Global economy has quickly worsened since the sub-prime mortgage crisis broke over one year ago. The financial tsunami that started from Wall Street gradually found its way from the local to the global, from the industrialized countries to the emerging economies and developing nations, from financial sector to the real economy. The crisis was so wide, deep and strong that it went far beyond our expectation. Despite the bailout plans released by US, EU and Japan, major economies take on different levels of recession, and global capital and money markets and system are bogged down. To get out of the economic crisis, however, what we need is investment as opposed to restricted cash flow.

China, a country still in midst of strategic opportunities after over 30 years' reform and opening up has decidedly launched a series of policies for domestic demand expansion and structure adjustment against the worsening financial crisis. Having experienced bulb growth and returned rationally, China has become a magnet for an increasing number of LPs. Given the current generally low expectation for Return on Investment, however, will China become a shelter for LPs? How to understand and evaluate the current situation of China's LP market? How will China's policies, laws and regulations impact the development of LP as a determinant factor? Whether the strategic investment opportunities for LP investment have emerged in China? What is the road ahead for the future investment trends of Social Security Funds and insurance funds? What potential opportunities will it present as China launches its GEM? How enterprises, GP and LP leverage the changing relationships at the middle and post stages of the financial crisis and find out the investment values behind the ice-cold data? Open the new channel for capital accumulation…

To intensify communication between Chinese and international LPs, and facilitate a discussion on the sustainability of capital market with top international investors managing assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars and limited partners, Zero2IPO Group will host a small closed-door summit – China Limited Partners Summit 2009, exclusive to Limited Partners and General Partners in China and abroad. This Summit will help foster better understanding and cooperation between the international and Chinese capital, and contribute to the healthy and robust development of venture capital and private equity investment in China.