Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), hosted about 100 guests from leading Chinese jewellery and diamond trade communities at a reception at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong recently. The reception served as a platform to announce and to officially launch the Middle East-China Diamond and Jewellery Summit (MECDJS), set to take place at the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai from November 8 to 9, 2008.
The first MECDJ Summit will focus on the consumer markets of the 21st century in the new world, and aims to enhance trade relationships across the entire value chain of the fast-growing diamond and jewellery industry between the Middle East and China. The Summit has received tremendous response from the manufacturing, trading and retail jewellery communities in the Middle East, China and Hong Kong.
The reception was hosted by Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and senior officials from DMCC’s Diamond division and featured a presentation on the background and opportunities of this summit.
Top officials attending the reception included Lin Zhi Wei, Vice Director, Panyu Government; Madame Wang Wei Wei, Assistant Director, National Gemstone Testing Centre; Lawrence Ma, President, and David Pong, Chairman, Diamond Federation of Hong Kong; Addy Wong, Chairman, Hong Kong Jewellery Manufacturers Association; Charles Chan, Chairman, Hong Kong Jewellery and Jade Manufacturers Association. In addition, leading retailers such as Dr. Chen Yu Tung, Chairman, Chow Tai Fook Holdings; Vincent Chow, Chief Executive Officer, Chow Sang Sang; and Wong Wai Sheung, Chief Executive Officer, Luk Fook Holdings were also present during the reception.
About DMCC
DMCC was created in 2002 as a strategic initiative of the Dubai Government to establish a commodity marketplace in Dubai. Rated ‘A’ by Standard & Poor’s, it provides the market infrastructure that brings together a wide range of commodities activities, and is committed to serve the needs of participants in the gold, diamonds and commodities markets. Resident companies of DMCC are offered highly attractive benefits under a free zone status, including a 50-year guaranteed tax holiday, 100 per cent business ownership, full ownership of business premises, and a secure regulated environment.
For further information, please contact:
Anusyia Nathan / Sudha Hemmad / Nicholas Nesson
ASDA’A Public Relations
Dubai, UAE
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