Addressing global supply chain concerns at BFA: Oliver Wyman partner

STORY: Addressing global supply chain concerns at BFA: Oliver Wyman partner DATELINE: March 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Partner at Oliver Wyman 2. various of BFA conference venue STORYLINE: The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will hold its annual conference from Tuesday to Friday in Boao, a coastal town in China's island province of Hainan. Ben Simpfendorfer, a partner at consultancy Oliver Wyman, noted that industrial and supply chains are among the most focused issues in the current global economy, and the company will discuss how the international community should strengthen coordination and jointly maintain supply chain stability. SOUNDBITE (English): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Partner at Oliver Wyman "The global supply chain is of particular concern. Companies are looking to build resiliency in the face of deglobalization, geopolitics, (and) energy shocks. So the opportunity to be able to talk about the impact of these sh

GLOBALink | China's economy shows resiliency despite global challenges: economists

STORY: China's economy shows resiliency despite global challenges: economists DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SINAN ALCIN, Turkish economics and management consultant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JINBIN, Deputy dean of School of Economics, Renmin University of China 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO LIYAN, Researcher with Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI DAOKUI, Head of Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking at Tsinghua University STORYLINE: China's economic growth in the first quarter of this year exceeds the expectations and will be a great support for the global economy, economists have said. According to data from China's National Bureau of Statistics, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.8 percent year on year in the first quarter, marking a steady start in 2022 in the face of global challenges and a resurgence of COVID