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4 EDITORIAL SEP/OCT 2026 FDM ASIA | www.fdmasia.com

Published by:
NEW EASTERN MEDIA CO., LTD
managing director

Kenneth Tan
Marching Forward, editor
kentan@fdmasia.com

Jackie Wong
jackiewong@fdmasia.com
Together assistant editor
Sandy Sun

sandy.sun@fdmasia.com
graphic designer
Lu Ying
designer@fdmasia.com
A s certification requirements become more stringent and protectionism business manager

Ding Yongmei
becomes more rampant, meaningful collaboration is ever more important.
ding@fdmasia.com
marketing assistant
Many challenges lie ahead, but there is no need to navigate them
wasabi.liu@fdmasia.com
alone. Governments around the world continue to step up their efforts in joining Wasabi Liu
operations executive
hands with their counterparts to progress towards a common growth path. Martin
martin@fdmasia.com
At the same time, technology remains at the forefront with the latest
circulation executive
developments in artificial intelligence creating more possibilities for the industry Steven Sheng
circulation@fdmasia.com
to embrace and explore. contributors
Processes can be more efficient, resource utilisation more optimised. These ITTO
Aileen Yeo
will drive competitiveness and raise productivity further. Fang Yiming
Ma Yan
The prolonged tension in the Middle East is likely to have economic Gao Shuang
Chen Junlei
repercussions beyond what we have already seen. Rikuto Nishii
Yuichiro Fujimoto
Elevated fuel and utilities prices will push up the cost of living, forcing Lukas Stopfer
Benjamin Engler
consumers to be more prudent with their spending. Thomas Purfürst
Perhaps we will not see a full resolution, not in the short term at least,
but the world is adapting, and preparing ourselves for a rocky path ahead.

Jackie Wong