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Dear Members and Friends, The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) kindly invites you to attend the Members' Meeting Beijing & North China on March 9th 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held exclusively online via Zoom. The event is organized as an opportunity for Members to gather and learn about CICC's recent and future activities. This will also represent the occasion for getting insights on CICC Working Groups’ (WG) activities and opportunities for involvement.  Agenda:  17:00-17:05 Opening Remarks – Matteo Tanteri, CICC Vice Chairman Beijing 17:05-17:15 Welcome Greetings – Marco Midolo, First Counsellor, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Italy to the People’s Republic of China 17:15-17:25 Paolo Bazzoni, CICC Chairman 17:25-17:50 CICC Activities: Recent and Future Initiatives  - Renzo Isler, CICC Secretary General - Sarah Orlando, CICC Board Member Beijing - Fabio Antonello, CICC Representative in Tianjin - Lorenzo Riccardi, CICC Treasurer – CICC Mapping Project 17:50-18:10 Updates from CICC Working Groups:  - Teti Maria Licursi, EEPWG Vice Coordinator - Carlo Geremia, IPWG Coordinator - Maria Santonastaso, HCWG Coordinator - Simone Sturla, STWG Coordinator 18:10-18:25 Q&A 18:25-18:30 Closing Remarks – Paolo Bazzoni, CICC Chairman Host: Sarah Orlando, CICC Board Member Beijing   We kindly ask you to register at the Members' Meeting within March 9th 2022 by 2pm.    Interested in joining? Scan the QR code to sign up!   Event Details Time & date: March 9th 2022, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm Venue: Online via Zoom Language: English Please not that the Members' Meeting is only open to CICC Members and Friends. The event is free of charge.    For more details, contact us at: bj.activities@cameraitacina.com   The CICC Team

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao and the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC), supported by their Retail & Luxury Committee and Quality Council, are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Emerging from the Pandemic - The Future of China’s Luxury Consumer”.     Our speakers Ms Veronica Wang and Mr Pascal Martin, partners at OC&C Strategy Consultants, will help us examine the Chinese luxury consumer trends that emerged in the two-year Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar will discuss:  • Latest China market evolution and short to mid-term outlook • Major underlying fashion and luxury consumer trends among Chinese consumers, covering (among other topics): - Demographic shifts - Gen Z in the driver’s seat - Digital and omnichannel - A constantly evolving landscape and brands’ never-ending quest for consumer engagement - The Lower-tier city opportunity - What has changed - Converging sports and luxury - Lasting fad or long-term groundwave? - Nationalism and the Do’s and Don’ts of “Chinese for Chinese” design - Sustainability - How much do they care? Are they ready to pay for it? • What these trends mean for fashion and luxury brands, and how best-in-class brands tackle these trends Veronica and Pascal will draw their observations from their experiences leading multiple projects in the luxury sector and from the findings of an extensive research survey recently conducted in China. They presented these survey findings and market insights to Altagamma members in Italy at the end of 2021, receiving very positive feedback. Don't miss this webinar to gain valuable insight into Chinese luxury consumer trends! Interested in joining? Reserve your place. *Please note participation is free of charge; the webinar is for ICC and CICC members ONLY.   About OC&C Strategy Consultants OC&C Strategy Consultants is a global consulting firm focusing on strategy development, with a focus on consumer goods, retails, media & technology and B2B services.   About the speakers Ms Veronica Wang, Partner at OC&C Greater China Veronica has worked in strategy consulting for more than 12 years, specializing in consumer goods and retail sections, with a particular focus on luxury, fashion and beauty. Based in Greater China throughout her career, Veronica has developed deep knowledge and insights about the China market and Chinese consumers, advising a broad range of clients on their China/Asia market entry and growth strategies, including value proposition, assortment, pricing, distribution and marketing, etc. Veronica also regularly leads market and consumer studies in China, publishing a series of reports including recent ones on Gen-Z Consumers, Post-Covid Market Trends, Luxury E-commerce, 2nd hand Luxury Market, etc. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US and a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Fudan University in China.   Mr Pascal Martin, Partner at OC&C Greater China Pascal started his consulting career with McKinsey in Los Angeles and Paris (1987-1993), then Booz Allen in Japan (1997-2003) and OC&C in Hong Kong since 2015, totalling 17 years in the consulting sector. He also held several senior management positions between consulting roles: CEO of Adidas Japan, Regional Director of M&S APAC, VP Strategy at Burberry APAC, CCO at Avon Japan (an interim role for a PE portfolio company) and CEO at Nissan Motors. Based in Greater China over the past 12 years, after 13 years in Japan, Pascal is an Asia expert. He has been advising a broad range of clients - global groups, industry disruptors and PE investors - on strategy, operational improvement and transformation management in Luxury, Fashion and Sports Apparel, Footwear, Cosmetics, Wine & Spirits and Automotive industries. Pascal’s consulting experience includes all aspects of market entry and growth strategies, including product, pricing, channel & route-to-market and digital & omnichannel, always rooted in a thorough understanding of consumer behaviour and trends. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, as well as a Master’s degree in Economics from Sorbonne University and a civil engineering degree from Paris Ecole Speciale des Travaux Public.   The CICC Team