One Step Ahead Series Symposium Gains Great Success

Nicolas Alejandro Aguzin (L), Chairman and CEO of Asia Pacific, J.P. Morgan, and Ronnie C. Chan, Co-Chair, Asia Society & Chairman, Hang Lung Properties in the symposium on May 9, 2014. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)

S. Alice Mong, Executive Director of ASHK, delivered welcoming remarks at the symposium on May 9, 2014. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)

Nicolas Alejandro Aguzin, Chairman and CEO of Asia Pacific, J.P. Morgan, welcomed guests to the symposium on May 9, 2014. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)

First panel discussion, L to R: Greg Clark, Global Fellow, Metropolitan Programme and Global Cities Initiative, The
Brookings Institution; Sun Bae Kim, Professor (Practice) of Economics, Department of Strategy and Policy,
National University of Singapore Business School; Michael J. Enright, Sun Hung Kai Properties Professor, Faculty of Business and
Economics, University of Hong Kong; and Trisha Suresh, Co-Editor, Global City Competitiveness Index, Economist Intelligence
Unit (moderator). (Asia Society H

Second panel discussion, L to R: Xiao Geng, Vice President of Research & Senior Fellow, Fung Global Institute; Jing Ulrich, Managing Director & Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jonathan Woetzel, Director, China, McKinsey & Company; Liu Mingkang, Former Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission & BCT Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Global Economics and Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Ronnie C. Chan, Co-Chair, Asia Society and Chairman, Hang Lung Properties (m

Third panel discussion, L to R: Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat; Anoop Singh, Former Director, Asia, International Monetary Fund & Managing Director, Regulatory Policy Development and Strategy, Asia Pacific, JP Morgan; Jesus Seade, Vice-President & Sydney S.W. Leong Chair of Economics, Lingnan University & Former Senior Advisor and Assistant Director, IMF; Janaline Oh, Deputy Consul-General of Australia & Former Director of G20 Projects, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Austra

HONG KONG, May 9, 2014 — As part of the One Step Ahead Series, Asia Society Hong Kong Center and J.P. Morgan proudly co-presented “Challenges to Global Competitiveness and Opportunities in Asia”, a half-day symposium today to discuss issues relating to global competitiveness in Asia. Among the panelists were Greg Clark, Global Fellow, Metropolitan Programme and Global Cities Initiative, The Brookings Institution; Liu Mingkang, Former Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission; Jing Ulrich, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; and Ronnie C. Chan, Co-Chair, Asia Society and Chairman, Hang Lung Properties, and other guests.

The symposium attracted over 170 business leaders and professionals in the region, so as over 40 representatives from 28 influential local and regional media outlets including Wall Street Journal Asia, CNBC, Xinhua News Agency, TVB, Cable TV, NOW TV, Phoenix TV, Apple Daily, Hong Kong Economic Journal, and Ming Pao Daily News. The content in the discussion continues to generate interest from media.

Stay tuned to http://www.onestepaheadseries.org/ to get the latest updates on the J.P. Morgan - Asia Society One Step Ahead Series.

Video: Panel 1 (1 hr., 9 min.)
"Competitiveness in Asia: Maintaining Innovation for Economic Growth"

Video: Panel 2 (1 hr., 14 min.)
"China's Trajectory and Implications for Asia and the World"

Video: Panel 3 (1 hr., 14 min.)
"Sustainable Solutions to Global Problems: Powering Up G20 for the Emerging Intra-Asia Dynamic"

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