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Belt and Road Initiative an 'experimental field' for China-Japan cooperation

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By Zhang Xinyue

2017-06-06 20:10 GMT+8

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The Belt and Road Initiative can be the "experimental field" for mutually beneficial cooperation and development between China and Japan, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Tuesday at a regular press conference.

Hua said China has been working with countries along the Belt and Road in building a just, reasonable and transparent international trade and investment rules-based system. Based on such principles, China has been cooperating with many countries and implementing comprehensive projects in multiple fields.

Hua also noted that the Belt and Road Initiative is an open and inclusive development platform, which is beneficial to the world, including Japan. 

"We welcome Japan to negotiate with China to cooperate with us over the Belt and Road Initiative. We also hope that Japan can truly implement the will of improving bilateral relations," Hua said. 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a forum in Tokyo on Monday that Japan is willing to cooperate with China on the Belt and Road Initiative on certain conditions. 

Abe praised the initiative’s “potential to connect the East and West as well as the diverse regions found in between.” It's the second time Abe has declared his position on the cross-continental infrastructure scheme. 

During last month's Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Abe said Japan would join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank if environmental concerns and other problems were resolved. 

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TIME	EVENTS	VENUE	FILE
08:00-18:00	Registration	In front of the Main Gate (Outside, 3F, ICC jeju)
09:00-10:30	Governors Seminar I: Sustainable Infrastructure (Open to all)	Yeongju (1F)
10:00-11:30	Seminar I: The Era of 4th Industrial Revolution and Infrastructure (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
10:45-12:00	India Seminar: Indian Policy, Progress and Prospect in Infrastructure Development (Open to all)	Samda Hall (3F)
10:45-12:00	Bank Strategy Briefing (Open to all)	Yeongju (1F)
12:00-13:00	Lunch for Governors (By Invitation Only)	Ocean view Room (5F)
12:00-13:00	Working Lunch: Presentations on Jeju's Carbon-Free Initiative and Korea's Green Energy Policy (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
14:00-15:00	Opening Ceremony (Open to all, Media and Live Broadcast)	Tamna Hall A (5F)
15:15-16:15	Governors Business Session: Review and Approve Resolution, Other Issues (Members and Observers only)	Tamna Hall B (5F)
15:15-17:00	Country Investment Forum: Several Developing Member Countries Present their Infrastructure Development Plans (Projects), Infrastructure Investment Environment and Institutional Framework (PPP, Procurement, etc.) (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
15:30-16:30	Presentation on Smart City (Open to all)	Samda Hall (3F)
16:30-18:00	Bank Seminar I: Improved Global Governance (Open to all)	Samda Hall (3F)
16:30-18:30	Sustainable Energy for Asia (Open to all)	Yeongju (1F)
17:00-18:30	AIIB Investment Program and policies and procedures (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
19:00-21:00	Host Country Dinner (By invitation only, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, Cultural Performance)	Lotte Hotel
19:00-20:30	Press Reception (Media only)	Hotel Shilla
Full Day	Infrastructure Exhibition	Lobby (3F)

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TIME	EVENTS	VENUE	FILE
08:00-18:00	Registration	In front of the Main Gate (Outside, 3F, ICCjeju)
09:00-11:00	Governors’ Roundtable and Second Business Session: Roundtable Discussion on Financing Asia’s Infrastructure Priorities (Members, Observers, Speakers and IAP only)	Tamna Hall B (5F)
09:30-10:30	Seminar II: Bridging the Gap in Infrastructure Financing : Role of Banks and Public Funds (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
10:45-11:45	Seminar III: Challenges and Breakthroughs in Promoting New and Renewable Energy Infrastructure in Asia (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
11:00-12:30	Governors Seminar II: Financing Infrastructure in Asia (Open to all)	Yeongju (1F)
12:30-14:00	Lunch for Governors (By Invitation Only)	Ocean view Room (5F)
12:00-13:30	Working Lunch: Presentations on Korea's Technology and Capacities in Infrastructure Development (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
12:30-14:00	Business Leaders' Luncheon (By invitation only)	Booyoung Hotel
14:00-15:30	Seminar IV: Partnership in Promoting Infrastructure Investment in Asia (Open to all)	Halla Hall (3F)
15:30-17:00	Bank Seminar II: Building Public Trust in Infrastructure Investments (Open to all)	Samda Hall (3F)
16:00-17:00	President’s Press Conference (Media only)	Halla Hall (3F)
17:30-18:30	Dialogue with Management: Transparency and Social Responsibility (NGOs and CSOs only)	Halla Hall (3F)
19:00-21:00	Jeju Night (By invitation only, Dinner hosted by Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Cultural Performance)	Yeomiji Botanical Garden
09:00-18:00	One-on-one Business Meetings	Booyoung Hotel
Full Day	Infrastructure Exhibition	Lobby (3F)

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What You Need To Know About Softbank’s $100 Billion Vision Fund

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Frank Gruber

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May 25, 2017

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Earlier this week, the funding world changed forever as the world’s largest private equity fund, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, announced it has raised over $93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

The fund is backed by SoftBank and Saudi Arabia’s Public uInvestment Fund (PIF), the new fund’s investors include Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment, which has committed $15 billion, Apple, Qualcomm, Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology and Japan’s Sharp Corp.

“The next stage of the Information Revolution is under way, and building the businesses that will make this possible will require unprecedented large-scale, long-term investment,” the SoftBank Vision Fund said in a statement.

The fund is targeting a total of $100 billion USD of committed capital, with a final close within six months. And committing to a minimum of $100 million deal checks, the focus will be on both minority and majority deals with companies that are either private or public.

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This is a unicorn fund if we’ve ever seen one, and the largest of its kind ever to deploy capital. Unfortunately, this fund will not be for everyone; it’s for companies doing big things with a lot of traction.

That said, to give you a sense of Softbank’s track record, some of their past recent investments in previous funds include WeWork, UberConference, Banjo, Housing.com, Didi (China’s Uber Competitor), and Sprint. So you might conclude similar types of companies being targeted for this new fund but with a twist towards, VR, AI and robotics.

Read about what’s happening at WeWork

Softbank’s funding will act as a unicorn builder for growing companies – let me share a few examples of this in action. When SoftBank invested $300M into WeWork, it increased their valuation from $2 billion to about $18 billion. Earlier this month SoftBank led a $502 million investment in a virtual reality startup, Improbable Worlds. This turned a $100M company into a unicorn overnight. Not to mention, last week SoftBank invested $1.4 billion into Paytm, India’s largest digital-payments startup. Again, this plumped Paytm’s value to $7 billion – further illustrating why this fund will be able to take a company looking to scale, add their capital and create what one would call a unicorn.