{"id":66037,"date":"2007-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-colloquium-panelists-to-discuss-doing-business-in-china\/"},"modified":"2007-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"uri-colloquium-panelists-to-discuss-doing-business-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/11\/uri-colloquium-panelists-to-discuss-doing-business-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Colloquium panelists to discuss \u2018Doing Business in China\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON R.I.-November 30 2007- The 溏心vlog免费B站 will host a panel discussion Tuesday Dec. 4 focused on doing business in China.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe panelists will be 溏心vlog免费B站 \u201967, \u201972 alumnus Alfred Verrecchia, chief executive officer of Hasbro Inc., headquartered in Pawtucket, Paul Zheng, chief executive officer of PDK Worldwide Enterprises located in Fall River, Mass., and 溏心vlog免费B站 \u201974 alumnus William J. Flynn, president and chief executive officer of Atlas Air, located in Purchase, New York. <\/p>\n


\nThe panel, moderated by Mark Higgins, dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration, is part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium China Rising. The semester-long series explores China\u2019s dramatic transformation during the past three decades, a transformation that has returned that country to the leading role it has played throughout most of world history.<\/p>\n


\nThe discussion, free and open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Room 271, Chafee Social Science Center, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston.<\/p>\n

Hasbro has been sourcing and manufacturing products in East Asia since the 1960s\u2019. Verrecchia, who has held his current position at Hasbro since 2003, will discuss Hasbro\u2019s experiences sourcing products as well as its initiative to sell toys and games in the China market.<\/p>\n


\nZheng\u2019s company, PDK World Enterprises, is a major manufacturer and importer of top quality home textile products, including handcrafted quilts, comforters, and related bedding ensembles. Under his leadership, PDK has grown from a modest company to a large corporation. <\/p>\n


\nZheng will explore both the capability and efficiency of China\u2019s economic infrastructure and the benefits that will result from taking advantage of it.<\/p>\n


\nFlynn\u2019s company, Atlas Worldwide Holdings, Inc., is principally involved in the airport-to-airport air transportation of heavy freight cargo. He has held numerous senior management positions with leading transportation companies, which included a number of years in senior management positions in Asia and Latin America. <\/p>\n

Flynn will explore how China is the fastest growing market for international airfreight. According to Flynn, market access rights and airport operational activities are the subject of government-to-government bi-lateral negotiations and subsequent commercial discussions with local authorities. Flynn\u2019s company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, is a major operator in this market. <\/p>\n


\n\tMajor sponsors of the colloquium are the Mark Ross \u201864 and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, the Tom Silvia \u201983 and Shannon Chandley \u201983 Honors Colloquium Endowment, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Honors Program, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Confucius Institute at 溏心vlog免费B站, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Engineering, the Division of University Advancement, and the Rhode Island Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineering.<\/p>\n


\nFor further details on the colloquium, including an updated schedule, information on parking, and on how to support the series, go to www.uri.edu\/hc or call Deborah Gardiner at 401-874-2381.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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