AMTD x Davos 2020 | Jan.22 Highlights Recap

The 50th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 24, 2020. The theme of this year’s Davos Annual Meeting was “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”. The participants included Han Zheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China; Donald Trump, President of the United States of America; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore and other representatives from political and government delegations, business leaders, academic representatives, art and media leaders.

As the only Hong Kong financial institution among the World Economic Forum Strategic Partner Associates, AMTD Group will set up the “AMTD House” at the Davos Forum for the third consecutive year and host a series of theme activities including「Smart Asia: Connecting Greater Bay Area with ASEAN」,「Greater Bay Entrepreneurship Day」, etc. to comprehensively demonstrate the achievements of China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in promoting digital technology innovation and regional economic development.

January 22 is the second day of this annual meeting. Let's review the grand occasion together!

1 AMTD held “Smart Asia: Connecting Greater Bay Area with ASEAN”, and Carrie Lam, S.Iswaran, Wen Guohui and David Aikman officiated the ceremony

AMTD held “Smart Asia: Connecting Greater Bay Area with ASEAN” at AMTD House and invited Mrs. Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, to officiate the ceremony. Mr. Wen Guohui, Mayor of Guangzhou, Mr. S. Iswaran, Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations, and Mr. David Aikman, Chief Representative Officer of Greater China and Member of the Executive Committee of World Economic Forum were also invited to attend the ceremony. The event showcases the development achievements and opportunities of the connection between China Greater Bay Area and ASEAN on the global stage.

2 AMTD partnered with Xiaomi, SMU and NUS to establish the “Singapore Digital Finance Leadership Programme”

Under the witness of Mr. S Iswaran, Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations, and Mr. Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Prof. Timothy Tong, CEO of AMTD Foundation; Mr. Shouzi Chew, Senior Vice President, President of International, and CFO of Xiaomi Corporation; Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of the National University of Singapore; Professor Annie Koh, Vice President of the Business Development of Singapore Management University, V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship and Professor of Finance (Practice). They jointly announced the establishment of “Singapore Digital Finance Leadership Programme” which aims to hone the management and leadership capabilities of the aspiring young digital finance leaders in Asia.

3 Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, visited AMTD Hotel

Carrie Lam visited “AMTD Hotel” at Davos. Not only AMTD House, AMTD also opened AMTD Hotel this year to host our partners from all over the world, and our families and friends of "AMTD SpiderNet”. This is also the first hotel that was opened by Chinese company at Davos, and it showcases the charm and diversified culture of Hong Kong on the global stage.

4 Jin Guowei, Deputy Mayor of Dalian, led a delegation from Dalian to visit AMTD House

Jin Guowei, Deputy Mayor of Dalian, led a delegation from Dalian to visit AMTD House and held bilateral meetings with Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group, to explore opportunities for cooperation.

5 Elaine Chao, United State Secretary of Transportation, visited AMD House

Elaine Chao, United State Secretary of Transportation, visited AMD House, and Calvin Choi briefed her the recent development of AMTD Group. She acknowledged AMTD for its effort to support Chinese companies to be listed in US and connect the capital markets between US and China. She also invited AMTD Group to further expand the business and explore the investment opportunities in US.

6 Edward Lister, United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Chief Strategic Adviser, visited AMTD House

Edward Lister, Chief Strategy Partner to the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Kingdom, accompanied by Andrew Chiu, Vice-Chairman of AMTD International Inc. and Executive Director of i-Cable Communications Limited, visited AMTD House.

7 Calvin Choi met with Merlin Swire, Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited, and Sam Swire, Director of John Swire & Sons Limited

Merlin Swire, Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited and Swire Properties, and Sam Swire, Director of John Swire & Sons Limited, visited AMTD House and conducted bilateral meetings with Calvin Choi.

8 Calvin Choi met with Rajiv Memani, EY Chair of the Global Emerging Markets Committee

Calvin Choi met with Rajiv Memani, EY Chair of the Global Emerging Markets Committee, and they exchanged in-depth insights on the strategic cooperation between AMTD and EY. Rajiv Memani indicated that EY will continue to support AMTD's global development and capital market strategies.

9 AMTD x Sina Davos Breakfast Session: Chinese ESG Practices in Global Context

As the sole strategic partner, AMTD Group jointly held Davos Breakfast Session with Sina Finance and invited Prof. Timothy Tong, CEO of AMTD Foundation and Chairman of the Hong Kong Laurel Forum; Dr Frederic Lau, Chief Executive Officer at Airstar Bank; Shou Zi Chew, Senior Vice President, President of International and CFO of Xiaomi Corporation; Sabine Döbeli, CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance; Shane Akeroyd, President of IHS Markit Asia Pte.; Honson To, Chairman of KPMG China and Asia Pacific; Ximin Chen, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Neusoft; and Mervyn Tang, Global Head of ESG Research and Sustainable Finance at Fitch Ratings to discuss about how do the ESG-investing companies balance sustainable growth and profitability.

10 AMTD x IFENG Davos Luncheon: China Perspective on Global Sustainability

As the sole strategic partner, AMTD Group jointly held Davos Luncheon with IFENG Finance and invited Marcellus Wong, Vice Chairman of AMTD Group and AMTD International; Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur, President of the University of Waterloo; Prof. Timothy Tong, CEO of AMTD Foundation and Chairman of the Hong Kong Laurel Forum; Shou Zi Chew, Senior Vice President, President of International and CFO of Xiaomi Corporation; Yiping Huang, Deputy Dean of National School of Development at Peking University; Yuan Ding, Vice President and Dean at CEIBS; Ning Zhu, Associate Dean of NIFR and SAIF at Tsinghua University; Yichen Zhang, Chairman and CEO of CITIC Capital; and Thomas Leung, Managing Partner of PwC to contribute Chinese knowledge for global development.