UPworld’s next networking event is a joint event with Oriented.com, a global network of international professionals interested in Asian business and partnerships, with more than 30,000 members worldwide. The event is on Thursday, July 31st.

We are excited to partner with Oriented and provide UPworld members with new networking opportunities to the Asian market. This UPworld-Oriented Happy Hour will be “simultaneously” held in more than ten cities around the world, providing international networking opportunities and global guanxi for all involved!

So RSVP to this event early. It will be $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

Check out our Event World space to sign up:

http://upworld.com/events/networking/UPworld-and-Oriented-Networking-Event

The New York event will be held at the Katra Lounge on the Bowery from 7-9 pm.

If you are at all interested in the Asian market, you can’t miss this event! To pique your interest, here are some interesting facts on the rapid urbanization and rate of development happening in China:

“By 2004, 183 of China’s 661 cities had plans to position themselves as ‘internationalized’ metropolises—modern cosmopolitan cities like New York, Paris, or Tokyo. . . It is now common for cities to seek to meet 20-year planning guidelines in as little as five years.” (Worldwatch.Org. Check out more: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4148 )

“The high and steady economic growth of China’s national economy has continuously fueled the development of cities. Today, about 660 cities accommodate more than 500 million people, which is about 40 percent of China’s 1.29 billion population.” (Unhabitat.Org. Check out more: http://ww2.unhabitat.org/hd/hdv10n1/17.asp )