More than 1,900 investors, corporate delegates, economists, financial experts and a Nobel laureate to attend UBS Greater China Conference in Shanghai

Hong Kong/Shanghai, 6 January 2016 – More than 1,900 delegates, including 900 institutional investors and in excess of 200 China-focused companies and funds will attend UBS Greater China Conference (GCC) 2016 in Shanghai. The theme of the 16th GCC, which will take place between 11 and 15 January 2016, is Charting a New Course.

"For decades, Asia has been a central focus of UBS's global strategy, and our Greater China Conference reinforces the continued importance of China to this part of the world," said Sergio P. Ermotti, UBS Group CEO who will deliver the opening address at the conference. "For investors, clients and the firm, the 2016 event offers key insights into the market as well as access to vital relationships."

Shen Xiaoming, Member of Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Party Secretary of the Pudong New District and Head of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will make a keynote address at the conference, followed by speeches from Chen Qingtai, Former Deputy Director, Development Research Centre of the State Council and Nobel Laureate winning economist; Professor at Columbia University, Joseph Stiglitz.

Huang Yiping, Professor and Deputy Dean at the National School of Development, Peking University; Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of PBOC and Jia Kang, Head of China Academy of New-supply side Economics; CPPCC member; Former Director of Research Institute of Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance, will discuss China's financial reform program. Dr. Evan Medeiros, Former White House Security Council and Policy Advisor to Barrack Obama on Asia/China, will address the new dynamics of US-China relations.

"This conference provides a platform for UBS to bring the best of our global resources and connections to our clients in China and international investors," noted Kathryn Shih, President Asia Pacific at UBS and Member of the Group Executive Board.

Topics to be addressed include interest rate liberalization and the internationalization of the RMB, as well as China's strategic relationships with the US and developing Asia. Participants will also hear about investing in internet innovators, the prospects for financial technology in China, the influence of Chinese youth on digital innovation, and the role of data in transforming economics and healthcare.

"The GCC is a showcase for the best-in-class advice and solutions available to our clients. Both its scale and the high calibre of speakers and delegates is a testament to the high regard in which the event is held by both corporate and investment communities," said Eugene Qian, UBS Group China Country Head and President.

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