The TNT Theater, which performed Othello in Beijing last year, is bringing Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to China. Provided to China Daily

CONFERENCES & MEETINGS >> IN CHINA

Bio/Pharmaceutical Cold Chain China, Beijing

Is the first and only conference that will bring together Chinese authorities and cold chain specialists from pharmaceutical companies, 3PL providers, packaging solutions and temperature monitoring solution providers to discuss how an unbroken cold chain system can be achieved in China.

Venue: Swissotel Beijing

Date: Feb 28-March 1

Contact: [email protected]

LED China 2011, Guangzhou

LED industry has accomplished a new leap forward in China and abroad and has favorable market prospects. The LED China conference is the first worldwide show specialized in LED applications. It has successfully provided an international one-stop trading platform for LED lighting, LED photoelectricity and LED packaging. The expo has earned the reputation of being "the world's largest LED event" from the fellow colleagues in China and right across the world.

Venue: China Import and Export Pazhou Complex

Date: March 1-4

Contact: [email protected]

International Building Decorations and Building Materials Exhibition, Beijing

Asia's leading trade fair for building decorations and building materials will offer easier access for visitors to meet top quality suppliers all under one roof at the same time. The exposition will not only be the primary channel for overseas enterprises to explore the China market but provide an important platform for Chinese building decorations and building materials manufacturers to meet world leaders in these niche industries.

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Date: March 2-5

Contact: [email protected]

TradeTech China 2011, Shanghai

Brings together key domestic and international senior decision-makers to discuss the significant trading, technological, regulatory and strategic issues in the current market place.

Venue: InterContinental Shanghai Pudong

Date: March 2-3

Contact: [email protected]

China International Billiards Exhibition, Guangzhou

The exhibition will bring together both domestic and foreign billiards suppliers, providing a solid platform for these professionals to realize new onsite purchase. An estimated number of 12,500 visitors will attend the event.

Venue: China Import and Export Pazhou Complex

Date: March 3-5

Contact: [email protected]

Green-Tech Mission to China, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Nantong

China's green-technology market is developing and changing rapidly. The event aims to provide an intensive and cost-effective mission to explore China's leading green-tech area and meet potential business partners.

Date: March 7-11

Ireland Festival Shanghai 2011, Shanghai

A one-of-a-kind opportunity to market Ireland in the most affluent and influential city in China. This event, now in its 5th year, is unique in China and this year will be its largest ever with the busy shopping district of Nanjing Road becoming a corner of Ireland for four days in March.

Venue: Nanjing Road

Date: March 10-13

Plug-in Electric Vehicle Forum, Shanghai

The Chinese car industry is maturing and follows other big manufacturers in their investment on electric mobility. The State supports this move by having set an official goal of 500,000 Chinese plug-in hybrids and electric cars produced by the end of 2011. To facilitate this goal, China launches a nationwide program to install large electric vehicle charging stations. China is on track to lead deployment of this infrastructure in the coming years. This forum will provide a platform to build partnership with Chinese local companies and grasp latest marketing information and technologies.

Venue: Shanghai Pudong Ramada Plaza

Date: March 10-11

Contact: [email protected]

China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition, Beijing

It is recognized as one of the world's four premier oil exhibitions. This high-profile event was featured in a total of nearly 200 central-administrated media, financial media, industrial media and local media. It was, and continues to be, highly valued by the industry professionals for reflecting the industry's future trends.

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Date: March 22-24

CONFERENCES & MEETINGS >> IN EUROPE

2011 Spring Lecture Series:

China Faces the World, Brussels

The Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies launches the lecture series, featuring 10 renowned experts, to contribute to a more qualitative debate about China's rise and its impact on Europe.

Venue: Vrije University

Date: Till May 18

China workshop-Module 1, Brussels

The theme of the first module of this workshop, which is a series of talks focused on China, is the essence of doing business in China. Interactive speeches will be given on topics, such as intercultural cooperation, regional differences in many parts of China, underlying structure of Chinese society and culture.

Venue: Diamant

Date: March 22

Contact: [email protected]

Managing the Security Risks of

Doing Business in China, London

This seminar will look at ways of managing key security risks relevant to doing business in China: bribery and corruption, and cybersecurity. There will be a range of speakers from across government, as well as from British businesses with experience of working in China.

Venue: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Date: March 30

Contact: [email protected]

CULTURE >> IN CHINA

Berlanga Film Season, Beijing

Luis Garca Berlanga is considered one of the most influential Spanish directors of film and stage. His films describe with poignant humor Spanish life from the postwar Franco period to the 21st century.

Venue: Beijing Cervantes Institute

Date: March 2-31

Contact: [email protected]

TNT Theater China Tour, Beijing

TNT theater was founded in 1980 in Britain and

has established as one of the most popular international touring theater companies in the world. Last season alone the company produced seven productions in almost 30 countries worldwide. It has brought Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to China.

Venue: Beijing Nine Theater

Date: March 25 -26

Contact: [email protected]

Westminster Boys' Choir, Beijing

Coming from the UK, the Westminster Boys' Choir enjoys great popularity in its country, and has performed on elite occasions. The choir will sing masterpieces of Anthony Caesar, John Gardner, Chris Hazell, Edmund Jolliffe, Simon McGregor, Giles Swayne and John Woolrich.

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Date: April 5

CULTURE >> IN EUROPE

Imperial Chinese Robes from

the Forbidden City, London

The magnificent robes worn by the emperors

and empresses of the Qing Dynasty will be shown for the first time in Europe. The exhibition will

tell the story of a vanished court life within the

confines of the Forbidden City, through exquisite and intricate clothes for grand state functions as

well as simple, beautiful garments that were worn daily.

Venue: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road

Date: Till Feb 27

Chinese Films Show, Paris

The Chinese Cultural Center in Paris will put Chinese films and documentaries on show for free. The movies include Lin Yutang, Tea Culture, The Foundation of a Republic, The Flying Tigers, Chinese Knots, The Great River, Super Typhoon, and The Ring of Rainbow Flower. Check the official website of Chinese Cultural Center in Paris for detailed information.

Venue: Chinese Cultural Center

Date: Till March

Details: http://www.cccparis.org

The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei, London

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist, curator,

architectural designer, and social commentator.

The work being exhibited this time, Sunflower Seeds, is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed

husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain.

Venue: Tate Modern Museum

Date: Till May 2