The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable Panel on: "China, ASEAN and the New Silk Road - Global Financial Perspectives", were scheduled on January 20, 2015 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Co-organized with Asian Financial Forum (AFF), this panel aims at gathering top speakers from financial and related industries to share their views about the financial challenges and opportunities to China, ASEAN and the world. It is a platform to exchange market intelligence and explore new business opportunities across Asia.

"China, ASEAN and the New Silk Road - Global Financial Perspective"

China has initiated several strategic initiatives to boost investments and economy in Asia such as the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", the "One Belt, One Road" and the "Silk Road Fund". These initiatives will reconnect strategic natural and economic resources and markets across Asia and Europe. In the meantime, the ASEAN Economy Community (AEC) will lift regional barriers for trade and investment among its member countries in 2015, which will create a 600 million population common market. With these improved connectivity and massive flows of capital, people and developments, what are the implications for the Chinese, ASEAN and the global economies? How would these initiatives reshape global economic gravity? What are the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong and the Greater Pearl River Delta?