• Kent Chen, Managing Director and Head of Asia Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
• Gary Hui, Senior VP, Head of Hong Kong Office, Wilshire
• Frankie Fang, Founding Managing Partner, Starquest Capital
• Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia

More Chinese GPs are returning to the market for fundraising this year, but not all such efforts will bear fruits amid LPs’ concerns over a slowing domestic economy, persistent geopolitical & tariff risks, and exit challenges. Following a year in which US dollar fundraising and investment activity dropped to a decade low, the DeepSeek moment seems to have reignited LP interest in the Chinese market. Are global LPs truly coming back to the Chinese market for new capital deployment? If not yet, when? Where does China fit into a global fund portfolio? What does it take for foreign LPs to work with GPs investing under a China mandate these days? Where to find undervalued opportunities in China with great promises amid its economic pivots?