The 12th Joint Meeting of Taiwan-Britain Business Council (TBBC) took place in London on 21-22 June 2010. The 2-day meeting was co-organized by Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).
Aiming to increase the bilateral trade and to encourage the investments between UK and Taiwan, TBBC programme was divided into three sectors: Financial & Professional Service (FS&P), Infrastructure and Creative Industries (ICT). 105 delegates representing over 50 UK and 36 Taiwanese companies, businesses and trade promotion bodies participated in this event. The event started from a grand reception held in Lancaster House in the evening of 21st June, with a speech given by co-chairmen Sir Thomas Harris (Standard Charter) and Mr. Leslie Koo (Taiwan Cement), followed by guest speakers Sir Andrew Cahn, CEO of UKTI and Mr. Lin Sheng Chung, Deputy Minister, MOEA.
The following day (22nd June) was the TBBC Business Forum in the location of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Sir Andrew Cahn and MOEA Deputy Minister Lin attended the forum. The focus of the forum was to encourage UK companies to consider exports of good and services to Taiwan and to facilitate UK/Taiwanese collaborative ventures for the Taiwan market and third countries. Panel discussions were led by the divided groups concerning the key sector skills.
The 2-day TBBC meeting was successful with the support from Taipei Representative Office in the UK, particularly Economic Division. The 13th TBBC meeting will take place in Taiwan in 2011 with both government representatives at ministerial level.
