The Second China M&A Forum and M&A Project Fair, which was sponsored by M&A Elite Club and co-organized by DOBE Group, opened on November 18 and 19 in Shenzhen. This is not only the largest forum in the field of M&A in China, but also a grand annual event for buyers of listed companies.
The main forum, held on November 18, centered on the theme of "innovation and upgrade of M&A", with about 500 entity enterprises, 200 senior officials of listed companies and 400 finance and investment enterprises gathering together to discuss the opportunities and challenges for company merger & acquisition against the background of globally industrial upgrading. During the forum, the participants shared information on global mergers and acquisitions, analyzed the macro-economic situation and investment opportunities, forecasted the prospective of M&A industry and discussed over issues such as global M&A and Chinese integration.
On November 19, six sub-forums were held with special themes including high-tech, culture, health care, new material and energy, industry 4.0 and environmental protection. Senior M&A investment experts such as Yang Renwen, Deputy Director of Founder Securities and Liu Jing, chief analyst in machinery industry of China Investment Securities as well as entrepreneurs such as Chen Yanghui, Vice President of PROTRULY, Li Mantie, Chairman of Ledman and Jia Bo, Chairman of DOBE Group attended the summit and made important speeches.
Li Mantie, Chairman of Ledman, said he held a high anticipation for the development of China's sport industry over the next dozen of years, especially in the area of soccer, which he believed is about to see a decade of rapid development. With some recent soccer-relating M & A, investment and arrangements, the high-tech company listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange has crossed over into the sport and soccer industry.
Jia Bo, Chairman of DOBE Group, a leading company in the cultural and creative industry, said that China is going through a transition from an asset-heavy and resource-heavy generation to an asset-light generation, where more value is put on intellectual property, during a speech in the "Culture" sub-forum. Against such a historic background, a lot of opportunities will be brought to the cultural and creative industry. Chairman Jia Bo also introduced DOBE Group's “SMART CIRCLE” strategy to promote cooperation between enterprises and its Internet platform "wehome" that connects 100 thousand white-collar workers of the industrial park, and clearly described the strategic transformation of DOBE Group from park-oriented operation to group-oriented operation. For the past few years, DOBE has introduced superior resources, built cooperation platforms and organized social activities, increasing the happiness index for the white-collar workers of the park and boosting the development of cultural and creative industry.
A project cooperation fair is arranged at this M&A forum, where about 50 senior officials of listed companies gather together to hold high-end closed-door meetings with representatives of enterprises with financial demand. These meetings are in the one-to-one form with a duration of 20 minutes, involving innovative and competitive projects from the field of high tech, health care, culture and media, new energy, new materials, Internet ＋, industry 4.0 and environmental protection. Specialists from various financial areas attended the operation fair to help enterprises to meet their demand for investment and financing.