th. Final of WSM China Knitwear Design Contest 2010 was held held on Mar. 25th among 23 contestants from 14 provinces of China. And there was Cherry Cup the 15th New Fash- LIFESTYLE ion Designers Award on Mar. 30th, whose 50 contestants are from 44 colleges and universities in China. In addition, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University together with Konkuk University and Kei Myung University, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology together with Taiwan Shih Chien University pre- sented best designs of 2010 graduates. As well there will be 18 press conferences and lectures. 2010 No.8/477 BI-WEEKLY WATCH 8 Figure 9 Agriculture 10 Environment 11 Energy 12 Steel 13 Auto 14 Consumer 15 Electronics 16 Textile 17 Transportation 18 Investment 19 Finance SPeciaL REPOART It is the first time for the World Expo to be held in a developing 22 Expo Era: Shanghai + China + World 22 country. Themed by Better City, Better Life, the 2010 World Expo Shanghai conveys an inspired wish for a better city life 24 Green Revolution for Exhibition Industry in future history. 25 Impact of 2010 World Expo on China’s 40 Exhibition Industry Shanghai is a renowned international metropolis 28 Report on Exhibition Industry in Shanghai drawing more and more attention from all over 33 Shanghai World Expo Breeds Enormous Business the world. Situated on the estuary of Yangtze Opportunities River, Shanghai serves as the most influential 34 Investment Returns of the Shanghai World Expo? economic, financial, international trade, 36 Extended Consumption Chain cultural, science and technology center in East China. CITY 40 Shanghai: A Better City for Better Life ECONOMY 44 Four Things to Know About the Trade Recovery EXCHANGE 46 Window for Russia and Eastern Europe 47 New Economic Growth Pattern, Qujiang New District 48 Considerate Service Plus Convenient Facilities Brings Superior Comfort On March 29, Sweden-China Business Cooperation and 56 Innovation Forum, jointly organized by CCPIT, Swedish COVER STORY Trade Council and Sweden-China Trade Council, was held in the city hall of Stockholm in Sweden.