Woo Greater China Business Conference at UCLA Anderson Examines Global Expansion

Focus on economic ties, growth strategies and investment opportunities across key and emerging cross-border sectors

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UCLA Anderson School of Management will host its ninth annual Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference, titled "U.S.-China: Economic Ties, Growth Strategies and Investment Opportunities," on Friday, April 10, 2015. Successful U.S. and Chinese business leaders, cross-border investors and academics will examine and debate the trends, strategies and opportunities as well as the challenges, issues and dynamics presented by transforming cross-border business and investment between the world’s two superpowers.

UCLA Anderson Dean Judy Olian and Michael Woo, Los Angeles' first Chinese-American city councilman and son of conference founder Wilbur K. Woo, will deliver opening remarks. They will be joined by Dunson K. Cheng, chairman, president and CEO of Cathay General Bancorp and chairman and CEO of Cathay Bank. This will be followed by a macro overview of China by William Yu, economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, and a business perspective provided by Alan Chu, Partner and China Business Network Leader for PwC.

“We recognize that cross-border activity is at record high levels across all segments — public, private and individual,” says Woo. “In the city where East meets West, today’s leading thinkers and influential business minds are gathering to provide a platform for intellectual exchange, idea generation and networking.”

Plenary and concurrent sessions throughout the day will address innovation between the United States and China, and growth in emerging cross-border sectors such as media and entertainment, health care, and food and agriculture. Discussions will also focus on the trends and effective investment financing strategies of Chinese companies entering the U.S.; China’s surging investment and development in the U.S. real estate market; and developing effective and successful finance and tax strategies to enter and grow in China and changes in the regulatory and legal landscapes. View the full schedule of speakers.

Born in China in 1916, the late Wilbur K. Woo received his bachelor's degree in business administration from UCLA. He endowed the Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference at UCLA Anderson with the goal of promoting understanding of the economic ties between the Greater China region and United States. He established the Conference to show his gratitude for the training he received at his alma mater many years ago.

The 2015 Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference is sponsored by PwC and Cathay Bank. This year's conference is organized by the Center for Global Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management in association with UCLA Anderson’s Greater China Business Association (GCBA) and UCLA’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA).

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