This is a very interesting little press release from Wolters Kluwer. We know that both Lexis & Westlaw have recently launched online products for China… how succesful they are .. is impossible to guage at the moment..
Now it appears that Nancy McKinstry is beginning to develop the right relationships with key people and organisations in China to set up WK to start doing some serious business in the PRC.
We’ve reprinted the press release in full below..and we’d guess this is the first step in a new Wolters Kluwer push for understanding the needs in the Asian market in general and particularly China.
KLI have always been good at specialist legal subject matter in this region . Hopefully they’ll start to bundle up these products digitally to offer a special Asian legal library while at the same time developing new products for China
We’d make one suggestion to start the ball rolling m ore environmental law? products – especially water pollution, air pollution and carbon trading information for lawyers to work with in this region… is there a pan asian database of environmental law treatises, legislation, decisions, texts?
Here’s the press release in full
Wolters Kluwer CEO Nancy McKinstry Present at Exclusive CEO Meeting Organized by Chinese General Administration of Press and Publishing
Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services and publishing company focused on professionals, announced today that Nancy McKinstry, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, will take part in an exclusive CEO meeting organized by the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publishing (GAPP) on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany. Furthermore, in view of celebrating China as guest of honor at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, Wolters Kluwer has collaborated with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts on a special design project, which will be launched at the opening of the Fair on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
At the GAPP meeting, Nancy McKinstry will be among a select group of CEOs within the worldwide information and media industry that have been invited by GAPP to exchange expertise and knowledge about global developments and dynamics in the industry. This meeting is organized by GAPP as part of the ceremony to welcome China as Guest of Honor at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest information industry trade fair. Nancy McKinstry will address Wolters Kluwer’s commitment to continuing to invest in strengthening relations with China and be a key partner to customers in the Chinese tax, accounting, legal, and healthcare markets. Wolters Kluwer has served professional customers in mainland China and Hong Kong for over two decades.
To celebrate China as guest of honor at this year’s Fair, Wolters Kluwer has collaborated with young and upcoming Chinese art students of the Beijing-based Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) on a special design project. The artwork created by the students is incorporated in the design of the Wolters Kluwer’s stand, located in Hall 4.2, P401, which represents the combination of customer partnerships, brand quality, and a deep understanding of cultural richness on a global scale. Part of this project is the publication ‘Create’ that Wolters Kluwer will issue at the opening of the event.
On Wednesday, October 14, Wolters Kluwer will officially open its participation in the Frankfurt Book Fair at 9:00 am on its stand with the launch of the latest, innovative products from Wolters Kluwer China. Throughout the Fair, Wolters Kluwer will demonstrate the latest productivity solutions, tools, and products for professionals in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory markets worldwide from brands such as Adis, Aspen Publishers, Carl Heymanns Verlag, CCH China, Kluwer Law International, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Luchterhand, and Ovid.
