10th Annual China and Globalization Forum

AGENDA

DAY 1 – Saturday 25 May

 

09:00-10:00 Opening

Presenter:

Mabel Lu Miao, Co-founder and Secretary General, CCG; Member, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Beijing Committee

Welcome remarks:

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

James Chau, President, China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF); World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador

Keynote speakers:

JIANG Yaoping, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce; Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

WANG Liyong, Director, China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS)

YU Yunquan, Vice President, China International Communication Group (CICG); President, Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (ACCWS)

Declan Kelleher, Chair of Governing Board, European Policy Center (EPC); Former Irish Ambassador to China and the European Union

10:00-10:15 Networking coffee

10:15-12:15 Opening Roundtable – Rethinking globalization and global governance: Silver linings in the dark clouds

Roundtable Chair:

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Roundtable participants (alphabetic):

Mohamed Amersi, Founder and Chairman of the Amersi Foundation

DougBandow, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute

David Blair, Vice President, CCG; Former Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department, Eisenhower School of National Defense University

James Chau, President, China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF); World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador

CHEN Wenling, Chief Economist, China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE); CCG Academic Council Member

Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI); former Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union

Shafik Gabr, Founder and Chairman, The Shafik Gabr Foundation

James B. Heimowitz, Honorary Chair, China Institute in America

Steve Howard, Secretary General, The Global Foundation

Vuk Jeremić, President, Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD); Former President, the United Nations General Assembly; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia

Declan Kelleher, Chair of Governing Board, European Policy Center (EPC); Former Irish Ambassador to China and the European Union

Khalid Al Khater, Director of Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Danny Quah, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Saroja Sirisena, Former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

SUN Jisheng, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)

Justin Vaïsse, Founder and Director-General, Paris Peace Forum; Former Director of Policy Planning at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Antonio Villafranca, Vice President and Director of Research, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)

WU Shicun, Founder and President, Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance; CCG Academic Council Member

Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Management Board, Institute of Contemporary Development

XU Zhengzhong, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Deputy Dean of Institute for International Strategic Studies, National Academy of Governance (Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party)

12:30-14:00 Networking lunch

14:00-15:45 EU-China think tank exchange (funded by the European Union) Roundtable: EU-China think exchange: EU-China relations: Navigating uncertainty

Opening remarks

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Economist, EPC

Moderator:

Declan Kelleher, Chair of the Governing Board, EPC; former Ambassador of Ireland to China and the European Union

Speakers:

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Economist, EPC

Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, President, IAI; former Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union

Elvire Fabry, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute

Georg Riekeles, Associate Director and Head of Europe’s Political Economy, EPC

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

CHEN Yang, Executive Director of Institute of European Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

MA She, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Director-General of MOFCOM Department of European Affairs; Former Minister Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in France

HAN Bing, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Director-General of MOFCOM Department of European Affairs; Former Economic and Commercial Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Croatia and Poland

LIU Zuokui, Director, Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

16:00-18:00 EU-China think tank exchange (funded by the European Union) Roundtable:Towards the securitization of “everything”:Opportunities and challenges in global governance (close-door, invitation-only)

Moderator:

Ivano di Carlo, Senior Policy Analyst, EPC

Speakers:

Antonio Villafranca, Vice President and Director of Research, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)

Astrid Pepermans, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont

Victor De Decker, Research Fellow, Egmont

Mariella Di Ciommo, Associate Director, ECDPM

Angeline Sanzay, Policy Advisor, E3G

Lin Goethals, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)

SU Hao, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Founding Director of the Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University (SFAU)

Victor Gao, Vice President, CCG

WANG Caixiao, CCG Nonresident Fellow; Associate Professor, Beijing International Studies University

XU Zhaoying, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for European Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

Closing remarks

H.E. Jorge Toledo, Ambassador of European Union to China

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

14:00-15:45 Special Panel – Global talent mobility and governance

Moderator:

John Zhanjie Zhao, Director of External Relations, Director of Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD), CCG

Special remarks:

Mabel Lu Miao, Co-Founder and Secretary-General, CCG; Deputy Director-General and Secretary-General, Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO)

LI Wen, Representative of IOM in China

Oral session:

Jean-Christophe Dumont, Head of the International Migration Division, Direction for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Igor Himelfarb, Chief Methodologist, Multicultural Insights

Report presenters:

Julia Jinlian Zheng, Vice President and Head of Research, CCG

GUO Shize, CCG Council member, Founder and President, Yingzhong Overseas Consulting; Senior Partner, Yingzhong Law Offices, P.C., U.S

Panelists (alphabetic):

David Blair, Chief Economist, Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO)

LIU Guofu, Professor of the School of Law, Beijing Institute of Technology

Mehri Madarshahi, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Former Senior Economist at the United Nations

Hans d’Orville, Former Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning of UNESCO

Shahamak Rezaei, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark

Miranda Wang, CCG Senior Council Member; Managing Director, ETS China

Concluding remarks:

Frank Laczko, Director of IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC)

15:45-16:00 Networking coffee

16:00-17:30Special Panel – Global business districts: Innovation and development

Moderator:

Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow, CCG; Former Managing Director, DXC Technology Greater China

Welcome remarks:

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Special address:

JIANG Yaoping, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce; Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

CHEN Dai, Director, Beijing Central Business District Administration Committee

Panelists (alphabetic):

CHEN Bin, Director, Head of Project & Development Services, North China at Cushman & Wakefield

Mojca Deželak, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Slovenia in China

GUO Yinbo, CCG Senior Council Member; General Manager and Founder of Wuxi Jinyunzhilian Corporation (Xiaomi Eco-system)

Derek Lambe, Economic Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland in China

Kaisheng Liu, Chairman, Franco-Chinese Association for Sustainable Urban Development, France

MU Jingchuan, Project Advisor, United Nations Office of South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

Julia Solodova, Project Development Manager, Paris La Défense

Xiaomeng Wang, Vice Chairman, Chinese Association of Science and Technology, Switzerland

Evelyn Wu, Chief Representative of BBZ Academy (Switzerland) China Office, Deputy Director of Green Investment & Finance Committee, Beijing Green Finance Association (BGFA)

YOU Yang, Director, X Museum

 

 

DAY 2 – Sunday 26 May

 

09:00-10:30 Ambassadors’ Roundtable – Reimagining multilateralism for a multipolar world

Roundtable Chair:

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Roundtable participants (alphabetic):

H.E. Siyabonga C. Cwele, Ambassador of South Africa to China

Victor GAO, Vice President, CCG

H.E. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of Germany to China

H.E. Hannes Hanso, Ambassador of Estonia to China

H.E. MA Jianchun, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Former Chinese Ambassador to Gambia and Director-General of MOFCOM Department of Foreign Affairs

Mabel Lu Miao, Co-founder and Secretary General, CCG; Member, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Beijing Committee

H.E. Grahame Morton, Ambassador of New Zealand to China

H.E. Paulo Jorge Nascimento, Ambassador of Portugal to China

H.E. İsmail Hakkı Musa, Ambassador of Türkiye to China

H.E. Marcelo Suárez Salvia, Ambassador of Argentina to China

SHI Yinhong, Professor, Institute of International Relations, Renmin University of China; Former Counselor to the State Council; CCG Academic Council Member

H.E. Jorge Toledo, Ambassador of European Union to China

09:00-10:30 Special Roundtable – Navigating geopolitical uncertainty: Business strategies for global trade reconfiguration, Ballroom B (close-door, invitation-only)

Roundtable Chair:

Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow, CCG; Former Managing Director, DXC Technology Greater China

Presentation:

Jeongmin Seong, Partner, McKinsey Global Institute

Speakers:

FU Chengyu, CCG Advisor; Former Chairman of SINOPEC

CUI Fan, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Professor at School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

Hong Liu, Associate Vice President, International (Liaison & Coordination) and Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor in Public Policy and Global Affairs at the School of Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Stephen Olson, Senior Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum; Visiting Lecturer and Non-Resident Fellow, Yeutter Institute

ONODERA Osamu, Director-General for Beijing Office and Chief Representative for North East AsiaThe Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Roundtable participants (alphabetic):

Chun Yuan Chiang, CCG Vice Chair; Hong Kong Council, Founder of IHDpay Group

Kenneth Fredriksen, Senior Vice President of Europe Region, Huawei Technologies

MA Enduo, CCG Senior Council Member; Chairman and General Manager, Shenzhen Amos Food Group

TANG Haoxuan, CCG Senior Council Member; Founder and Chairman, FUETA

Angela Wang, Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer of Neusoft Corporation, President of Neusoft Europe

WANG Xinghua, CCG Senior Council Member; Chairman of Chengdu Huawangfu Industrial Group

Gloria Xu, Vice President and Country Manager, Albemarle

ZHANG Hui, Vice President of Europe, Nio

Helen Zheng, Vice President and Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, HP Greater China

10:30-10:45 Networking coffee

10:45-12:15  Sino-US Roundtable – A brighter future? Implications of the bilateral relationship for global cooperation

Roundtable Chair:

James Chau, President, China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF); World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador

Roundtable participants (alphabetic):

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute

David Blair, Former Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department, Eisenhower School of National Defense University

Elvire Fabry, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute

Shafik Gabr, Founder and Chairman, The Shafik Gabr Foundation

James B. Heimowitz, Honorary Chair, China Institute in America

Roberta Lipson, Vice Chair, AmCham China

Danny Quah, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

SHI Yinhong, Professor, Institute of International Relations, Renmin University of China; Former Counselor to the State Council; CCG Adademic Council Member

SUN Jisheng, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)

Heiwai Tang, Associate Dean, Business School, University of Hong Kong

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

WU Shicun, Founder and President, Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance; CCG Academic Council Member

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Economist, EPC

10:45-12:15 Climate Roundtable – Shaping the future: Global governance of climate and nature

Co-Chair:

Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary General, CCG; Member, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Beijing Committee

Steve Howard, Secretary General, The Global Foundation

Special addresses:

H.E. Scott Dewar, Ambassador of Australia to China

Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China

Tamas Hajba, Senior Advisor for China and Head of the OECD Beijing Office

Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Roundtable participants (alphabetic):

Violante di Canossa, Chief Economist, UNDP China

GAO Yong, Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability, Bayer China

Dora Giusti, Chief of Child Protection and acting Deputy Representative of Programmes, UNICEF

Marc Horn, President, Merck China

MA Enduo, CCG Senior Council Member; Chairman and General Manager, Shenzhen Amos Food Group

MA Jun, Chairman of Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking; Founder and President of Institute of Finance and Sustainability

David Morris, Vice Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Business Network for Asia Pacific

Martin Taylor, WHO Representative to China

Justin Vaïsse, Founder and Director-General, Paris Peace Forum

Lola Woetzel, Director, McKinsey Global Institute

James Zeng, International Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

12:15-14:00 Networking lunch

14:00-18:00 Special Forum: China and the Middle East in a multipolar world: Myths and realities

14:00-14:15Opening

Speakers:

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Mohamed Amersi, Founder and Chairman, The Amersi Foundation

14:15-15:30Panel 1: Resolution of the irretractable Israel/Palestine conflict: Perspectives by participants from OIC States and China

Moderator:

Victor GAO, Vice President, CCG

Panelists (alphabetic):

Yousuf Al Bulushi, Assistant Professor of Global & International Studies, University of California, Irvine

H.E. Hussam Al Husseini, Ambassador of Jordan to China

H.E. Fariz Mehdawi, Ambassador of Palestine to China

H.E. Ismail Hakki Musa, Ambassador of Türkiye to China

NIU Xinchun, Director and Associate Research Professor at Institute of Middle East Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

Hiba Qasas, Executive Director, Principles for Peace (P4P) Foundation

Intervention from the floor:

H.E. Assem Mohammed Hanafi, Ambassador of Egypt to China

Flavius, Caba-Maria, President, Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Romania

15:30-16:45Panel 2: A peaceful, prosperous, stable nuclear free Middle East for all: Possible?

Moderator:

Mohamed Amersi, Founder and Chairman, The Amersi Foundation

Panelists (alphabetic):

Zoon Ahmed, Research Fellow, CCG

H.E. Ünal Çeviköz, Former Ambassador of Türkiye to Iraq

H.E. Khalid Fahad Al Khater, Director of Policy & Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Hussein Mousavian, Middle East & Nuclear Policy Specialist, Princeton University

QIN Tian, Deputy Director and Associate Research Professor at Institute of Middle East Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

Kadhem Sajjadpour, Former President of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Iran and Professor of International Relations and Distinguished Senior Fellow at IPIS

Intervention from the floor:

Nasser Hadian Jazy, Professor of Political Science, University of Tehran

16:45-18:00Panel 3: Independence and sovereignty: Outside interference, status, regulation, and role of non-state actors

Moderator:

Mohamed Amersi, Founder and Chairman, The Amersi Foundation

Panelists (alphabetic):

Hassan Ahmadian, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Research, University of Tehran

Yasmeen Al Eryani, Co-Executive Director, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies

HE Wenping, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

H.E. Milia Jabbour, Ambassador of Lebanon to China

Alaa Talabani, Former Member of Parliament Iraq

Zichen Wang, Research Fellow, CCG

Intervention from the floor:

H.E. Mohammed Hasnein Khaddam, Ambassador of Syria to China

Special Guest in Attendance:

HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud

14:00-18:00 Ukraine Roundtable: Prospects and scenarios for peace in Ukraine: Views from Europe and China,  (CLOSE-DOOR)

Opening remarks

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Economist, EPC

I Session

Moderator:

Amanda Paul, Deputy Head of the Europe in the World Programme and Senior Policy Analyst, EPC

Speakers:

Kaspar Pucek, Fellow, Clingendael

Maryna Domushkina, Visiting Fellow, European Centre for Foreign Relations (ECFR)

H.E. Pavlo Riabikin, Ambassador of Ukraine to China

H.E. Maija Manika, Ambassador of Latvia to China

YU Hongjun, CCG Advisor; Former Vice Minister of International Department of CPC

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

WANG Yiwei, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Jean-Monnet Chair Professor and Director of the Center for European Studies, Renmin University of China

SU Hao, CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow; Founding Director of the Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University (SFAU)

II Session

Moderator:

Victor GAO, Vice President, CCG

Speakers:

HE. Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Hennadiy Maksak, Executive Director, Ukrainian Prism

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre (EPC)

H.E. Jakub Kumoch, Ambassador of Poland to China

Kaja Glomm, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Norway in China

ZHAO Xiaozhuo, Former Research Fellow, PLA Academy of Military Science; Former Deputy Director, Beijing Xiangshan Forum Secretariat

Roundtable Participants:

Antonio Villafranca, Vice President and Director of Research, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)

Elvire Fabry, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute

Astrid Pepermans, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont

Bart Dessein, Professor, University of Ghent; Senior Associate Fellow, Egmont

Victor De Decker, Research Fellow, Egmont

Mariella Di Ciommo, Associate Director, ECDPM

Lin Goethals, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)

Angeline Sanzay, Policy Advisor, E3G

Georg Riekeles, Associate Director and Head of Europe’s Political Economy, EPC

Ivano di Carlo, Senior Policy Analyst, EPC

XU Zhaoying, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for European Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

WANG Caixiao, CCG Nonresident Fellow; Associate Professor, Beijing International Studies University; CCG Nonresident Fellow

Zichen Wang, Research Fellow, CCG

Observers:

Zhanna Leshchynska, Depurty Head of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine in China

Bart Vodderie, Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Belgium in China

Martin Mlynarski, Political Counsellor at the EU Delegation

Arend Wulff, Political Counsellor, Embassy of Germany

ZHONG Liangli, Senior Fellow, China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS)

CHEN Ruomeng, Academic Secretary, China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS)

Zoon Ahmed, Research Fellow, CCG

WU Mengqi, Research Fellow, CCG

Veronica Liu, Research Fellow, CCG

Wrap-up/concluding

WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; Former Counselor to China State Council

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Economist, EPC