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SME Financing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Crisis and Countermeasures

June 8-10, 2009 10:00-17:30 (JST)
(open house throughout sessions)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a crucial driving force for innovation, employment and development in a country’s economy. But these SMEs have long faced difficulties in financing. And thus, long-term sustainable development has been restrained.

Amid capital depletion, risk aversion and credit contraction in the current global economic crisis, the issue of financing for SMEs is a pressing issue for all nations. It needs to be addressed with joint efforts by governments, financial institutions and enterprises, to enhance innovation in financial systems, products and services, and to improve the sustainable development of SMEs.

This workshop/video conference event aims to help the audience to:

understand new trends and key challenges of SME financing in the Asia-Pacific region
define the role of government in SME financing
understand the institutional innovation of financial institutions, innovations in financial products and services to promote SME financing
understand trade financing and equity financing for SMEs
explore possible solutions in promoting SME financing

This event is jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center and the Asian Development Bank, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance of China and Indonesia, Department of the Treasury of Australia, and the Trade and Industry Department of Hong Kong, China. The sessions will include formal presentations, Q&A’s, and group and panel discussions.

Participants in Tokyo are welcome to attend the video conference at Tokyo Development Learning Center.

Tokyo VC Venue:

Tokyo Development Learning Center, The World Bank

Speakers/Presenters

Peng Runzhong, Senior Economist, Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center
Chris Hall, SME Network Leader, PECC
Ying Qian, Principal Economist, (Financial Sector), East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Joseph Wong, Chairman of Hong Kong SME ForumTim Alexander, Head of Small and Emerging Business, National Australia Bank
LIN Zhihong, CEO, Trade Financing Department, China Minsheng Bank
Kelvin Au, Head of Business Banking, Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
Amy Wai, Deputy General Manager of Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation
Ye Yanfei, Deputy Director-General, Statistics Department, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Pipit Aneaknithi, First Senior Vice President, Kasikorn Bank
Noriyuki Takahashi, Professor, Musashi University, Faculty of Economics Management Course
Khairil Anwar, Head of MSMEs Development Bureau, Bank of Indonesia
Ma Hong, Deputy Director-General, Shanghai Municipal Office of Finance Service
Chen Chunxiang, Vice President, China Zheshang Bank

Format

Video Conference links in Tokyo and other Asian venues workshop in Shanghai

Application

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English