The first International Symposium on Business Cooperation and Development in South-East and South Asia under B&R Initiative will be held in Kunming, China in November 19th—20th, 2016. The symposium will discuss the business, trade, management, and cooperative model in South-east and South Asia regions under the background of ‘the Belt and Road Initiative’ and the establishment of AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank). Besides, a series of academic communication are included in the symposium as well.

The symposium is in the joint cooperation of the International Business School of YUFE (China), The Research Centre of Indian Ocean Region of YUFE (China), Khon Kaen University(Thailand), Rangsit University (Thailand), Claremont Graduate University (USA), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (Australia), The University of Newcastle (Australia), Charles Sturt University (Australia), The University of Greenwich (UK), and Edinburgh Napier University (UK). In this conference, we have received 162 papers and accepted 78 with the acceptance ratio reaching 48.76%. Each paper has been anonymously evaluated by two separate experts, and in the circumstance of the disagreement between the two experts the paper would be sent to the third expert for evaluation. After the authors modifying and revising their papers according to the review comments, the papers would be sent to the experts and they finally decide whether to accept or not.

To offer suggestions and solutions for some potential problems in the business cooperation and development in South-east and South Asia regions, the symposium will invite famous experts from Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, East China University of Science and Technology, as well as government leaders from Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China (MOHURD), government officials, and Business counterparts to be involved in the communication.