In China

The Fourth BankTech Executive Summit 2013, Hong Kong

The 4th BankTech Executive Summit 2013, carrying the theme "Growth and thrive amidst adversity," will showcase the latest technologies available in the market today alongside conference sessions presented by industry experts.

Date: Jan 29

Venue: MRS221, Level 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wanchai

Website: www.mig-events.com

China International Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition, Beijing

Dedicated to globalizing the trade of fishing products and outdoor gear.

Date: Feb 23-25

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Website: www.chinaexhibition.com

China International Digital Printers & Engravers & Signage & LED Expo, Guangzhou

With more than 50,000 detailed databases from domestic and overseas professional buyers, the expo with the authoritative industry website www.dpes.cn, provides value-added services to exhibitors before, during and after the show, helping them to expand market share and performance. The expo is an influential communication platform for the sign equipment industry.

Date: Feb 25-28

Venue: Poly World Trade Center Expo, Guangzhou

Website: www.chinasignexpo.com

Conferences & Meetings

In Europe

Cell Culture World Congress, Munich

The 3rd annual Cell Culture World Congress is Europe's leading technical congress and exhibition focused on the development and optimization of cell culture bio-production. The conference will explore the problems at each stage of the bio-production cycle.

Date: Feb 26-Feb 28

Venue: Hotel Sofitel Munich Bayerpost

Website: www.healthnetworkcommunications.com

Germany International Toy Fair, Germany

International Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) is an important event for the education and training sector. TAP support is available for this event. UKTI's Tradeshow Access Programme provides grant support for eligible small and medium-sized enterprises to attend trade shows overseas.

Date: Jan 31-Feb 4

Venue: Nuremburg

Website: www.ukti.gov.uk/tap

Spring Fair International, England

Going to Spring Fair International and looking to develop your giftware/interior products business in the Nordic region? Meet UK Tade & Investment staff from Norway, Sweden and Denmark and find out more about developing your business in these markets. Staff from UKTI's teams in Norway, Sweden and Denmark will attend, including taking part in the speed-dating event arranged for Feb 4.

Date: Feb 4-Feb 5

Venue: NEC, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Website: www.ukti.gov.uk

International Financial Management, England

Aims to provide delegates with an understanding of the international financial environment in which companies operate and looks at the way businesses obtain, manage and invest funds. It has the following courses: Structures, business & financial risks and implications of common routes to international markets; sources of finance for international business and expansion; planning, managing and controlling international financial performance and success; risk and risk management in international trade; and international tax planning and compliance.

Date: Feb 26

Venue: Crowne Plaza London-Gatwick Airport, Langley Drive, Sussex

Website: www.ukti.gov.uk

11th Annual European Financial Services Conference, 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

NCPA Original Drama: Wangfujing, Beijing

This large-scale drama, produced by NCPA after more than two years of development, features a grand panoramic view and showcases the hundred-year vicissitudes of Wangfujing, China's No1 commercial street. It gives a vivid image of Beijing people and their spirit.

Date: Feb 7-Feb 16

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Website: www.chncpa.org

Things From the Gallery Warehouse 5 Group Exhibition, Shanghai

ShanghART presents Things from the Warehouse 5 as part of a continuing program. Since 2009 a series of exhibitions have made it possible for large-scale installations that have been in storage to be viewed by the public.

Date: Jan 25-Mar 4

Venue: ShanghART H-space, Bldg 18, No.50 Moganshan Rd., Shanghai

Website: www.shanghartgallery.com

National Theatre of China Big Family Classics in NCPA, Beijing

The Big Family is a story about gratitude, resentment, life, death, love and hatred shown through a mixture of history and reality. It is impressive and thought provoking.

Date: Jan 25-Feb 3

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Website: www.chncpa.org

NCPA's Production of Bizet's Opera Carmen, Beijing

Adapted from the novel by Prosper Merimee, the opera Carmen was completed in the autumn of 1874. It was the last work of Georges Bizet, and is also the most popular opera in the world. Bizet, through his music, told us a tragic story behind brightness, and depicted the optimistic, straightforward but wild personality of a Gypsy girl, Carmen.

Date: Feb 21-Feb 24

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Website: www.chncpa.org

Opera: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Beijing

NCPA's production of Offenbach's opera.

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Dates: Jan 31-Feb 3

Website: www.chncpa.org

The National Little Birch Tree Dance Troupe of Russia China Tour

"This is a birch on the land," the girls sing as they dance, creating an atmosphere of spring and the romance of summer, which people associate with boundless fields and birch trees in Russia.

Date: Feb 5-Feb 8

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Website: http://www.chncpa.org

Culture

In Europe

2013 Lunar New Year Extravaganza, Bath, England

This is the 6th year the Museum of East Asian Art hosts this free event for Bath and the surrounding area. Working with artists and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in Bath, the museum will present programs including: a lion dance, acrobatics, martial arts and Chinese traditional dance.

Date: Feb 17

Venue: 12 Bennett Street

Website: www.meaa.org.uk

Floating Clouds and Feudal Commodifications: Family, Law and Reform in the Contemporary PRC, London

This talk explores some of the key issues surrounding the principal changes in family law in the People's Republic of China that have occurred during the post-Deng period.

Date: Feb 4

Venue: Russell Square, University of London

Website: www.soas.ac.uk

Rethinking Development: China's Development 'Model', Jennifer Hsu, London

The Development Studies Seminars take place weekly during terms one and two with speakers representing the full range of development-related disciplines including economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and history. Entry is free and seminars are open to the public.

Date: Feb 19

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings, University of London

Website: www.soas.ac.uk

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

(China Daily 01/25/2013 page31)