Dozens of foreign CEOs will visit Beijing this month to attend the main business conference, with some set to meet President Xi Jinping as China seeks to attract foreign investment to offset U.S. tariffs and weak domestic consumption.
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The Chinese Development Forum will be held on March 23-24 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, with Xi’s meeting scheduled for March 28, according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters.
Here are some of the prominent names expected to attend, according to a complete list of foreign delegations seen by Reuters. Unlike previous years, Apple CEO Tim Cook does not appear on the list.
U.S. Companies
In addition to the CEOs of Qualcomm, FedEx, Standard Chartered, Citadel, BNY Mellon, and KPMG, the following CEOs will also attend:
Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone
Evan Greenberg, CEO of Chubb
Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard The list also includes the CEOs of chip manufacturer Broadcom and chip designer Synopsys. Additionally, the CEOs of Brookfield Asset Management, Franklin Templeton Investments, and pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Medtronic will attend.
European Companies
Along with executives from Siemens, Nestlé, Deutsche Bank, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, the following CEOs will attend:
CEO of shipping company Maersk
CEO of Schneider Electric
CEO of Thyssenkrupp
CEO of Inter IKEA Group
CEO of Schaeffler Group
CEO of Swiss Re insurance company
CEO of ZF Group, a technical manufacturing company
Stefan Hartung, CEO of Bosch
Banks and Hedge Funds
The financial sector has a strong presence this year, with the following CEOs on the list:
Georges Chadi, CEO of HSBC Group
Jean Lemierre, CEO of BNP Paribas
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, CEO of Société Générale
Koji Nagai, CEO of Nomura Holdings
From the insurance sector, the prominent names include:
Anil Wadhwani, CEO of Prudential
Yuen Sun Lee, CEO of AIA Group
Pharmaceutical Giants
According to the list, the following will attend:
Vasanti Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis
Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca
Emma Walmsley, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer, Luxury, and Engineering
The list also includes:
Unilever
Roland Berger
Hitachi
Tapestry Group of Luxury Fashion
In addition to U.S. semiconductor companies, South Korea's SK Hynix will send its CEO, Kwak No-Jung. Also attending:
Francisco Gomes Neto, CEO of Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, the Indian steel conglomerate
Commodities Sector
This year also sees a strong presence from mining companies, with the list including CEOs from:
Australian mining company BHP
Anglo American
Vale S.A., the Brazilian mining company
Fortescue Metals Group
