The 1^st October 2020 is a special day. It is Mid-Autumn Festival which has been celebrated in China and some other Asian countries since 1300+ years ago, it is the 71^st  National Day of the People’s Republic China, and it is the 27^th National Poetry Day in the UK.

Join us at the ‘harvest moon special’ zoom webinar celebrating Mid-autumn Festival & National Poetry Day, enjoying poetry reading, wine paring and families & friends reunion.

• What is Mid-autumn Festival & Why Moon Cakes?
• How much do you know about classic Chinese poetry on moon admiration and wine culture?
• How to pair wines with dessert and moon cakes?

Time: 1^st October 2020, 20:00 (UK Time) 

Zoom Webinar ID: 821 7602 0991

Webinar Language: English

Keynote Speaker: Janet Wang

Janet is the author of The Chinese Wine Renaissance (published by Penguin Randomhouse and shortlisted for ‘the Oscars of Wine’: Louis Roederer Wine Book of the Year 2019 and overall winner of 2020 Gourmand Awards World Wine category).

Janet is an acclaimed bilingual speaker, writer and thought leader on wine & culture of China; a principal Chinese-English bilingual member of the Circle of Wine Writers and the Association of Wine Educators. Janet contributes to various wine and general interest publications and has been a regular speaker on Chinese wine & culture for BBC and Channel 4 programmes.

In addition to her interest in wine, Janet had a background in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and a ten-year stint in investment banking (Credit Derivatives & Energy Trading, Citigroup, London). She has first-hand and consulting experiences in financial markets, fine wine portfolio management, FinTech and EventTech start-ups.

The  ‘Note of Mandarin Wine Club’ will host Season One biweekly online webinars from the 11 Oct to the 20 Dec 2020 (every other Sunday at 20:00, UK Time).

• 11 Oct：A brief history of Chinese wine
• 25 Oct：China wine region – Shandong & Shanxi
• 08 Nov：China wine region – Around the Capital
• 22 Nov：China wine region – Along the Silk Road
• 06 Dec：Chinese & Western cultures in a wine glass
• 20 Dec：Sparkling wines – holiday special

Scan the QR Code to join the ‘Note of Mandarin Wine Club’ Wechat group for detailed even information.

Join us in April for a workshop on WeChat. Designed for businesses, topics will include:
Marketing through WeChat;
Making and organising professional contacts & lists of customers;
Transferring funds between the UK and China;
WeChat Pay (mobile payments).

Sample from the Cambridge China Centre WeChat marketing broadcasts.

Background Information: WeChat and WeChat Pay

WeChat is the most popular application for communicating with professional contacts, customers and friends. Beginning as a messaging app (like WhatsApp), WeChat expanded to for allow Chinese shoppers to make payments, share and redeem coupons, and receive newsletters/catalogues all in one place – making shopping as easy as chatting with friends. Available as individual or business accounts, merchants can use it to send newsletters and host blogs.

Within the WeChat functions, is WeChat Pay, an electronic wallet that allows users to make mobile payments by scanning a QR code. In China, it is one of the most convenient ways to make payments, order a taxi or food, pay bills and send or receive funds. According to Business Insider, more than 900 million people use WeChat Pay on a monthly-basis. According to Business Insider, no fewer than 900 million people use WeChat Pay on a monthly-basis (Apple Pay has 127 monthly million users). The iResearch Consulting Group estimates that WeChat commands 40% of the market in China, second only to for Alipay’s 54%.

• 1.08 billion monthly active WeChat users (Q3 2018)
• One billion daily active users (Jan 2019)
• WeChat the fifth most-used app in the world

Making and Receiving Payments with WeChat Pay

Through the mini-programs, vendors can use WeChat Pay to receive and make payments to suppliers in China. Transaction methods include:

• Scanning the merchant QR code (Quick Pay) – Customers scan the merchant’s QR code on the device provided at the store, and directly transfer money from their WeChat Wallet to the merchant’s account.
• Merchant can scan the WeChat QR code on the customers mobile phone.
• Online options include the Native and Web-based In-App Payments.

Book your place!

Date & Time: April 2020
Location: Cambridge China Centre, 1a Sheraton House, Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AX.
Contact: enquiries@cambridgechinacentre.org.

Members of the Cambridge China Centre, please remember to log-in to take advantage of your discount.

Join Professor Rana Mitter, Director of Oxford University China Centre, at the online webinar on Monday the 25 May, discussing the relationship between China, the US and the UK after COVID-19.

Rana Mitter is the Director of the University China Centre and Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford. He is the author of several books, the most recent of which is Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II, 1937-1945 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013: UK title, China’s War with Japan), which won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature and was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and Economist. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2015. He has commented regularly on China in media and forums around the world including the World Economic Forum at Davos.  He is a regular presenter of the arts and ideas programme Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3.  He holds a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for 2019-22.

• Zoom Webinar: ID 858 9626 1738, Password 311558
• Webinar Language: English

‘The World After Coronavirus’ Forum

The webinar with Professor Rana Mitter is part of Cambridge China Centre’s ‘The World After Coronavirus’ Forum. On every Monday between the 20 April to the 8 June (excluding the 4 May), we invite scholars/economists from China, America, Canada and the UK to share their wisdom and insights on:

• 20 April: The impact of COVID-19 on Chinese Economy
• 27 April: The ‘Challenges’ & ‘Opportunities’ in the context of the Coronavirus Pandemic
• 11 May: Evolving changes in the internet and new media in the context of the Coronavirus Pandemic
• 18 May: Spiritual growth in the Material Age
• 25 May: China, the US and the UK after COVID-19
• 1 June: ‘Made in China’ after COVID-19
• 8 June: Positive Psychology & Happiness

Wish you all the best and we are looking forward to seeing you at Zoom Webinar on the 25 May at 13:00 (UK Time).

Coronavirus has struck the world with unprecedented scale and ferocity.

How the world will look after Coronavirus?

Every Monday between 20 April to 8 June 2020 (excluding the 4 May), Cambridge China Centre invites scholars and economists from China, America, the UK and Canada to share (via Zoom Video Webinar) their insights on Sino-US Relationship, Sino-UK Relationship, Chinese economy, Challenges and Opportunities, New Media & Big Data, Spiritual growth and Positive Psychology.

2020年，一场百年一遇来势凶猛的新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球，威胁全世界近200个国家，数十亿人的生命、健康和生活，并对世界政治、经济格局和各国内政外交造成巨大冲击。疫情所引发的政治和经济动荡将对几代人产生深远影响。

人类面临重大的历史拐点。世界各国政府和人民在全力抗击疫情的同时，随时做好准备，重启、重建“疫情后”的世界。

剑桥中国中心重磅推出“新冠病毒之后的世界”名家讲坛，4月20日至6月8日连续七周（5月4日除外），每周一（北京时间20:00）邀请英美中加等国教授/学者/经济学家做客Zoom直播，展望中国经济未来趋势，中美、中英关系走向，分析疫情之下的“危”与“机”，以大数据解读网络和新媒体的发展，探寻物质时代的精神成长及幸福的定义。

When is it 活动时间：

Every Monday between 20 April to 1 June 2020 (excluding the 4 May)

4月20日至6月8日连续七周，每周一

20:00 Beijing time 北京时间晚上8点

13:00 London time 伦敦时间下午1点

How to join us: 参与方式：

FREE Zoom Video Webinar

ID: 858-9626-1738

Password 密码: 311558

• Wechat 微信公众号：CambCC
• Contact us Tel :01223 852956
• Subscribe on CCC website 欢迎订阅
• Become a member：https://www.cambridgechinacentre.org/membership/

Cambridge China Forum 2018, a must-attend bespoke event driving UK|China business relationships and opportunities.

Cambridge – the gateway to the UK technology industry, is at the forefront of global science, research and technological innovation.

China – one of the oldest civilizations that is experiencing tremendous economic growth and is a driving force behind today’s world economy and commerce.

It’s time to bring UK|China closer together.

Join us at the Cambridge China Forum 2018, the inaugural event driving UK|China business relationships, innovation and talent pipelines.

Designed as an intimate, bespoke event, with only 50 tickets available to purchase, delegates will benefit from impactful interactions and positive long-term business relationships.

With sessions exploring UK|China collaboration, and experts discussing the latest technology trends including AI, Blockchain, FinTech, E-commerce, Life Science, CleanTech and AgriTech, Cambridge China Forum 2018 focuses on the themes of:

• Cambridge – a remarkable example for university-industry cooperation
• Cambridge Phenomenon and the China opportunities

as well as Trade Exhibition, business networking and Gala Dinner.

Venue

The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge CB2 3QJ

Attendees

• Top Chinese and British universities and research institutes
• Cambridge Science Parks
• Innovation Centres and Incubators
• Top Chinese and British high-tech companies
• Chinese and British governments

Tickets

1 – UK based Delegation One-Day Ticket for the 20 November 2018: £300 + VAT

Welcoming UK|China delegates, the ticket includes plenaries, tracks, business lunch, exhibition, tea/coffee breaks, and Gala Dinner on the 20th November 2018.

Designed as an intimate, bespoke event, only 50 one-day tickets available to purchase.

2 – China based Delegation Two-Day Ticket for the 20 & 21 November 2018: £480 +VAT

Ticket includes entry to plenaries, tracks, business lunch, tea/coffee breaks, entry to trade exhibition and Gala Dinner on the 20th November 2018; Entry to tracks, business lunch, and tea/coffee breaks on the 21st November 2018.

Two-day tickets are only available to delegates travelling from China as the agenda of Day 2 will be tailored for them to gain a greater understanding of the Cambridge phenomenon and will include bespoke tracks and corporate visits.

Itinerary

20th November 2018

Morning

Welcome Speeches

Keynote Speeches and Panel Discussions

• Cambridge – a remarkable example for university-industry cooperation
• Plenary 1: Cambridge-China Collaboration Opportunities
• Track 1: Smart City and CleanTech
• Track 2: Blockchain

Lunchtime

Business lunch and Exhibition

Afternoon

Keynote speeches and Panel Discussions

• Plenary 2: AI and Machine Learning
• Track 3: FinTech and E-commerce
• Track 4: The Life Science Forefront
• Plenary 3: When the East meets the West

Evening

• Gala Dinner

21st November 2018

Morning

• Track 5: Science Parks, Innovation Centres and Incubators in Cambridge
• Track 6: Cambridge example of ‘University, Research and Industry’ in Life Science
• Track 7: AgriTech
• Track 8: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Lunchtime

Business lunch

The two largest economies in the world, the United States and China are locked in an ongoing trade war, which is the most striking international Headline of 2018.

By looking at the courses and possible consequences of the ‘US-China trade war’ and going through major international affairs ever since, Professor Jiawei Zhang will share with the audience his insights into China’s evolving relationship with the United States, Canada, the UK, and the rest of the world.

Speaker

Professor Jiawei Zhang is the chief researcher at GBIC, a research fellow at the Jack Austin Asia-Pacific Research Center of Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada, and a research fellow at the Institute of Strategic Research of Peking University. In particular, Professor Zhang focuses on economic issues related to China and North America as well as the crowdfunding business model and niche market behavior.

Professor Zhang is currently an academic visiting scholar at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, focusing on business model research in the field of niche behavioral economics.

Professor Zhang has rich business experience. He was the Chairman and President of a large state-owned company in China for more than ten years. He is an expert in Chinese enterprises’ reform and development and has a deep understanding of China’s Corporation Law. He is a successful Angel investor and a well-known consultant for companies. He has also served as a director, independent director, or strategic advisor in a number of companies, including high-tech companies.

Professor Zhang has published many papers on Chinese and English journals. His book The Rise of Niche, The Ugly Duckling Management, The Crowdfunding Study, Silicon Valley—A New Future as well as the book he translated, Niche: Why the Market No Longer Favours the Mainstream, are all among the most popular Economical books in China. Professor Zhang is widely acclaimed as the founder of the theory of Niche in China.

Agenda

8.30-8.50 Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

8.50-10.20 Understanding China’s evolving relationship with the world

10.20-10.45 Q&A and Networking

World War II has always been an important topic of contemporary history studies. China’s eight years’ resistance to Japan is one of the great untold stories of World War II. As an authority on the history of 19th and 20th century China, Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History from Cambridge University, will depict this historical event in a comprehensive way. This talk will also discuss the changes of China’s politics and ideology after World War II.

Speaker

Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Cambridge

Hans van de Ven is an expert on the history of 19th and 20th century China. He is Professor of Modern Chinese History and has served as Chair of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He also is Director in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St Catharine’s College. He has been a Guest Professor in the History Department of Nanjing University and an International Fellow at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, China, in 2005–06. He has written on China’s military history as well as the history of China’s globalization. His book, China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China 1937-1952, was published in 2017 by Profile in London and Harvard University Press in 2018. Linking Press will publish a Chinese translation next year.

Research interests:

History of the Chinese Communist Party before 1949; the history of warfare in modern China from the Taiping Rebellion to the Civil War between the Communists and the Nationalists; the history of Chinese globalization in the 1850-1950 period.

Agenda

4:00pm-4:20pm Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

4:20pm-5:40pm Talk: China at World War II

5:40pm-6:15pm Q&A and Networking

Tickets

Free Entrance

About 65% of Chinese tourists sampled have used mobile payment while traveling overseas, compared with only 11% of non-Chinese tourists, according to The Outbound Chinese Tourism and Consumption Trends: 2017 Survey, jointly issued by Nielsen, a global leading information and measurement company, and Alipay, the world’s largest mobile and lifestyle platform.

Chinese tourists shift to and embrace mobile payments faster than any country, and over 90% Chinese tourists would use mobile payment overseas given the option.

According to statistics from the China National Tourism Administration, Chinese tourists traveled overseas on 131 million occasions in 2017, an increase of 7% from the previous year. Statistics from the International Tourism Association shows that the overseas spending by Chinese tourists in 2016 was as high as 261.1 billion U.S. dollars, increasing 4.5% over the same period (year-on-year) and was ranked first among all tourists worldwide.

To understand what role mobile payments play during overseas travel for Chinese citizens, and to get practical tips on how hotels, restaurants and shops could adapt to Chinese mobile payment system so as to attract more Chinese consumers and to provide better services, join us at this ‘must-attend’ business workshop.

Speaker

Jinzhao Li

Founder and Managing Director of Cambridge China Center, Founder of First UK Education, a former executive of New Oriental Education Technology Group, a practitioner and senior expert in the field of cross-culture Education and Business Consultation.

Agenda

8.30-8.50     Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

8.50-9.50     Embracing mobile payments – practical tips for hotels, restaurants and shops

9.50-10.30   Q&A and Networking

Having key stakeholders of Cambridge and representatives of Chinese tour operators involved, Visit Cambridge and Cambridge China Centre are co-organizing this important meeting, exploring ideas and interventions to improve the welcome and management of Chinese visitors to Cambridge, to reach out to Chinese tour operators and summer school organizers, to promote balanced and diverse tourism resources of Cambridge and beyond, to enhance mutual communication and understanding, to maximise the opportunities for businesses and visitors, and at the same time to reduce negative impacts from overwhelming tourism on a world-famous small city like Cambridge.

This Roundtable Meeting starting with ‘China Sector’ will be a positive initiative, leading to more efforts and measures introduced in the wider sectors towards a full picture of ‘Sustainable Tourism’ for Cambridge.

We welcome thoughts and insights from all parities on this subject. Please contact enquiry@cambridgechinacentre.org sharing with us your interests, concerns, opinions and suggestions.

Tickets

Invitation only

Speakers

Speaker 1: Dr Haihua Zhang, co-author of popular books ‘ Think like Chinese’,  ‘Think More like Chinese’

Speaker 2: Mr Geoff Baker, co-author of popular books ‘ Think like Chinese’,  ‘Think More like Chinese’

Speaker 3: Ms Jinzhao Li, Director of Cambridge China Centre

Speaker 4: Ms Sarah Cheung Johnson, the first British-born-Chinese Councillor in Cambridgeshire

Agenda

Our well balanced speakers combine their Chinese and Western perspectives to explain and debate, with rich examples, common Chinese and western behaviours that may seem odd to each other. They share their experiences and observations to provide strategies for overcoming such cultural barriers. Audience are welcome to throw in their observations, questions and insights.

Held at Cambridge Union, the oldest debating society in the world, the workshop `Think like Chinese v Think like Westerners` is going to bring you a light-hearted, fun and inspiring afternoon.

4:00 pm-4:30 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
4:30 pm-5:30 pm Workshop: Think like Chinese VS Think like Westerners
5:30 pm-6:15 pm Q&A, and Networking

Performers

UK Chinese Music Ensemble

Agenda

6:30 pm-7:00 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
7:00 pm-7:45 pm Chinese Classical music
7:45 pm-8:30 pm Networking over drinks

This workshop will equip Cambridge colleges and organizations in retail and tourism sectors necessary knowledge and skills for working with Chinese visiting groups/tourists. The workshop will cover essential areas including:

•  The rise of China’s middle class
•  Consumption upgrade of Chinese consumers
•  Mutual cultural understanding
•  Sustainable tourism for Cambridge

Target Audience: Organizations providing services to Chinese visiting groups/tourists, including Cambridge governments, tourism agencies, Cambridge colleges, hotels, restaurants, shops, and individuals who are interested in Chinese Consumer behavior.

Speaker

Jinzhao Li, Director of Cambridge China Centre

Agenda

4:00 pm-4:20 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
4:20 pm-5:40 pm Workshop: Understanding Chinese visiting groups/tourists
5:40 pm-6:00 pm Q&A

Open to invited guests only, over a hundred delegates from universities, colleges, businesses, government and media, from the UK and China, will come together to join us on the 4th June 2018 in the celebration and launch of Cambridge China Centre and Cambridge China Forum.

This eagerly awaited launch will be a wonderful opportunity for you to:

• Keep up with the UK-China Golden Era relationship
• Understand how Cambridge China Centre could help connect Cambridge with Modern China
• Network with hand-picked potential business partners over refreshments
• And to explore potential business opportunities

Speakers

Mr Xu Jin

• Minister Counsellor of Chinese Embassy UK, Commercial Section
• The Ministry of Commerce’s most senior representative within the UK

Mrs Jinzhao Li

• Founder and Director of Cambridge China Centre
• Founder and Director of First UK Education
• Former General Manager of subsidiary company of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU)

Dr Wei Sun

• Chairman of Advisory Board, Cambridge China Centre
• Chairman of Cambridge Chinese Community Centre.

Agenda

Cambridge China Centre would like to invite you to its Launching Event held at Old Divinity School, St John’s College on the 4th June 2018. This would be a wonderful opportunity for you to:

• Keep up with UK-China Golden Era relationship
• Understand how Cambridge China Centre could help connect Cambridge with Modern China
• Network with hand-picked potential business partners over nice tea/coffee and wines
• Explore business opportunities

16.30-17.00 Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
17.00-18.00 Launching of Cambridge China Centre and Cambridge China Forum
18.00-18.45 Networking over drinks