China Power Summit 2009. May 22-23, 2009 In Beijing.

The China Power Summit is going to be in Beijing from May 22-23 this year and China Law Blog's own Steve Dickinson will be a featured speaker. Steve will be reprising (and updating) his speech on how foreign companies can best protect themselves when getting into Chinese joint ventures.

Steve spoke on this last year at "JPMorgan’s Hands-On China Series" and at JP Morgan's China Conference. Joint ventures are a very common (and sometimes necessary) vehicle for foreign companies seeking to enter into China's energy and cleantech fields. I forgot to ask Steve if he would be speaking in Chinese or in English, but due to the nature of the topic, I am guessing it will be English.

If you want to read more on Chinese joint ventures, check out Steve's AmCham China Brief article, "Avoiding Mistakes in Chinese Joint Ventures" and my Wall Street Journal article, "Joint Venture Jeopardy?"

In addition to Steve, other speakers at this event will include the following:

Shu Yingbiao
Deputy General Manager
China State Grid Corporation, China

Xie Zhenhua
Vice Chairman
China Electricity Council

Cao Peixi
General Manager
China Huaneng Group

Zhao Ming
Secretary General
China ESCO Association

Hu Xijie
General Manager
China International Engineering
Consulting Corporation

Mr. András Balogh
President and CEO
GEA EGI Contracting / Engineering Co.
Ltd.

Alan W. Chan
CEO&Chairman
Meiya Power Company Limited (MPC)

Hervé Machenaud
Executive Vice-Presiden& Asia-Pacific
Branch President
EDF

Cao Zhian
Vice President
China State Grid Corporation

Zhao Jianping
Assistant to President
China Development Bank

Luo Yunyi
Director
Investment Research Institute, NDRC,
China

Wang Yeping
Vice Chair
The State Electricity Regulatory
Commission (SERC)

Lu Yanchang
Vice Chair, (CAST) President
President , China
Society of Electrical Engineers

Zhao Jianguo
General Manager
Southern Grid,China