In China

Airport Expansion Summit China 2013, Beijing

Aimed at accelerating the development of airports across the country, strengthening industry communication, discussing important issues and sharing the airport city development experience.

Date: Jan 9-10

Venue: Renaissance Beijing Chaoyang Hotel

Website: http://www.opplandcorp.com/airport/venue.html

China Brew and Beverage Technology Innovation Congress, Shanghai

Focuses on trends in the global brewing and beverage industry, analyzes safety regulations and discusses core technologies and best solutions for cleaner production, energy saving, emissions reduction and product diversification.

Date: Jan 17-18

Venue: Crowne Plaza Century Park Shanghai

Website: www.chinaexhibition.com

China Wedding Expo, Shanghai

A wedding photography industry trade and procurement event that provides customers with a one-stop shopping service.

Date: Jan 15-18

Venue: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center

Website: www.chinaweddingexpo.com.cn

4th Annual BioPharmaceutical Cold Chain Management China 2013, Beijing

Aimed at sharing best practices on overcoming cold chain logistics challenges faced by the Chinese market to improve cold-chain management operations and reduce cold-chain logistics costs.

Date: Jan 16-17

Venue: Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel, Beijing

Website: http://www.pharmacoldchainchina.com

Internet Technology Inspires Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Beijing

Mobile Internet is changing our lives and the mobile Internet industry is changing the way to start up a company. The big players, like Google, Apple, and Facebook, have built global technology, as well as social and marketing platforms that have lowered the entry barriers for startups. Many entrepreneurial dreams are becoming reality. How do you leverage global platforms to grow your startup business? How do you avoid competition and restrictions posed by global platforms? Investors, technologists, and executives from both Silicon Valley and China will share their visions and insights.

Date: Jan 5

Venue: Innovation Angel Incubator, Building 52-1, No 2 Jingyuan North Street, Beijing

Website: http://it-inspires-innovation-n-entrepreneurship-es2.eventbrite.com

Conferences & Meetings

In Europe

CBBC Members Briefing, London

Meet one of Britain's most experienced China experts, Russell Brown, at a briefing titled China SWOT From a Corporate Perspective.

Date: Jan 17

Venue: China-Britain Business Council

Website: www.cbbc.org

CBBC China Business Culture Training Session, London

Offers a historical and political overview of China to help businesspeople maximize their potential and avoid serious social mishaps. The session includes an hour-long Mandarin language training session by CBBC member Mandarin House.

Date: Jan 25

Venue: China-Britain Business Council

Website: www.cbbc.org

The 11th Annual European Financial Services Conference, Brussels

For the 11th consecutive year, the European Financial Services Conference will take place in Brussels, bringing together about 400 senior bankers and financial policymakers to discuss issues affecting European and global financial markets.

Date: Jan 31

Venue: ING Auditorium, Avenue Marnix 24, Brussels

Website: www.forum-europe.com/events/

Culture

In China

Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo, Harbin

The world famous Harbin Snow Festival with its Snow Sculpture Park and Ice Lantern Festival is a family treat not to be missed. The Siberian Tiger Park is another highlight of the visit, especially for children.

Date: until mid-February

Venue: China-Harbin Ice and Snow World

Website: www.chinaculturecenter.org

Queen LiLi's Garden, Shanghai

Queen LiLi's Garden is a group video and photography exhibition by artists Bird Head, Chen Xiaoyun, Geng Jianyi, Liang Yue, Sun Xun and Yang Fudong. With their idiosyncratic styles they have formed an exhibition that is harmonious and quiet, yet captivating. The entire space invokes the familiar details and scenarios of modernity. The human condition seems to mirror "Queen Lili's Garden," as the subjects in the artists' creations are deeply attached to everyday life. A mix of feelings about the mourned past and uncertain future are echoed throughout this exhibition, which is set in the winter.

Date: Until Jan 31

Venue: ShanghART Main Space, Bldg 16, 50 Moganshan Road, Shanghai

Website: www.shanghartgallery.com

Yuan Yuan: Imagined Memory - A Home From Home, Shanghai

A Home From Home is Yuan Yuan's first solo exhibition at ShanghART Gallery. The oil painter has been exhibited at many art spaces and institutions in China, and has established a style of realist paintings of often austere, sombre architectural interiors with sophisticated brushstrokes, reinterpreting classical techniques with modern sensibilities. His work gives off a certain intrigue created by the blurred dichotomy between the real and the psychological, the tactile and the immaterial, the personal and the collectively shared.

Date: Until Jan 13

Venue: Solo Exhibition ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai

Website: www.shanghaigallery.com

Culture

In Europe

The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire 1832-1914, London

A lecture by professor Robert Bickers of the University of Bristol. He is an authority on the history of modern China and British colonialism, in particular that of the British empire, its relations with China and the history of Shanghai (1843-1950s).

Date: Jan 21

Venue: The Royal Society for Asian Affairs offices Royal Asiatic Society, 25 Eccleston Place

Website: www.gbcc.org.uk/events/default.aspx

Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, Berlin

The orchestra was founded in 1958 by the Zhejiang provincial government, at that time involving only 30 people. Over the years, several generations of musicians have shaped an orchestra that now consists of 105 performers. While performing the classic symphony works of the world, the orchestra also plays traditional folk music from the province of Zhejiang. It creates and performs a number of symphony works with rich regional characteristics including The Primitive Hunting Picture, A Dream of Boudoir and Flying Partridge, which have been highly appreciated by audiences.

Date: Jan 13

Venue: Berlin Konzerthaus

Website: http://www.wupromotion.com/

Events can be sent to: events@mail.chinadailyuk.com

(China Daily 01/04/2013 page31)