The Reuters China Investment Summit, in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong from December 13-15, will shine a spotlight on how leaders in the financial, technology, automotive and other sectors are looking to tap China's economic rebalancing and the growing market it will create.
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http://www.reuters.com/summit/ChinaInvestmentSummit10.
To see all material from the summit next week, watch for this headline: TAKE A LOOK-Reuters Summit-China Investment Summit
Ahead of the summit, Global Economics Correspondent Alan Wheatley has produced a special report on the growing role of consumption in the Chinese economy. To read this story on a multimedia PDF, click here: http://r.reuters.com/taq39q
This is the latest in a series of Special Reports that Reuters has issued on China's economy, all of which are available in multimedia PDFs.
* A younger generation of workers have organised strikes and protests in coastal manufacturing hubs that have pushed up wages. http://r.reuters.com/dyh75m)
* New urban areas are being built in the interior to cater to this emerging middle class moving in from coastal cities.
http://r.reuters.com/tap92n
* Manufacturing giants in China led by Foxconn are also moving inland from the coast, along with their supply chains.
http://r.reuters.com/tyr96n for the PDF
* Chinese companies are positioning themselves to sell to this new consumer market. China's Geely Automobile recently completed a deal to buy Volvo Cars, giving it world-class technology and a global brand. http://r.reuters.com/feb98m
* The China Inc brand, however, has been tainted by piracy and counterfeiting. http://r.reuters.com/nyh32q
* China relies on foreign supplies to fuel its growth. But when it comes to rare earth metals , China dominates. The rest of the world is worried. http://r.reuters.com/cyc53q (Created by William Tarrant)