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As official partner of Sweden’s participation at Expo 2010 Shanghai, SEB had the opportunity to organize the seminar “China’s Challenge”, covering many of the complex issues facing China and the world. Some 240 corporate clients, financial institutions, and private banking clients based in Asia and Europe attended the seminar. SEB also had the honour of hosting a dinner at the Swedish Pavilion.

Keynote speaker: Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet knows everything that is worth knowing about the correlation between economy and health. His analysis of China’s development compared to other regions and what to expect for the future is both humorous and deadly serious. Among his predictions for the future: the date when China’s income per capita will be equal to that of western countries.

Panel: China's
economic challenge

China under-consumes and over-invests, some say. If this is true, what kind of consumption patterns would help build a "super economy"? One of the key factors which could support increased domestic consumption is the reform of the service sector.

Nordic investments
promoted at Expo 2010

As official partner of Sweden's participation at Expo 2010 Shanghai, SEB had the opportunity to organize the seminar "The Nordic Opportunity – bringing the best of Nordic to China", covering a diverse range of investment opportunities in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. "More and more international investors are looking at the Nordic region as a place of opportunity. One attraction for them is that the economies in the Nordic region are small, stable and transparent."

Investment for a
Greener future: Green Bonds

In addition to the seminar "The Nordic Opportunity – bringing the best of Nordic to China" SEB had the pleasure of introducing the Green Bond together with the World Bank. The bond issue is one example of the kind of innovation the World Bank is trying to encourage within its "Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change". SEB is the sole arranger of The World Bank's Green Bond issue which is issuing bonds and dedicating the proceeds exclusively to environmental friendly projects.