China’s logistics: Catch-up and innovation
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- Main building, SOAS University of London
- Room
- RB01
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
Having defined what we mean by modern integrated logistics (or third party logistics - 3PL) and explained why logistics is viewed by the Chinese government as so important, Dr Paul Clifford will highlight the key issues faced by this industry in China and the path being adopted to resolve them.
In terms of the weaknesses, Dr Clifford will shed light on the sector’s lack of outsourcing, its fragmentation, asset-intensity and poor service quality. With regard to the catch up and innovation he focusses on the rapid progress being made through government support, specialization, technology adoption and emissions reduction.
Dr Clifford will conclude with profiles of two successful Chinese firms; state-owned Sinotrans and private enterprise Shunfeng (SF).
About the speaker
Dr. Paul G. Clifford is Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He first lived in China as a student in 1973-74. After that he worked in China as a corporate banker with The First National Bank of Chicago (now JP Morgan Chase), with strategy consultants Oliver Wyman and with US technology firm Cisco Systems where he was responsible for the strategic alliance with China Development Bank.
He was elected as Executive Director of the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association.
He has deep experience in China’s logistics. He led consulting teams that advised a number of China’s largest state-owned logistics firms on their restructuring and strategic planning. He has also advised foreign logistics providers on their China market entry strategy. He has supported foreign investors in China on their supply chain issues across a wide range of sectors. He has also consulted to foreign and Chinese clients on China’s railways, intermodal transportation, shipping and public urban transportation.
His published works include China’s Logistics: From Laggard to Innovator and The China Paradox: At the Front Line of Economic Transformation.
He studied at SOAS University of London, where he received a Ph.D. in modern Chinese history, and at Peking University. He is fluent in Chinese.
Chair: Professor Steve Tsang, Director, SOAS China Institute
Registration
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please note that seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is taking place on campus and will not be recorded or live-streamed.
Organiser
Contact
- Email: sci@soas.ac.uk
