The UNCTAD's second World Investment Forum (WIF) is to be held on 6-9 September, 2010 in Xiamen, China. The Forum is being organized in connection with the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), to take place in Xiamen on 8-11 September.

The special program of the Forum  the Ministerial Roundtable on "Revisiting investment policies" is to take place on 7 September.

The Roundtable will involve Ministers dealing with investment and heads of international organizations. It will focus on today's challenges of ensuring coherence in investment policymaking, both nationally and internationally. It will provide for a high-level exchange of visions, strategies and practical experiences in maximizing FDI-included development outcomes through appropriate balancing between investment liberalization and regulation, and ensuring policy coherence.

For more information, please visit UNCTAD's website: www.unctad-worldinvestmentforum.org

Contacts in the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China:

Zhang Hui, Tel: 010-85226598, Email: zhanghui@fdi.gov.cn

Sun Rui, Tel: 010-85226234, Emai: sunrui@fdi.gov.cn

Fax: 010-85226527