Founded and organized by Laure de Carayon, China Connect is the largest gathering of experts on Chinese consumer trends, marketing, digital and mobile in Europe. This unique event is reaching out to an audience of top-level European marketing & digital decision makers from luxury, cosmetics, fashion, retail, FMCG, Food&Beverages, automotive, services, communication, media and the international press focusing on the Chinese market.
Why you should come?
Meet the most influential digital players and innovative brands from China, and access the highest-level insights to engage and sell to China’s increasingly savvy and discerning consumers.
- Develop your expertise on China’s unique and ever-changing digital scene
- Connect with the most sought-after marketers in China
- Explore new business opportunities with leading Chinese digital/mobile and marketing/communication/media players
Get fresh focus, strategic insights and learnings, strong sharing and connections. Be inspired. Make your brand win in China’s “once in a lifetime growth decade”
Who should come?
- Ceo’s, Managing Directors, CMO’s
- Heads of Marketing
- Heads of E-Business
- Heads of Communication
- Heads of Strategic Planning
- Heads of (New) Media
- Global Consumer Brands (Luxury, Fashion, Cosmetics, FMCG , Automotive, Services…)
- Media, Advertising, Digital and Mobile Agencies
- Retailers and E-tailers
- Digital, Mobile Service Providers
- Content Producers (TV, Music, Games)
- Internet Portals,
- Social Networks,
- Innovation and Research Organizations
2017 Quotes
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“It’s always a pleasure to come back to China Connect every year, by far the best place to meet the players that matter in the Chinese Digital landscape !”
Thomas LAROIA, Head of Digital – L’Oreal Travel Retail Worldwide
“China Connect was very insightful in terms of keynotes and workshops, as well as a great place to network and find possible partners/service providers. Looking forward to next year’s edition!”
Patricia SUN, Director of Marketing, Communication & Operations – Infalt
“My teams and I attended a few exciting conferences and established useful connections”
Jean MONNIER, Co-Founder – Monnier Frères
“China Connect is an attractive and useful venue to learn more about Chinese business and digital strategy. Congratulations!”
Roxane HAGEGE, Business Developer – China Telecom (Europe) Ltd.
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2016 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″]“China connect is definitely the bridge you need to cross over if you want to do business in China today ” Yifang XIONG, Co-founder Ehang
“ChinaConnect is a very successful venue helping the Western world to better understand Chinese business and to tap into the fast growing economy of China.” Zhengrong TANG, CTO Tuniu
“China Connect provides a platform to understand the complexities and opportunities like no other professional event and it truly connects with experienced experts” Eric MIKA, Senior Vice President LeEco
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2015 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″]”Uprising middle class Chinese consumers have strong demands on trustable, value for money goods, especially French imported ones. China Connect paves the way to boost the business connections of two great nations” – Chris GUO, VP YIHAODIAN
“China Connect today was a great event with many interesting people sharing valuable content. Chapeau!” –
Oded ISRAELI, VP Marketing , VISUALEAD
Jean Noël KAPFERER, Co-Author of “The Luxury Strategy” ( Luxe Oblige )
“It was truly a great and productive experience!”
Sam PICCIONE III, Senior VP, AEG Global Partnerships, Europe & China
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2014 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″]My best compliments for your very interesting and unique event about digital strategy in China.
I’m very impressed to the high quality of the content, the speakers, and of course your great enthusiasm!
Daniele FABRIZIO, Digital Communications, BULGARI
“Thank you Laure for organizing such a conference, it really gives from Paris a great overview of the key challenges businesses face in China. Not only on the digital but in real life as this can no longer be disconnected, it goes beyond China as China is really at our doorstep. Are we in France really ready ? Those 2 days really help to understand more…”
Mathieu SABBAGH, International Director, PERNOD
“A must-have in any diary for top level strategic discussions in regards to e- and m-commerce success in China”
Gautam RISHI, Director EMEA, CDNetworks
“China Connect delivered beyond my expectations. Regardless of your industry, if China means something to your business, it is one of those events you cannot miss”
Branislav PERIC, Global Digital & CRM Director, Travel Retail & Global Shopper – L’OREAL LUXE
“Congratulations for your organisation and the quality of the event”
Bertrand LENOTRE, Editor in Chief, www.digitalbusinessnews.com
“Great program in general, and great for me. Very professionnal, very well organized. Good speakers! I learned a lot on possibilities to connect with our chinese consumers, in a much more efficient way than through traditionnal advertizing. Will be usefull for the future!”
Xavier CRUSE, President APAC, BONGRAIN INTERNATIONAL
“We are very proud that our company Datawords was this year’s main sponsor and first speaker at this year’s China Connect. This wonderful event gathers top-level executives from all over the world to discuss and dissect emerging trends in digital and marketing in China. It allowed us to connect and meet up with people from all walks of life and gather valuable insight on how best to approach the Chinese market. We highly recommend China Connect to anyone that has a vested interest in these fields and we hope to see you there next year!”
Alexandre CRAZOVER, Managing Director, DATAWORDS
“I was truly impressed by the great conference content and senior-level executives that China Connect gathered in Paris. I’ve never before seen so many China internet industry leaders gathered in one place at one time in Europe. And the friendly community feel of the event made it a great place to see old friends and meet new business partners.”
Porter ERISMAN, Former VP Alibaba Group, Director-Producer of CROCODILE IN THE YANGTZE
“Congratulations to Laure & the whole team. It was the second edition for us; the quality & diversity of speakers, and beyond content, catering, everything was great. China Connect succeeds to move faster than China!”
Arnaud MASSONIE, Cofounder, Managing Director 55 (Fifty-Five)
“China Connect was a truly remarkable event. You should be justly proud of what you achieved. Jack Ma’s story told by Porter Erisman was just an amazing experience. Thanks again. Happy to hear soon about China Connect 2015!”
Hervé FAUVIN, Managing Director eCommera
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2013 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″]”China Connect’s Baidu Masterclass was a fabulous event that was of tremendous value for Baidu—and, we hope, for all the brands, the agencies, and the media outlets in attendance. It was great to have the time to really show potential customers and partners the full range of solutions that Baidu offers, and to better understand the needs of our French and other European customers. The charming and endlessly energetic Laure brought together a terrific group of people from all the right stakeholders. And the venues she chose for the events were absolutely wonderful!”
Kaiser KUO, International Communications Director BAIDU
“I particularly appreciated the quality of Baidu participants, and the level of details of their presentations. It was useful to prepare our brand launch in China, and to identify partners able to help not to make mistakes, directly impacting development deadlines or the relevancy of communication channels”
Christophe PERETTE, Brand Web Manager B’TWIN
“Some really interesting speakers, lots of insight into the Chinese digital marketing scene and so many fascinating people in attendance. Thanks – Laure & China Connect – for making it happen!”
Richard AMIS, International Director ACTIVIS
“China Connect was pretty awesome.Thank you for making it happen”
– Barbara HOUDAYER, Global e-Marketing Coordinator CHOPARD
“I really congratulate the organisers for the quality of the presentations”
Laurent MALAVEILLE, Global Head Digital, CRM & E-Commerce CLARINS GROUP
“Congratulations for China Connect; it was top! I found the talks richer than 2 years ago”
– Laurence LIM-DALLY, CEO CHERRY BLOSSOMS
“It’s amazing that I’ve learned a lot from the speakers in such a far away place from China!”
– Angie AU-YEUNG, National E-commerce Manager LEE JEANS – VF CHINA
“This is a great event. The exposure of Meilishuo in China Connect is beyond our expectation”
– Dan XU / VP MEILISHUO
“Congratulations on a successful China Connect !”
– Simon TAM, Head of Wine CHRISTIE’S CHINA
“I was fulfilled by the speakers and the richness of the learnings. Thank you and bravo for the organisation !”
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2012 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″] “Thank you again so much for such a wonderful event. I really enjoyed it and came back home inspired and satisfied. I really look forward to China Connect 2013!
– Lila KOUFLAKOU, Worldwide Digital Asset Producer BOTTEGA VENETA
“Thanks a lot for this conference we found interesting. We’ve established contacts that will certainly be useful for our forthcoming developments in China”
– Jean-Christophe DEMARTA Vice President – Advertising NEW YORK TIMES GLOBAL
“Thanks for your great organization. Congratulations again!”
– Mindy SUN, Account Director Eastern China, SINA WEIBO
“I appreciated a lot the mixity of the audience and the speakers, and think you managed to create a very good synergy in between all of us”
– Hélène SAURAIS, E-commerce Senior Manager ADIDAS
“Thanks for those 2 intense immersion days on Chinese e-commerce”
– Véronique DROUET, Online advertising – Media buying AIR FRANCE
“Thanks again for the organization, I really learnt a lot, and it’s always stimulating to be with people interested in the same problematics”
– Ariane SARTON, Product manager International Marketing LANCASTER
“Again congratulations for Chinaconnect organization. The lectures were of very good level”
– Philippe MEYER, Senior media project manager RICHEMONT
“Thank you again for having me present Tmall at your wonderful event”
– Janet WANG, Business Development TMALL
“Thanks for this exciting day! I’ve taken loads of contacts and found the lectures very relevant. Congratulations!”
– Nadine COTTET, Global Consumer Insight Leader, NEWEL RUBBERMAID EMEA (Parker/ Waterman)[/su_quote]
2011 Quotes
[su_quote color=”#f2f2f2″] « The event was well attended and for a first-time event on China, marketing and digital, the content presented over the 2 days was comprehensive, to say the least. »
– Jeff KWEK, Head of Branding, TENCENT
« It was both an honor and pleasure to meet and participate with you and others at this first China Connect conference. I really took away a lot from the presentations and meeting interesting people »
– David LIU, CEO JIEPANG
« For the first time ever CHINA CONNECT offered the great opportunity to meet with real experts of China: from online to offline strategies, from luxury to mass market fields, this conference has been both very enriching and inspiring… Enriching because it provided with some significant inputs regarding the Chinese culture, society and business but also how little things can make a big difference! Inspiring because it endlessly raises new challenges and ideas on how to innovate, communicate and move closer to China… »
– Cécile TINCHANT, Social Media and Multimedia Manager, JAEGER-LECOULTRE
« Excellent topics and speakers, and great participation from the attendees. A must-attend event for global companies who want to succeed in China »
– Linda TAN, Consumer Insights Director ZENITHOPTIMEDIA
« Can’t wait until next year ! »
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