GPRD STUDY UPDATE
Professor Michael Enright

HK & Greater Pearl River Delta Series - Session 4
Wednesday 28 November 2007
Oasis Room, Level 8, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai Hong Kong
12:00 noon registration, 12:30 p.m. session starts, 2:00 p.m. conclusion

All attendees will receive a copy of 'The GPRD' Updatewith the compliments of InvestHK

The development of the Greater PRD, including HK and Macau during the past 25 years has been remarkable by any standard.  With an area just over 42,800 sq km and a total population of 48m, the GPRD has become one of the most affluent and fastest growing regions in China and an enormously attractive market. HK plays a 'distinct role' as a place for non-HK firms to access the strengths of the GPRD. However, although there is a great deal of knowledge regarding various aspects of the GPRD, most of it is not compiled or updated in a format that is useful to investors. Join noted academic and author Prof. Michael Enright as he discusses the main findings of the latest edition of the InvestHK published report The Greater Pearl River Delta. Prof Enright will discuss the implications and opportunities  for companies interested in launching or expanding their investments in the GPRD. This fifth and latest edition of the report, written by Michael Enright and Edith Scott and published by InvestHK provides overall information on the region, including relevant and credible facts and figures about the economies of the major cities in the region.

Prof Michael Enright has been called "one of the world's reigning strategy gurus" by the Academy of International Business. He is a leading expert on competitiveness, regional economic development, and international business strategy. He joined the HKU as Sun Hung Kai Professor of Business Admin in 1996 after 6 years as a professor at the Harvard Business School. He directs the Asia-Pacific Competitiveness Program at the HK Institute of Economics and Business Strategy and was a Founding Director and is a current Advisory Board Member of The Competitiveness Institute, a global professional body with more than 400 members in more than 40 countries. He is also a Director of Enright, Scott & Associates Ltd, a HK-based firm that provides economic research and strategic consulting services to governments and leading firms with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific and China. He has directed/co-directed major reviews of the competitiveness of more than 20 different economies on 5 continents and has co-authored 11 books or monographs on related topics; the latest is Regional Powerhouse: The GPRD and the Rise of China (Wiley 2005).