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Dear colleague,

When the Olympic Games open in Beijing in the summer of 2008, the eyes of the world will be on China, and on every company operating there.

The future of China is, in many respects, the future of the world. If China’s path in economic growth, energy and climate change, and social responsibility is sustainable, then the world’s is sustainable. If it is not, the world’s is not. You and I will choose.

With that in mind, it is the honor of the Conference Council of Future 500 to invite you to participate in the 2006 Future 500 International Forum and Stakeholder Roundtable, on October 23-25, 2006 in Beijing, China.

The Future 500 International Forum is an opportunity for global companies and their stakeholders to look forward together, in a positive setting, and find practical common ground paths that avoid conflict and foster collaborative solutions, between now and the 2008 Olympics.

The Forum will be different from any prior discussion in China. It will bring together global corporate executives, government leaders, environmental advocates, Chinese entrepreneurs, workplace proponents, respected scholars, and provincial citizen leaders, to face square-on China’s challenges and opportunities. We will begin together to chart a common path to the future. Rarely have these stakeholders convened together in China for such an open and substantive discussion.

Experienced corporate professionals and China veterans provided key recommendations to help us design the Forum to create unique value for participants. Based on their input, the Forum will be decidedly different from other China conferences. For example:

The forum will be HIGHLY INTERACTIVE. Rather than just great keynote speeches, we will also emphasize great discussions, in an interactive format unusual in China, with roundtables, world cafes, and dynamic panels, to help participants meet more people and gain more knowledge.

We will hear from KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND NEW FACES. Executives requested that we look beyond “the same old faces,” and include the stakeholders most often overlooked in other conferences: government officials, Chinese entrepreneurs, factory owners, government NGOs, mid-sized MNCs, Chinese non-profits, and scientists. These influential stakeholders will both contribute new ideas and gain from the interaction.

The 2008 OLYMPICS will focus our discussions. The 2008 Olympics, as well as the 2007 Special Olympics also in China, can be powerful unifying events. We will harness them as both a timeline and a catalyst for action, to advance China harmoniously on a path to sustainability.

CHINESE BUSINESS OWNERS will discuss their commitment to CSR. Meet Chinese business owners and entrepreneurs who are committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and hear about their challenges, successes, failures, and opportunities, competing in a marketplace where CSR cheating is called “rampant.”

PRACTICAL TOOLS will help build performance and reputation. Audits are just a start. We will discuss and provide opportunities to use the practical tools and systems that Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Sinopec and others are using to help drive sustainability through their partners and supply chains. We will explore tool sets that companies can use, to build better stakeholder performance and relationships, and protect their brands from conflict in the years ahead.

ROUNDTABLES will be held with select companies and influential stakeholders, a special opportunity to discuss, in a positive private roundtable, how companies and stakeholders can engage productively together, to help China advance harmoniously and sustainably.

The Future 500 China brings together “Fortune 500” corporations and their stakeholders, in positive settings to achieve together what they cannot do separately.

The purpose of Future 500 China is to enable companies to create wealth through innovation, not consumption; promote productivity through technology, not exploitation; and foster corporate-stakeholder collaboration, not conflict. To assess their success, Future 500 China companies engage with their stakeholders, set goals, and measure their performance not just by financial return, but against 21 global standards that span the economic, social, and environmental “triple bottom line.”

These processes are vital to China and the world. China is the testing ground for a new model of sustainable development, different from that of America or Europe. To succeed, it must leapfrog the most consumptive aspects of 20^th century industrialism, and set a new benchmark for other developing economies.

The forum will familiarize enterprises with new ways to create value for the 21^st century, engage stakeholders in roundtable discussions of global corporate citizenship, and help enable companies to meet government and marketplace demands for science-based, technology-favorable, human-friendly, and environmentally sustainable development.

We will be honored to have you join us for the Future 500 International Forum and Stakeholder Roundtable.

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee of the Future 500 conference

Chairman of Conference

Tachi Kiuchi (Chairman, The Future 500 global)

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