#73 🌏 SMEICC 2025 | 共享未来：重塑商业格局
A Shared Future: Business Reimagined
English version available right after the Chinese article.
9月3日，新加坡中华总商会 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI）召开了 SMEICC 2025，再一次汇聚了本地及区域企业领袖，共同探讨 全球新秩序下的东南亚机遇与挑战。
🎤 开幕致辞亮点 Opening Highlights
会长 高泉庆 Kho Choon Keng 表示：
- 高泉庆全球国际秩序正经历巨变，预计到 2034年东南亚将成为全球第四大经济体。
- SMEICC 已成长为 最重要的双语商业平台，帮助企业捕捉新机会、推动创新与扩展合作。
- “共享未来”正体现新加坡与政府合作，推动企业发展，开拓本地与海外市场的精神。
- 在新加坡政府与金融伙伴（如 UOB、Maybank）的支持下，中华总商会将继续为会员提供融资、海外拓展及市场准入的能力建设。
总理 黄循财 Prime Minister Lawrence Wong 强调：为了促进东南亚增长，必须实现 跨境无缝的合作、运营与交易。
📊 商业调查结果 Business Survey Insights
企业前景 Outlook
- 24% 乐观 Optimistic
- 36% 中性 Neutral
- 75% 受访者预计今年盈利 Expect profits in 2025
三大主要挑战 Top 3 Concerns
1️⃣ 营业成本上升 Rising costs（65%）
2️⃣ 合适人力不足 Manpower shortage（44.7%）
3️⃣ 转型与新增长模式探索 Transformation needs（27%）
转型阻力 Transformation Barriers
- 缺乏内部专业与资源 Lack of expertise & resources（40.9%）
- 员工内部抗拒 Internal resistance（36.7%）
- 对结果不确定 Uncertainty of outcomes（34.6%）
🌐 区域与全球应对 Regional & Global Response
应对美中关税 Responses to US Tariffs
- 多元化市场 Diversifying markets（33.6%）
- 替代供应链 Alternative suppliers（27.4%）
- 延迟投资 Delaying investments（25.2%）
东南亚为何成为焦点 Why Southeast Asia?
- 市场潜力 Market potential（61.4%）
- 采购与供应链 Materials sourcing（29.3%）
- 风险管理 Risk management & resilience（25.2%）
热门市场 Top Overseas Markets:
1️⃣ 马来西亚 Malaysia
2️⃣ 中国 China
3️⃣ 印尼 Indonesia
4️⃣ 越南 Vietnam
5️⃣ 泰国 Thailand
🗣 维文医生, 外交部长致辞 Speech by Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
- 祖辈在动荡年代离开中国，落地新加坡安身立命。
- 新加坡60年前无法依靠保护主义，而是以 创新与韧性 在全球竞争中存活。
- 东盟年轻人口庞大，深化一体化可比肩欧盟。
- 区域与海外新机遇：新马柔边特区（SEZ：新加坡–柔佛）民丹岛， 巴淡岛； 南亚（印度）、中东、非洲
- 企业案例：
- Richport 半导体工艺优化
- Global Airfreight 疫情跨境物流
- Marco Polo Marine 风电船舶
- GetGo 共享出行
🔥 炉边对话 Fireside Chat: Southeast Asia Outlook
- 马来西亚 Malaysia：EV、电商、医疗旅游、农技
- 菲律宾 Philippines：法律环境稳定性以吸引投资
- 新加坡 Singapore：新能源与医疗，但关注政治与汇率风险
- 泰国 Thailand：呼吁区域团结，打造旅游与制造枢纽
- 文莱 Brunei：石油以外走向渔业、农业与科技
- 印尼 Indonesia：矿产、农产、基因农业与数据中心，物流待改善
💡 企业与领导力分享 Business & Leadership Insights
- 伍文豪（Jonathan Ng）, 霸王茶姬 CHAGEE：茶文化 + 现代工艺，健康茶饮。
- 何玉龙（He Yulong）, 申昊科技 Shenhao Tech：巡检机器人 + 大数据平台，坚持“韧性与感恩”。
- 朱復銓，（Zhu Fuquan）, 桦汉科技 Innoconn：10年销售额突破40亿美元，博彩设备制造龙头。
- 陈德隆， 华侨银行 OCBC ：房地产与建筑业对区域增长关键，领导力应具备“仁者远行，自强不息”。
✅ 总结 Conclusion
纵观全球局势，东南亚正站在转折点。 中华总商会不仅见证了新加坡的腾飞，更在每一次挑战中携手企业走向未来。
🌱 在这片充满潜力的市场，唯有 创新 Innovation、合作 Collaboration、韧性 Resilience，才能化挑战为机遇。 让我们继续 共享未来，共创辉煌 | Shared Future, Shared Success。
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🌏 SMEICC 2025 | A Shared Future: Business Reimagined
On September 3, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) convened SMEICC 2025, once again bringing together business leaders from Singapore and the region to explore the opportunities and challenges for Southeast Asia in a shifting global order.
🎤 Opening Highlights
President Kho Choon Keng remarked:
- The global order is undergoing profound changes, and by 2034, Southeast Asia is projected to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.
- SMEICC has grown into the foremost bilingual platform for businesses to seize new opportunities, foster innovation, and scale collaboration.
- The theme “A Shared Future” reflects Singapore’s approach of partnering with government to drive enterprise development locally and internationally.
- With support from government agencies and financial partners such as UOB and Maybank, SCCCI continues to provide members with financing, overseas expansion, and market access support.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong emphasized the importance of seamless cross-border collaboration, operations, and transactions to spur growth across Southeast Asia.
📊 SCCCI Annual Business Survey 2025
Business Outlook
- 24% Optimistic
- 36% Neutral
- 75% expect to turn a profit this year
Top 3 Business Concerns
1️⃣ Rising operating costs (65%)
2️⃣ Shortage of suitable manpower (44.7%)
3️⃣ Transformation and pivoting to growth areas (27%)
Transformation Challenges
- Lack of internal expertise and resources (40.9%)
- Internal resistance from staff (36.7%)
- Uncertainty about transformation outcomes (34.6%)
🌐 Regional & Global Responses
Responses to US Tariffs
- Market diversification (33.6%)
- Alternative suppliers (27.4%)
- Investment delays (25.2%)
Why Southeast Asia?
- Vast market potential (61.4%)
- Goods and materials sourcing (29.3%)
- Managing risks and building resilience (25.2%)
Top overseas markets of interest:
1️⃣ Malaysia
2️⃣ China
3️⃣ Indonesia
4️⃣ Vietnam
5️⃣ Thailand
🗣 Address by Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
- He reflected on his great-grandparents leaving China during tumultuous times to build a future in Singapore, noting that today we are again entering uncertain global times.
- 60 years ago, Singapore could not rely on protectionism but had to survive through innovation, ingenuity, and determination.
- ASEAN’s young and growing middle class presents great promise, with deeper integration potentially rivaling the EU.
- Emerging opportunities:
- Notable SME cases:
- Richport improving semiconductor cleaning processes
- Global Airfreight International transporting COVID test kits during the pandemic
- Marco Polo Marine deploying vessels for offshore wind energy
- GetGo Technologies capturing demand for shared mobility
🔥 Fireside Chat: Perspectives from ASEAN Business Leaders
- Malaysia: Focus on EVs, AI, medical tourism, and agri-tech.
- Philippines: Calls for greater legal certainty to strengthen investor confidence.
- Singapore: Opportunities in renewable energy and healthcare, but watch for political and currency risks.
- Thailand: Urges ASEAN unity amid global uncertainty, positioning the region as a hub for tourism and manufacturing.
- Brunei: Transitioning from oil and gas to fisheries, agriculture, and technology; cultural understanding is essential for doing business.
- Indonesia: Strong in minerals, coffee, cocoa, palm oil, and expanding into data centers and genome agriculture, though logistics costs remain a challenge.
💡 Business & Leadership Insights
- Jonathan Ng CHAGEE: Combining tea culture with modern techniques to create healthy beverages.
- He Yulong, Shenhao Technology: Developing inspection robots across power and transport sectors, built on resilience and gratitude.
- Zhu Fuquan, Innoconn : Surpassed USD 4 billion sales in under a decade; a leader in entertainment and gaming equipment manufacturing.
- OCBC Deputy CEO Teck Long Tan : Stressed that real estate and construction remain vital for regional growth, adding that leadership must embody the spirit of “resilience and vision.”
✅ Conclusion
Amid shifting global dynamics, Southeast Asia stands at a pivotal juncture. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry has not only witnessed Singapore’s rise but has also walked alongside businesses through every challenge.
🌱 In this land of opportunity, only Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience will turn challenges into success. Together, we will continue to build a Shared Future, Shared Success.
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