London Chinese New Year Dinner 2010, 9 February, the Dorchester

THE “ICEBREAKERS” CHINESE NEW YEAR DINNER 2010
TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2010, THE DORCHESTER, 53 PARK LANE, LONDON

More than 500 prominent players in China-UK relations, business and cultural activities attended the launch of the Chinese Year of the Tiger celebrations on Tuesday 9th February at London’s prestigious Dorchester Hotel which preceded the start of the Chinese Lunar Year on 14th February.

Keynote speakers included The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; Chen Xiaodong, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy; The Rt Hon Lord McNally, Leader of the the Lib-Dems  in the House of Lords; Peter Sands, Chief Executive of Standard Chartered; and Tim Watkins, Vice President EU (West Region) of Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd.

 

 

 

 

   The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, First Secretary of State

 

 

 

 

 

          

Chen Xiaodong,charge d'affaires, Chinese Embassy  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 The Rt Hon Lord McNally, Leader of the Lib Dems in the  House of Lords 

 

 

 

 

 

          

                

                  Peter Sands, Group CEO, Standard Chartered 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

    Tim Watkins, Vice President, EU (West Region) 
    Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd

 

 

 

 

The event incorporated a series of awards for businesses that have made outstanding contributions to developing and maintaining Sino-UK business relations, bilateral trade and cultural links. The awards event this year was sponsored by KPMG and announced by the firm’s London chairman Richard Reid.

Other sponsors for the banquet included Standard Chartered, Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd, Tesco plc and KL Communications.

During the celebrations Virgin Atlantic Airways and the Shanghai JC Mandarin Hotel presented special ‘draw’ prizes.