CCG Hold Event to Welocme Ambassador Ischinger of MSC
April 12 , 2024
On April 12, 2024, a delegation from Germany led by Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Foundation, visited the headquarters of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) in Beijing. Before the breakfast roundtable hosted by CCG, they exchanged views with Amb. SHI Mingde, former Chinese Ambassador to Germany. Later, they met with representatives from invited think tanks and German MNCs, discussing an extensive range of topics such as opportunities and challenges in Sino-German bilateral business cooperation and China-Europe relations.German Chancellor Scholz will lead a high-level business delegation on an official visit to China from April 14th to 16th and despite escalating geopolitical tensions, it is expected that Chancellor Scholz’s visit will lay the foundation for expanding future Sino-German trade and investment relations.
It was against this backdrop that CCG hosted this roundtable dialogue. Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, CCG Co-founder and Secretary General and Munich Young Leader 2020, extended a warm welcome to Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger and the members of the German delegation.
Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States
Amb. SHI Mingde, former Chinese Ambassador to Germany
Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States, and Amb. SHI Mingde, former Chinese Ambassador to Germany, delivered speeches on a range of topics, including the current status and future prospects of Sino-German and China-Europe relations, as well as opportunities and challenges to cooperation.
Victor Gao, CCG Vice President, WANG Yiwei, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow, Jean-Monnet Chair Professor and Director of the Center for European Studies of Renmin University of China, JIN Ling, Director of the Department for European Studies, China Institutes of International Studies (CIIS), also shared their views on current hot topics concerning China-Europe relations.
As China’s leading non-governmental think tank, CCG has maintained continuous exchanges with individuals from various sectors in Germany for many years. On February 17, 2024, CCG convened a side event within the 60th Munich Security Conference. On November 16, 2023, CCG President Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang was invited to take part in a panel discussion titled “Interdependencies in the global economy of the Congress – Strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific: reducing dependencies, expanding trade, implementing the China strategy” by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, which was preceded by a Welcome & Introduction by Friedrich Merz, Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, a speech by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and a conversation between von der Leyen and Jens Spahn MP, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. On November 18, 2023, Henry Huiyao Wang and CCG Secretary-General Miao Lu visited the Korber Foundation in Germany. On April 17, 2024, CCG President Dr. Wang Huiyao will be in Berlin speaking at The Berlin Moot hosted by the Berghof Foundation.
Participants attending this meeting included:
Stefan Bernhart, Director of Corporate and Joint Venture Affairs, Volkswagen China; Vice Chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
Johann Fuhrmann, Head of the China Office, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Canan Gündüz, First Secretary, German Embassy in Beijing
GUO Jing, Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jens Hildebrandt, Delegate & Chief Representative at Delegation of German Industry & Commerce Beijing (AHK); Executive Director German Chamber North China
Matthias Kraemer, Head of the External Economic Policy Department at BDI
LI Shengxin, Department of German Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
LI Ye, CCG Senior Council Member; Vice President, Head of Corporate Affairs and Government Relations, Merck China
Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow, CCG
SHEN Tong, Head of Public Affairs and Government Relations, BDI Beijing
SUN Mingxi, Director (Counselor), Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
David Zeng, Director of Corporate Affairs, Merck China
Dr. Ann Tang, Deputy Secretary-General, CCG
ZHANG Wei, Deputy Secretary-General, CCG
Zichen WANG, Research Fellow and Int’l Comms Director, CCG
Roger Mengqi WU, Research Fellow, CCG
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