Wednesday, 13 April 2011

RICS appoints The Scott Partnership as media representative in China

April 8, 2011 Beijing – RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) today announced the appointment of The Scott Partnership as its media and communications partner in China from April 1st.  This appointment aims to solidify the organization’s commitment, and to build recognition in China as the mark of property professionalism.

RICS is a global organization with over 140 years of representing professionals involving in land, valuation, real estate, construction and environmental issues. The organization has grown quickly in China in recent years and has established offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, with more than 1,200 individual professional members in China.

The Scott Partnership, a global communications agency with offices in the UK, US and China, has rich experience in serving NGOs. The agency will leverage on its extensive network to develop media and stakeholder relationships on behalf of RICS, manage high profile communication campaigns, provide market intelligence and support RICS events management across China.

“We selected The Scott Partnership because of their solid track record, dynamic management team, and their ability to assist RICS in communicating our level of professionalism in China.  We look forward to seeing a high level of recognition from our stakeholders in China via a wide range of communication activities we will be organizing with the help from Scott Partnership.” said Roy Ying, Head of Communications, RICS Asia.

“I am delighted to be working with RICS, as this is already our third NGO client we have won this year. We are also very excited to be RICS’ communications partner, and to be a part of their success in China,” said Jacky Cheng, Managing Director, The Scott Partnership China.

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About RICS & RICS Asia
RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is the mark of property professionalism worldwide. It covers all aspects of property, construction and associated environmental issues. RICS has over 100,000 members globally and represents, regulates and promotes the work of property professionals throughout 146 countries.

The RICS Asia supports a network of over 11,000 individual professionals across the Asia region with an objective to help develop the property and construction markets in these countries, by introducing professional standards, best practice and international experience. It promotes RICS and its members as the natural advisors on all property matters. It also ensures that services and career development opportunities are provided to members. The RICS Asia region covers national associations and local groups locating in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The People’s Republic of China and the SAR Hong Kong. It also has members working across the region such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos PDR, Macao, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, The Maldives, The Philippines, Timor East and Vietnam.

Till now, there are 4 offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, and Guangzhou. More than one thousand professionals have become RICS members in China. For more information, please visit: www.ricschina.org.    

Media enquiry, please contact:
    
Joyce Zhu
RICS China
+86 10 6581 4082 ext 205
Daisy Shao
The Scott Partnership
+86 21 5820 4800 ext 8009

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