A few days ago, Dr. Jacob Kam, CEO of MTR, was honored as “Advisor for the Mayor of Beijing”, becoming the first entrepreneur in the field of urban public transport management and operation in the consultant team, and will attend the "The 14th Meeting of International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing"(hereinafter referred to as "Advisory Council for the Mayor") to be held in March 2020.
"Advisory Council for the Mayor" was initiated by the Mayor of Beijing and was founded in 1999. It is an advisory and consulting agency composed of world-renowned entrepreneurs, aiming to provide specialized economic and policy advice for Beijing's economic development. The advisory meeting is held every two years, and the mayor's advisors will provide advice and suggestions on the problems facing the economic and social development of Beijing from their respective fields.
The MTR experience plus Beijing practice contribute to the development of Beijing's transport in the new era
MTR, one of the three shareholders of BJMTR, provides comprehensive rail transit services in nine international cities including Beijing, Hong Kong, Macao, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, London, Stockholm, Sydney and Melbourne across the globe in four countries (China, Britain, Sweden and Australia).It has rich experience of public transport management and operation in international cities, and actively promotes cooperation and resource sharing to create win-win between Beijing and Hong Kong.
Among which, MTR, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd. and Beijing Capital Group Co., Ltd. jointly invested to establish BJMTR, which is the first domestic corporation in the field of rail transit adopting PPP model (PPP is short for Public Private Partnership referring to the partnership between the government and social capital for the provision of public goods or services). In the ten years since the opening of its first line, the four lines operated by BJMTR have served an average of about 2 million passengers per day. Over the past decade, it has provided safe, reliable, comfortable and convenient living services to more than 4.97 billion passengers.
Dr. Jacob Kam has rich experience in the management and operation of mass transit in major cities and has been committed to promoting the healthy development and communication between Beijing and Hong Kong. As the "Advisor for the Mayor of Beijing" he will actively provide advice for the healthy development of Beijing urban transport through more diversified and wider channels, introducing MTR's mature experience in global rail transit field to Beijing, such as "Transport-oriented Development " and " Lean management to improve rail transit operation services ", etc., and effectively help the development of Beijing transport in the new era.
At the same time, BJMTR will further give play to the lean management, customer-oriented service, life cycle management and other advanced concepts accumulated in the past decade, to better serve Beijing citizens and the development of Beijing's transport, and create greater value for Beijing.
About the Meeting of International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing
"Advisory Council for the Mayor" was initiated by the Mayor of Beijing and was founded in 1999. It is an advisory and consulting agency composed of world-renowned entrepreneurs, aiming to provide specialized economic and policy advice for Beijing's economic development. The advisory meeting is held every two years, and the mayor's advisors will provide advice and suggestions on the problems facing the economic and social development of Beijing from their respective fields. The mayor and executive vice mayor of Beijing attend the meeting and interact with the advisors.
The "Advisor for the Mayor of Beijing" is the chairman or president of an internationally renowned enterprise hired by the Mayor of Beijing. Up to now, a total of 34 leaders from global top 500 multinational companies and key institutions have joined the consultant team. The members include Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABB Group, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc., Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi Group, and President, Member of the Board of Panasonic Corporation, etc.