Introduction
On the heels of the hugely successful inaugural US-China Executive Summit at Pebble Beach, California in May 2005, HYSTA and e-China successfully held the 2006 Executive Summit on May 5th and 6th, 2006, at the beautiful Pine Valley Golf Resort in Beijing, China. More than 40 executives from Chinese leading companies in the sectors of telecommunications, the Internet, semiconductor, software, e-commerce, and consumer electronics are joined by their counterparts from the U.S.
The partial list of the 2006 participants includes:
Edward Suning Tian, CEO, China Netcom
DongSheng Li, President and CEO, TCL
Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO, Sohu, Inc.
Robin Li, Chairman and CEO, Baidu, Inc.
Wei Guo, CEO, Digital China
Ying Wu,President,UTStartcom
YuanqingYang,Chairman,Lenovo Group
Yun Ma, Chairman and CEO, Alibaba, Inc.
Feng Deng, General Partner, Northernlight Venture Capitals
Jack Xu, VP, eBay
David French, President and CEO, Sirrus Logic, Inc.
Victor Tsao, SVP, Cisco Systems, Inc. (Linksys)
Jack Jia, CEO, Baynote
Ted Schlein, Partner, KPCB
The theme of the 2006 Summit is "The Emerging Opportunities and International Collaboration of the Information Technology Industry in China." The Summit features roundtable style discussions, punctuated by keynote speeches, focused on business challenges, management issues, cultural differences, technology trends and directions. The Summit's dinners and leisure activities also allowed for business leaders to exchanges ideas and to network in a relaxing environment.
