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Hubei Fuhan Industrial (Group) Development

 Presentations of 2016

   Presentations of 2016

Every year, Chinese and international experts in wood industry, including high-level government officials, epresentatives of international organizations, industrial associations and outstanding companies talk about current situation and outlook of Chinese and global wood market.

 Guest presentations of 2016:

  Andrew Crisp
    Senior Consultant
    China Forest Products Distribution Company

                    



Andrews areas of consulting focus include China and SE Asian forestry, forestry economics and markets, feasibility studies, forest valuations and due diligence exercises. He has travelled and worked extensively throughout China over the last 12 years undertaking forest industry related projects in 21 different provinces. In addition to work in China he has also undertaken forestry projects in Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Congo, Guyana and Suriname.Andrew Crisp is a Principal in Pöyrys Beijing office with 15 years’ experience in the forest industry in Asia-Pacific. He has worked for Pöyry in their Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Melbourne offices since joining the company in 2004. Prior to joining Pöyry he worked for State Forests New South Wales in Australia in their plantations division as a resources forester and merchandising forester. Andrew has a Bachelor of Science (Forestry) and Bachelor Economics from Australian National University.

Andrews areas of consulting focus include China and SE Asian forestry, forestry economics and markets, feasibility studies, forest valuations and due diligence exercises. He has travelled and worked extensively throughout China over the last 12 years undertaking forest industry related projects in 21 different provinces. In addition to work in China he has also undertaken forestry projects in Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Congo, Guyana and Suriname.


           Presentation Topic: 
           Current situation and future trends in the utilization of global wood resources

           Presentation Outline:

 1.Look at which regions and countries have been currently exporting logs

                       and lumber to China

                   2. The main factors that will influence future supplies

                   3. Give an overview of where Chinese companies have been investing

     overseas to secure forest and processing assets

4. Where future opportunities may be.

                                                                                                                                                                        

 Zhang Songdan

   Division Head

   Division of Resources

   State Forest Administration

    

Mr. Zhang Songdan has been the deputy director and senior engineer of the Division of Resources, State Forest Administration, since July 2004. Currently he is also a part-time teacher at the National Reward Experts Database and National Bureau of Civil Servants Training, which makes him an off-campus mentor-teacher of Master of Public Administration (MPA).

From 1983 to 1991,  Zhang worked at Academy of Forestry Investigation and Planning of the original Department of Forestry, after which he was hired as engineer in 1991. During1991 to 2004, he successively worked at the Division of Resources ManagementResource Consumption Management and Forest Cutting of the original Department of Forestry as a deputy director and a director.

              Presentation Topic: 
                    Strategy of utilization of forest resources in China
              Presentation Outline:

                            1. The demand and supply of forest resources in China.

                            2. The Impacts of Policies on Forestry & Related Industries
                                  -Analysis of the 13th Five Year Plan of Forestry
                                  -Other related policies

                             3.Bring-In & Going-Out

                             4 New trends

                                                                                                                                                                        

  Mr. Zhu Guangqian
    Chief Expert, Former President
   China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association

                    

Mr. Zhu Guangqian, a senior engineer graduated from Beijing Forestry University in1965has over 40 years of experience within the timber industry. He has served as Section Chief and Department Chief in important state administrative departments in charge of means of production, namely the Ministry of Goods and Materials, the Ministry of Internal Trade, the State Administration of Internal Trade, and the President of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association. Mr Zhu has authored many publications on timber industry and timber market. Currently, he serves as the Honorary President of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association and expert for Modern Timberwork Technology Project of Ministry of Housing and Urban – Rural Development.

        Presentation Topic: 
                 Current Situation of China Timber and Wood Products Markets 

          Presentation Outline:

1. The Wood Demand & Supply in China

2. The Status of the Imported Wood in China, logs, lumber and the species, prices, stocks, etc

3.  The development of the Wood Architecture in China

4.   The Dynamics of the Wood Products Trade

                                                                                                                                                                       

                Luo Kan

 Hubei Fuhan Development of  Wood Industry Co.,Ltd  

              General Manager

                                

Mr. Luo Kan, who is one of the member of Chinese Communist Party. has served as general manager of Hubei Fu Han wood industry (Group) from March of 2015 till now. From March 2006 to August 2007, he had served as senior financial planner in the Dutch bank(Beijing Branch); JFrom une 2009 to July 2010, Luo had worked as the assistant to the general manager and deputy general manager in Wuhan Hongxin Real Estate Co., Ltd.; From July 2010 to July 2014, he had transferred to Wuhan Union Investment Real Estate Co., Ltd. and served as assistant to the general manager and deputy general manager; From August 2014 to March 2015, he had worked in Hubei joint investment Qichun Investment Co., Ltd. as the deputy general manager of the post.

Presentation Topic: 
                  The Wood Industry in Central China

Presentation Outline:

1.The situation of wood industry in Hubei

2.The development of the wood industry under the 13th Five Year Plan of Forestry in Hubei

3.Make contribution to lead the development of wood industry in Hubei 

                                                                                                                                                                        

                 Qin Yuan

                  Greenline Intelligent Logistics Co.,Ltd. of Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group Co., Ltd.

General Manager

   

Mr. Qin Yuan, who owns bachelor degree of Forestry of Anhui Agriculture University, serves as general manager in Greenline intelligent Logstics Co.,ltd. In the past few years, Qin had worked as deputy general manager of Kaidi Wood Co.,ltd. and Kaidi Sunshine Bio-Energy investment Co.,ltd respectively. He also had execution management for Vietnam power plant EPC project and US oil plant logistics project.

            Presentation Topic:  Present development status and Prospect of biomass energy
           Presentation Outline:

                1. Biomass energy and wood industry

                2. The current situation of biomass energy industry 

                3. Prospects of biomass energy industry 

                                                                                                                                                                        

          Wang wei

International Business College of University of International Business and Economics

Office of the New Eurasian Land Bridge coordination mechanism

      Guest Professor, Specialist

                                                                           

Wang Wei, MBA tutor of UIBE, Director of China International Freight Forwarders Association and Beijing International Freight Forwarders Association, member of International Freight Agency Standards Committee Technical Committee ( Certificate No. 4890042632 of CNSMC) and Instructor of  the International Cargo Transportation Training of the Ministry of Railways. Mr. Wang Wei is also the expert of China-Turkey Interconnection Group of the Ministry of Commerce, evaluation expert of foreign aid projects of ministry of commerce (No. 100455), the expert of International Coordinating Mechanism of New Euro-Asian Continental Bridge Project.
Mr. Wang Wei Participated the preparation of a variety of professional books includes "International Railway Transportation", "International Logistics of Railway Transportation Operation Practice", etc..

      Presentation Topic: 
               The Transportation of Timber and Wood Products through International Railway

          Presentation Outline:

                  1. Analysis of the Convention Concerning International Carriage of Goods by Rail and brief introduction of the ports & railway.
                          -International railway is becoming more and more important as an integral part  of one Belt and one Road. At present, there are 11 ports of China international railways in lines of with 5 neighboring countries. 

                  2. The transportation rules and restrictions of timber & wood products in different countries and the mode, cost, device of  transport in China and the neighboring countries
                           -China is now the second largest wood importing country and Manzhouli,  Suifenhe, Allah pass and Erlian are the busiest land ports of timber transportation.

                   3.The provisions, operation procedures, transport cost and matters needing attention of the transportation of Asia Europe railway (namely the Eurasian Continental Bridge).

                                                                                                                                                                      

Shang Jinrui

Rizhao Port Group Lanshan Port Co., Ltd.

General Manager

Shang Jinrui, vice general manager and member of CPC committee of Rizhao Port Group Co., Ltd, as well as the general manager of Lanshan Port Co., Ltd, Doctor, Senior Engineer. He has been the deputy director of Lanshan Marine Safety Supervision Bureau of Shandong Province, deputy director of Lanshan Port Authority of Shandong Province, and general manager of The Second Rizhao Port Co., Ltd consecutively, and has been in this post since June 2006. And he has made great contributions to local port and shipping industry development, and has been awarded “Advanced Individual of Shandong Province Communications Department”, “Model Worker of Shandong Province Transportation System”, “Outstanding Member of the Communist Party of Shandong Province Communications Department”, “The Top Ten Entrepreneurs with Integrity of Shandong Province”, “Top Ten MBA Men of China” and other titles consecutively.

        Presentation Topic:  

                 The Ports and Wood Industry in North China

        Presentation Outline:

                           1 Brief situation of Rizhao Port

                           2.The situation of wood business in the port of North China

                           3.Wood processing situation in the South of Shandong Province and in the North of Jiangsu Province

                                                                                                                                                                  

Mike Edwards

Sequal Lumber

Marketing and Strategy

 

Mike has a Post Graduate Diploma Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. Prior to working at Sequal Mike worked as a Marketing Consultant for over 8 years, and before that was the Marketing Manager for Comvita New Zealand. Mike oversees the marketing initiatives of Sequal Lumber and is also directly involved in the development of the China and South East Asia lumber markets. Edwards has been working for Sequal Lumber since the summer of 2013. This is very much in line with the values of Sequal Lumber and Mike enjoys helping manufacturers in China make products more cost effectively whilst also benefiting the environment.

Sequal is a non-structural mill which completely exports orientated along with their unique custom cutting to strategically partner with customers across the globe. Sequals focus is to supply lumber in a way that enables its customers to optimize their  manufacturing process and profits.

Presentation Topic: 
                  Overview of New Zealand Lumber Markets

          Presentation Outline:

1. New Zealand forest resources;

——Timberland,Tree species, Felling period, The

composition of the owner, etc.
                   2.   The Overview of Timber Industry and Trade Development in New   

Zealand ;

——Timber Harvesting, Consumption and Export, Foreign

TradeExport objects, Volume of trade, Factors

affecting trade, etc.                 

3.   New Zealand timber trade for China.
                  4.   The Developing Trend in the future.

                                                                                                                                                                    

Kaspars Abiks

 Export Promotion division, Foreign Trade Promotion Department of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Senior Project Manager

Currently, Mr. Kaspars Abiks holds a master’s degree of law from Police Academy of Latvia from 2003 to 2006 and works as Senior Project Manager in Export Promotion division of Foreign Trade Promotion Department of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA).

After graduation, he had worked as project manager in Export Promotion division of Foreign Trade Promotion Department of Enterprise Europe Network Latvia (EEN) for two years. From the year of 2010 to 2015, he had served as project manager in Export Promotion division of Foreign Trade Promotion Department. After that, Mr.Kaspars Abiks became the head of the Representative Office in Azerbaijan.

Presentation Topic:  Latvian Woodworking Sector and Basic Exports Features

          Presentation Outline:

                        1. Total growing stock volume
                        2. Forest ownership by status and Timber Production
                        3. Forest Area by Dominant Species
                        4. Final Felling and Forest Regeneration
                        5. Exports and Imports of Woodworking Product
                        6. Woodworking Product Exports by Type of Product 
                        7. Woodworking Product Exports 
                        8. Woodworking product exports from Latvia to the People's Republic of China

                                                                                                                                                                  

Remco Steggerda
AKZ  
Marketing Director

Mr. Remco Steggerda is working as the marketing director for one of the largest softwood sawmills in Latvia with an annual production of about 225,000 m3 of sawn goods. The production site of AKZ business is equipped with a modern sawmill, powerful kilns and three planning lines, one of which is intergraded in a highly productive sorting line, and a treatment plant with two high pressure tanks.
AKZ business comprise three timber product segments: Solid timber products, Bio-fuel and Pulp chips. Their production is sold in Europe, North Africa and Asia.

                                                                                                                                                                     


Jyrki Salmi

Indufor Oy

Managing Director & Senior Partner

Mr. Jyrki Salmi holds a masters degree in forest economics (MSc For) from the University of Helsinki (1985), and Special Qualifications in Management from the Helsinki School of Economics (2005).He has 26 years of experience in consulting, including more than 10 years in management positions heading the policy consulting division and now for more than three years as the managing director of the leading forestry and wood industry consulting group. Under his management the Indufor Group has doubled its size, now having companies in Helsinki (Finland), Auckland (New Zealand), Melbourne (Australia) and Washington DC (USA).He has carried out 250 consulting missions in 68 countries outside Finland, including 8 missions to China between 1994 and 2015.

Indufor has carried out some 40 consulting assignments in China.

Presentation Topic: 

The change of global softwood market share of China, and product structure adjustments in exports from Russia, Canada, New Zealand and Northern Europe

          Presentation Outline:

    Role of EU and Finland in Global Log and Sawnwood Markets:

    1. Overview of global forest resources

    2. Overview of global of log industry: consumption, leading importers globally, leading European exporters and importers

    3.  Global softwood lumber industry: production per geographical region, leading European producers and role of Russia, global trade flows, European exports, including Finland.

    4. Forest resources utilization in Finland

           5.  Bioenergy investment projects in Finland

                                                                                                                                                                   

Susanne Rudenstam

Swedish Wood

 Director Construction

    

Ms. Susanne Rudenstam studied marketing at the Berg Institute of media in Stockholm of Sweden and Salamanca University in Spain. She worked in independent sales, public relations and publicity and promotion work in the game development industry. Since 2006, she has served as media director in the Swedish wood and furniture industry association; Currently, She has served as construction director in the Swedish wood Association.

Presentation Topic: 

 Sustainable living and building with Swedish wood

          Presentation Outline:

The demand for natural, renewable and healthy materials with a low carbon footprint is increasing in the world. Swedish wood meets all these criterias thank to its sustainable forestry. Swedish wood also contributes to a sustainable living as it is a very versatile material that can be used in both peoples indoor living space, for example in furniture, and as a construction material for one family houses as well as multi storey buildings.

.                                                                                                                                                                   

Sun Xijun

China Federation of Logistics&Purchasing

    Full-time Deputy Secretary General

  

Sun Xijun, who is the deputy secretary general of the current Chinese  Logistics&Purchasing Association Tray Specialized Committee and the deputy secretary of the technical committee of the board of National Logistics Standardization Technical Committee, was responsible for issuing department director in Beijing Jietong era cultural exchange center from October 2001 to July 2005; From August 2005 to May 2007, he had served as deputy director of the editorial department of magazines like China Federation of Logistics&Purchasing as well as China logistics Yearbook Editorial Department.

Sun Xijun have participated in a number of national standards for the revision of the tray and  the standards that have been released like the transport general flat pallets principal dimensions and tolerances. Currently, national standard that has been developed more than a dozen and the industry standards are more than seven. In addition, Sun Xijun is also serving as the almanac of China logistics and the tray manual editing director while he is also participating in writing logistics bookcase.like modern logistics that must read, the logistics business practices and so on.

          Presentation Topic: A Brief Introduction of the Pallet Industry in China-an Application Overview of Raw Material of Wooden Pallets in the Pallet Industry

         Presentation Outline:

1.Introduction of The Pallet Professional Committee of China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing
2.A brief introduction of the pallet industry in China
3.Production mode and material utilization of wooden pallets
4.Application of imported wood in the pallet industry of China
5.Future demand trend of raw material in the pallet industry of China

                                                                                                                                                                   

Ngomin Anicet

Head of Monitoring Unit, Regeneration, Reforestation and Woodland Extension.

Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), Cameroon.

Mr. Anicet NGOMIN holds a Water and Forestry Technical Engineer Diploma (1991) and a Diploma of Specialized Studies in Plant Seeds Technology (2003). For 26 years he officiates in the Ministry in charge of forests of Cameroon where he, among others, held the following positions: Head of Regional Department for the Promotion and Transformation of Forest Products, Adamawa Region (2005-2011); Deputy Director of Accreditations and Forest Taxation (Forest Department) - Project Manager of the timber traceability programme in Cameroon (2011-2012); Since September 17, 2012: Head of the Monitoring Unit of Regeneration, Reforestation and Woodland Extension.
He is a High Official of the forestry sector in Cameroon and familiar with cooperation agreements between Cameroon and other countries including the signing of the Cameroon-EU’s VPA FLEGT. Given his expertise in forest governance, legality, traceability and sustainable management of forestry resources; Mr. Anicet NGOMIN have participated on the behalf of the Cameroon Ministry in charge of Forestry to several meetings, workshops and fora. He has several publications including the latest funded by GIZ and entitled "Second Generation Sylviculture in Cameroon: conceptual basis and operationalization scheme" (November 2015).

           Presentation Topic: Cameroon Forestry Sector with an Emphasis on Relationship between MINFOF and the Private Sector Notably Chinese Operators

           Presentation Outline:  

                 1.Current situation of the wood industry of Cameroon
                 2.The relationship between MINFOF of Cameroon and the private sectors of the operators
                 3.How to contribute to a sustainable future

                                                                                                                                                                    

Ajay Kumar Mahapatra
Odisha Forest Development Corporation,
Environment & Forest Department, Govt. of Odisha

Managing Director


Mr. Ajay Kumar Mahapatra holds a master’s degree of Science in Botany of Utkal University in India. He also worked as visiting fellow in Australian National University of Canberra from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mahapatra got the Endeavour India Executive Award from Dept. of Education, Science & Training of Govt.of Australia in 2007. Currently, he is the member of Commonwealth Association of Foresters and Orissa Environment Society respectively, and is also the Executive Committee Member of Orissa Tennis Association. He was the Nominated Fellow of National Science Academy of India in 2014 while he is serving as editorial reviewer for Food Security, African Journal of Agriculture & Forestry, Conservation & Society and many other journals. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mahapatra is rich in his job and professional experience. He also served as regional chief conservator of Forests in Koraput Region of Odisha in India from 2014 to 2015. Up till now, he has published 51 papers in peer reviewed Journals.

           Presentation Topic:  India timber market

           Presentation Outline:  

                                                                                                                                                                        

Zheng Jinming

Zhangjiagang City Wood Industry Association

Overseas senior consultant

Zheng Jinming,who is a respectable and experienced businessman in wood industry, set up the Putian (China) Wood Industry General Chamber of Commerce in 2014 and has served as executive director since then. He is also the director of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Chinese Entrepreneurs, president of Shanghai Han wood industry limited company, director of the Putian standard Wood Industry Co. Ltd. Zheng has 26 years of experiences in wood industry since 1990, and he always has business around Europe, America and Africa, leading him to have a better understanding of overseas wood information. In 2015, he was hired as a senior consultant in Zhangjiagang City Wood Industry Association

  Presentation Topic:  The development status and trend of global broad leaf wood trade

         Presentation Outline:  1. Basic situation of global hardwood resources

                                               2. Global trends in the development of broad leaved timber trade

                                               3. The development initiative of China timber industry

                                                                                                                                                               

Zhu Guoliang

Boer Wood Industry

 Chairman

Zhu Guoliang, who is the leader of Chinese new flooring industry, is also the leader in the field of Chinese wooden geothermy floor. He constantly gets success in the field of solid wood floor, and created the double locking wooden floor in the year of 2011, which lead Boer brand to have a rapid growth and become one of the grand brands in the industry of geothermal solid wood flooring, setting a benchmark among the Chinese flooring enterprises.  

           Presentation Topic: What kind of wood do we need?  ——An overview of the application of wood raw materials in the floor

          Presentation Outline:

    1. Overview of the wooden floor industry in China
    2. The mode of production and raw materials of wooden  floor
    3. Application of imported wood in China floor industry 
    4. Future trends

                                                                                                                                                                       

Wang Lijun

Wuhan Asia-Europe Logistics Co,.ltd

Chairman

Wang Lijun (male, born in November 1964) : master of the Wuhan University, senior economist which enjoys allowances offered by Wuhan Municipal People’s Government, logistics specialist, Wuhan model worker, Hubei "May 1" labor model. He is the chairman, secretary of party committee of Central China Logistics Corporations, chairman of Wuhan Asia-Europe Logistics Co,.ltd.

He created river-ocean multimodal transport overall logistics mode, implemented a one-stop service, solved the problem of coal transportation in central area, made  large state-owned enterprise Central China Logistics Corporations transform from tradition to modern logistics enterprise. In 2014, according to the 2 national strategy: the Belt and Road Initiative, and Yangtse River Economy Belt, the China-Europe logistics service platform led by “Han Xin Ou” freight rail transportation has been constructed.”Han Xin Ou” connects Wuhan to Europe, plays a key role in the construction of the Asia-Europe economic corridor. For Wuhan and Hubei, “Han Xin Ou” is the pioneer of Hubei’s “Open to the West” strategy and advanced the process of participation in New Silk Road Economic Zone. Datong International Shipping Co.,ltd, subsidiary of Central China Logistics Corporations, has also expanded route from coastal to oceanic and intercontinental. More than 20 tons of shipping capacity helps the company achieve great success in the construction of new maritime Silk Road. The common development of railway and waterway freight has formed a new closed-loop structure of “New Marine-Land Silk Road”.

         Presentation Topic: Han Xin Ouand Wood and Wood Products International Logistics and Transportation

         Presentation Outline:

                  1. The construction of the international freight rail transportation of Han Xin Ou

                  2. Russia-Manchuria-Wuhan + Northern Europeraw materials freight rail transportation

                  3. Railway transport of wood products from Wuhan to Europe

                  4. Future development plan


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