The first MIT Sloan Asia Business Conference was held here on Nov. 6, economic experts and business leaders attended the meeting to give their insight about business developments and opportunities in Asia. Yuan Chen, Chairman of China Development Bank, gave an opening speech on the role of development finance in China' s economic development. He said china had been playing an important role in leading the world' s economy from recession to recovery after the recent financial crisis by implementing effective projects through financial way. John Wang, Chief Market Officer of HTC, gave his opinion on how to create a global brand from an enterprise' s perspective, he emphasized the culture of customer centered and innovation made it possible for an Asian brand to become world famous. Also, David Steel, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics, said in his speech that Asia had more business opportunities now than western world, the large consuming market, especially from some emerging markets, made business in Asia active and promising. The MIT Sloan Asia Business Conference is held every year. The theme of this year' s conference is 'industry, insights and innovations for the next decade' . 