Beijing 2011
The rebirth of growth – China’s Role
Taimiao
On 16-17 June 2011, The Performance Theatre met in Beijing – its first time in China, the world’s most talked-about country. True to the theatre’s tradition we met in some of Beijing’s most interesting venues – the Great Hall of the People, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and Taimiao, the former Imperial Ancestral Palace. The programme covered wide ground. Taking as our starting point the recently approved 12th Five-Year Plan, we explored China’s role in building a new growth paradigm, equipped to deliver us through the challenges of the 21st century – from climate change to population growth.
A new kind of growth calls for a new set of values. Clearly these values need to support a more sensible approach to the use of global resources. But to mobilise the global effort the job calls for, these values need also to be collaborative in essence, drawing on our common interests and harnessing our relative cultural strengths – whether that be China’s precision or the West’s capacity for innovation and exploration.
Who was there?
Ajay Banga, President and CEO of MasterCard
Chinese business also had a strong presence. This group featured Zhang Ruimin of Haier Group, Dr Shi Zhenrong of Suntech Power, and Yuan Guang-yu of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.
And speakers and participants from the rest of the world included Paul Polman of Unilever, Ajay Banga of MasterCard, Jeremy Bentham of Shell, Marco Alvera of eni, Matt Wang of IBM and Merit Janow of the Nasdaq Exchange. The contribution of Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Innovation Works, was a big highlight for many.
Have a closer look
- To find out more about our speakers and sessions, have a browse through the programme.
- Some speakers have made their speaking notes available:
- Watch a short video from TPT Beijing below:
The Inspired Leadership Award
A centrepiece of each Performance Theatre is the presentation of the Inspired Leadership Award. The ILA recognises global business pioneers who combine outstanding business performance with values and behaviours that sustain and strengthen the human and natural environments in which they operate.
The 2011 winner of the ILA was Zhang Ruimin, CEO of Haier Group. He accepted the award at the MasterCard gala dinner at Taimiao, the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing.
Click here to read why the award committee chose Mr Zhang.
Thanks to
We are very grateful to all our partners and contributors DNV, eni, Gazprom, MasterCard, Shell, Suntech, Tata Sons, Telenor Group and Unilever for their support.