Club Notes
Not press releases — first-hand notes I write after each closed-door meeting.
From 9 to 13 September, the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held at Beijing's Shougang Park under the theme “Global Services, Shared Prosperity.”
On the afternoon of 11 September 2026, at Beijing's Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center, the 2026 China Enterprises Going Global Forum convened under the banner “Shared Trust, Shared Prosperity.”
At CIFTIS 2026, global free trade zone service partners made their collective debut at the WTCA pavilion — with remarks by Zhu Xiaolan and Yu Jiru, a Singapore–Chongqing flag ceremony, and two major outcomes. Notes by WTCA Singapore Secretary-General Bruce Dong.
At CIFTIS 2026, WTCA Singapore Secretary-General Bruce Dong hosted a roundtable on global pathways for the life & health industry — with guests from the overseas Chinese federation, Indonesia and Europe channels, and medical-tech front lines.
At CIFTIS 2026, WTCA Singapore Secretary-General Bruce Dong hosted a roundtable on how AI is rewriting Chinese enterprises' go-global decisions, with four guests from tech, finance, industry and overseas fronts.
At the CIFTIS 2026 WTCA pavilion, Chairman Blake Zhang, Chief Representative & CEO Zhu Xiaolan and Secretary-General Bruce Dong met Edgar Braham, CEO of WTC Saltillo, Mexico — from Mexico's duty-free manufacturing corridor to European supply-chain acquisitions, two routes abroad on one table.
At the CIFTIS 2026 WTCA pavilion, WTC Singapore Secretary-General Bruce Dong met colleagues from WTC Nanning and Li Mingxing of the Asia-Pacific World Trade Business Alliance for a candid exchange on how the global network of World Trade Centers can work in concert.
From an on-site visit, how a Chinese tech company's overseas headquarters truly lands — not just a nameplate.
From a CIFTIS 2025 closed-door session to the Southeast Asia session — the hard part isn't "whether to go" but "how to land."
Over two years I brought different entrepreneurs to Coohom three or four times; what moved me wasn't its IPO but a GM who became a familiar face in WTC ONE Club.
A deep closed-door conversation with WTC Saltillo (Mexico)'s Edgar — the most underrated value of a global network is a trusted local connection.
At the inaugural Global Unicorn Summit in Hong Kong, WTCA Singapore Secretary-General & COO Bruce Dong listened as Chairman Blake Zhang shared five keys to cross-border M&A — first-hand notes on capital, governance and global expansion.
Tech leadership answers "is it worth investing"; governance answers "do we dare invest" — two different questions.
At CIFTIS 2026, the WTCA and the China Society for World Trade Organization Studies (CWTO) co-hosted the International Symposium on the Multilateral Trading System and Global Trade Network Development. WTC Singapore records the dialogue, Chairman Blake Zhang's roundtable contribution, and a booth-side conversation with Ma Jianchun.
On inauguration day, more than "finally made it," what ran through my mind was how to turn three business lines from paper into reality.
A conversation with H.E. Dr. Fazeel Najeeb, Maldives Ambassador to China — one question, two answers, and an overlooked cooperation cut between the two countries.