The World in 2050 ¨C How big will China be relative to other major 
economies? (All Welcome)

Venue:	Heritage Room, 2nd Floor, the Ascott Beijing, No108 B Jianguo 
Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Date:	Monday, 15th May, 2006
Time:	5.00pm-7.00pm
Cost:       50 Rmb Members, 100 Rmb Non Members

With continuous and rapid economic development of China and other developing 
countries in recent decades, the world economy is undergoing significant changes.  
Developed countries led by the G7 (US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and 
Canada) are now facing challenges from emerging market economies. By 2050, the E7 
economies (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey) will be 75% 
larger than the current G7 when measured in PPP terms. This is one of the major 
findings of a recent research work undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

What are the drivers for these changes? Which country has the strongest growth 
potential? What will demographic changes within the major economies bring to the 
growth rate of each economy? What is the role of China in the global competition 
and what are the strength and weakness of the Chinese economy? Is the relative 
decline of OECD countries in world GDP shares necessarily a bad thing? And how 
should governments and enterprises respond to these changes?

To find answers to these questions, please join us at the seminar. Mr. John 
Hawksworth, Head of Macroeconomics Unit from PricewaterhouseCoopers London and the 
author of the research work, will give a presentation to the members of the 
BCCC on his research piece and are ready to answer your questions in the Q&A 
session.

About the author

John Hawksworth is the head of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Macroeconomics Unit in 
London and editor of our Economic Outlook publications. He is also the author of 
many other reports and articles on macroeconomics and public policy topics and a 
regular media commentator on these issues in the UK. He has carried out consultancy 
assignments for a wide range of public and private sector organisations both in the 
UK and overseas over the past 20 years. 

Please register with us in advance. If you have registered and discover that you 
cannot make the event please give us at least 48 hours notice, without sufficient 
notice we will have to invoice you for the event. Please settle payment for the 
event at the door on arrival. Thank you.

To guarantee your place simply register at www.pek.britcham.org or contact Eva 
Zhou, by Thursday, 11th May @ britcham@pek.britcham.org, 
F (010) 8525 1100, T (010) 8525 1111 ext. 707

We look forward to seeing you there!