The annual symposium was jointly sponsored by Forum on International Competitiveness of Chinese Enterprises, Sina, Linkshop, Xcmlm.com, BTV program “People of Financial Wisdom”, Chain-Store and Franchise magazine, China Trade News, the Association of China Economic Press, and Alliance of New Media Industry. Since 2004, the Forum on International Competitiveness of Chinese Enterprises has been held for four consecutive years and gained support from state leaders and senior officials of departments and commissions concerned. The forum has taken the lead in the country in issuing the Evaluation System on Innovation Capacity and Competitive Power of Chinese Enterprises, providing scientific, authoritative and comprehensive evaluation indicators, making it a high-end platform for cooperation and communication for Chinese enterprises. The major topics for the symposium this year was how Chinese chain stores can continue to display the advantages of innovative business pattern to set an example for Chinese chain industry under the shadow of the global financial tremor.

Starting from December 2008, the annual symposium will theme on “China Exemplary Chain-Store Brands”, to select a number of excellent chain store brands and outstanding figures through public votes and professional appraisal. Despite a short history of merely more than one year, Shanghai HV Love Ltd. has entered the limelight of the industry by its fast growth of some 20 stores. It outstood and became one of the candidate brands. Besides, HV Love GM Kang Binghua was appointed as a guest professor of the Business and Financial College of Franchise Operation. With unanimous recommendations of the judging panel, HV Love finally won the title of “China Exemplary Chain-Store Brands with the Top Investment Value of 2008”.

??????Kang Binghua, GM of HV Love, was awarded “Top 10 Figures of China Exemplary Chain-Store Brands 2008”, for his excellent performance in management. Before joining HV Love, Kang served as Mall GM of Wal-Mart, the biggest retail of the globe, and as senior consultant in PwC Consulting and IBM GBS, with rich experiences in retail management. Under his leadership, HV Love has become a hard-working, responsible, fashionable and professional team, ready to carve out greater progress in 2009. As Kang put on the Summit