Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce     

with the
German Chambers of Commerce Abroad 
Deutsche Auslandshandelskammern

Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business

Asien-Pazifik Ausschuss (APA) der deutschen Wirtschaft

German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology           

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und

Technologie (BMWi)

The conference chairs will be Dr Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of APA, and Mr Rainer Brüderle, German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology.

The Asia-Pacific Committee’s main target is voicing the concerns of German business in the region and developing Asia-related strategies regarding business interests. But also fostering cooperation and mutual trade with Asia-Pacific countries is a main issue.

The APA is a joint initiative and umbrella organization of the following business federations:

Federation of German Industries                  

Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)

Association of German Chambers of
Industry and Commerce        
Deutscher Industrie-und Handelskammertag e.V. (DIHK)

German Asia-Pacific Business Association                                     

Ostasiatischer Verein e. V (OAV)

Federation of German Wholesale
and Foreign Trade

Bundesverband des deutschen
Groß- und Außenhandels

Association of German Banks      

Bankenverband