October 23-24: World think tankers gather in Beijing
CCG's 8th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum 2023 will explore the shifting dynamics of world order, followed by a joint seminar with the Europe Policy Center (EPC) on EU-China relationships.
2023 China Think Tank Innovation Forum
Oct.23-24,2023
Organized by:
Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
Supported by:
Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (ACCWS)
China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF)
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
In partnership with:
China-West Dialogue (CWD)
International relations in the past three years have experienced unprecedented upheaval. The bilateral and triangular relationships between China, the United States, and the European Union are situated at the epicenter of the global maelstrom. With zero-covid behind, Beijing has resumed person-to-person high-level engagement. Since this spring, a stream of high-level visits from European leaders has taken place to drive bilateral cooperation and global efforts for a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine. The US-China relationship also witnessed a thaw in the recent months. These developments raise important questions about the unfolding of de-risking strategies, the future of Ukraine, and the trajectory of global governance in 2024.
In this context, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) will hold a series of activities, and invite prominent think tank leaders, policy experts, executives and practitioners around the world gathering in person to not only formulate policy solutions to pressing global challenges but generate forward-thinking visions for a better future.
On the 23rd of October 2023 in Beijing, China, the 8th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum 2023 is scheduled to take place. The annual China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum was jointly initiated by CCG and the University of Pennsylvania‘s Think Tank and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) in 2016. CCG and TTCSP had co-hosted seven editions of this signature annual think tank conference by now. At the two-day conference in Beijing, leading think tank experts from the United States, Europe, and other continents and regions will discuss trends, share perspectives, and hear about inspiring new proposals that can be placed high on the global agenda.
On the 24rd of October 2023 in Beijing, China, CCG and the Europe Policy Center (EPC) will hold a joint seminar focusing on EU-China relations in 2024 and EU-China cooperation in global governance. Participants from China and the EU will share their opinions on global economic governance and EU-China business relations. This event is part of the EU & China Think-Tank Exchanges Project, conducted in partnership with CCG. The project aims to strengthen and stimulate open and frank conversation between think tanks and research institutes across China and the EU, and promote mutual understanding and joint actions in relevant policy areas.
Agenda
DAY 1 – Monday 23 October
08:30-09:00 Registration/networking
09:00-10:00 Opening plenary
Organizers’ welcome
WANG Huiyao, Founder and President, CCG; former Counselor to China State Council
YANG Wanming, President, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
Special remarks
JIANG Jianguo, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, Deputy Director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, and Executive Vice President of China Society for Human Rights Studies
GAO Anming, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, China International Communications Group (CICG)
10:00-10:15 Group-photo/coffee break/networking
10:15-12:15 Think Tank Leaders’ Roundtable “The Global order at a crossroads: ways forward”
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
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute
Colin Bradford, Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution; Co-Lead, the China-West Dialogue
CHEN Wenling, Chief Economist, China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE)
H.E. Dr. Khalid Al Khater, Director of Policy Planning Department at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar
James Laurenceson, Director, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
Bruno Liebhaberg, Director General, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Jeff Nankivell, President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Joseph Nye, University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Gladden J. Pappin, President, Institute of Hungarian International Affairs
Michael Pillsbury, Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Danny Quah, Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at NUS Lee Kuan Yew School
RONG Ying, Vice President of China Institutes for International Studies (CIIS)
SHI Yinhong, Chairman of Academic Committee of the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China
Erik Solheim, Vice Chairman, Europe-Asia Center; former Under-Secretary-General of United Nations
SUN Jisheng, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)
WANG Yong, Professor and Director of Center for American Studies, Peking University
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre (EPC)
13:30-14:00 Joint Report Launch “Strengthen Asia-Pacific Cooperation, Participate in Indo-Pacific Cooperation: China’s Opportunities and Challenges” by The Asia Pacific Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Social Sciences and The Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Presenter:
QUAN Yi, Director of the Asia Pacific Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Social Sciences; CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow
ZHENG Jinlian, Senior Fellow, Vice President and Head of Research, CCG
13:30-15:00 China-West Dialogue Roundtable I “Reframing US-China Bipolar Dynamics by Pluralizing into China-West Relations”
Roundtable Co-Chair:
Colin Bradford, Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution; Co-Lead, the China-West Dialogue
WANG Huiyao, President, CCG; former Counselor to the State Council
Roundtable participants (alphabetic)
Erik Balsbaugh, Senior Vice President, New Ground Strategies
CUI Fan, Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
Matt Ferchen, Senior Research Scholar and Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University Law School
George S. Geh, Chief Executive Officer, China Institute in America
HE Weiwen, CCG Senior Fellow; former Commercial Counsellor at Chinese Embassy in New York and San Francisco
JIANG Shan, CCG Senior Fellow; former Director-General of MOFCOM Department of American and Oceanic Affairs
LI Chen, Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China
LÜ Xiang, CCG Senior Fellow; Specialist in American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Director, Research Department, Hong Kong China Academic Research Institute
REN Xiao, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University; Director, Centre for Chinese Diplomatic Studies
SU Hao, Founding Director of Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University
Heiwai Tang, Associate Dean, Business School of Hong Kong University
Emanuel Yi Pastreich, Director, The Asia Institute
WANG Lili, Deputy Dean of National Institute of Development and Strategy, Remin University of China
XU Zhengzhong, Deputy Dean of Institute for International Strategic Studies, National Academy of Governance
ZHU Feng, Executive Dean of School of International Studies, Nanjing University
15:00-15:15 Group-photo/coffee break/networking
15:15-16:30 China-West Dialogue Roundtable II “International Norms and Global Engagement Platforms”
Roundtable Co-Chair:
WANG Huiyao, President, CCG; former Counselor to the State Council
Colin Bradford, Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution; Co-Lead, the China-West Dialogue
Roundtable participants (alphabetic):
Martin Albrow, Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales' and 'Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences' (FAcSS)
CHEN Yang, Executive Director of Institute of European Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
DAI Ruijun, Director of the Department of International Human Right Law at Institute of International law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Julia Ganter, Programme Director International Affairs; Editor-in-Chief, The Berlin Pulse, Körber-Stiftung
Christian Kastrop, Professor for Public Finance at the Free University Berlin; former German State Secretary
LI Huailiang, Director, Institute for a Community with a Shared Future, Communication University of China (CUC)
Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary General, CCG
Agnes Michalik, Managing Director, The Global Solutions Initiative
Francoise Nicolas, Director of Center for Asian and Indopacific Studies, French Institute of International Relations (ifri)
PAN Jiaofeng, President of Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD)
Tim Summers, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; former Chatham House Consultant Fellow
TU Xinquan, Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
WANG Yiwei, Jean Monnet Chair Professor and Director of International Affairs, Renmin University of China
YU Hongjun, CCG Advisor; former Vice Minister, CPC International Department
ZHANG Wei, Co-Director, Professor of Law at Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law
ZHU Xufeng, Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Embassy observers (alphabetic)
Mark Andreadis, Attaché, US Department of Defense
Thomas Burn, Counselor, British Embassy
Dashiell Caldwell, Minister, Counsellor (Economy), British Embassy
Frederic Courtois, First Secretary of Political Sector, Belgium Embassy
H.E. Mohamed Abdulla Al-Dehaimi, Ambassador of Qatar to China
Fife Kurt Dennis, Air Attaché, US Embassy
Marian Gordzielik, Political Department, German Embassy
Canan Guumlnduumlz, Foreign and Security Policy Office, German Embassy
Byung Oh Kim, Political Officer, Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Peter Kiraly, Deputy Head of Mission, Hungarian Embassy
Lee Wei Cheng, Counsellor, Singapore Embassy
Theresa Merkens, Political Department, German Embassy
Khalid Jabor Al-Mesallam, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the State of Qatar
Reza Pirpiran, Counsellor, Iranian Embassy
Catalin Sirop, Second Secretary, Romanian Embassy
Jonathan To, First Secretary, US Embassy
Alvin Wong, First Secretary, Singapore Embassy
Tom Wong, Political Officer, US Embassy
Volodymyr Yatsiv, First Secretary, Ukrainian Embassy
JIANG Yang, Chinese Secretary, British Embassy
CCG participants/representatives (alphabetic)
Zoon Ahmed, Research Fellow
CAI Jing, Director of Operations
Joshua Dominick, Editor
GAO Yunxue, Director of External Relations
HE Hangyu, Assistant Research Fellow
HOU Shaoli, Director of Enterprise Studies
JIA Yuxuan, Research Associate
LI Qing, Director of Talent Research
Mike Liu, Vice President, Senior Fellow
Veronica Liu, Research Fellow
LUO Yan, Associate Director of Communications
Ann Tang, Deputy Secretary General
Zichen Wang, Research Fellow, Int’l Comms Director
WU Mengqi, Research Fellow
YU Weiwei, Director of Global Governance and Think Tank Studies
John Zhao, GYLD Program Director
ZHENG Jinlian, Vice President, Head of Research
Media Attendees:
People's Daily
Xinhua News Agency
China Global Television Network
China Daily
Global Times
Huanqiu.com
China Central Television
China News Service
china.org.cn
Phoenix TV
Ifeng.com
China Report
Beijing Review
China Social Sciences Today
Journal of World Education
Caijing Magazine
Caixin.com
Beijing Daily
Qianxian Magazine Agency
Beijing News
JIEMIAN
Hubei TV
Red Star News
South China Morning Post
Baidu
Bloomberg
Reuters
Associated Press (AP)
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
NBC News
The Guardian
Deutsche Welle (DW)
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)
Christian Science Monitor
The Globe and Mail
Het Financieele Dagblad
Die Presse
Das Erste
DAY 2 – Tuesday 24 October
EU & China Think Tank Exchanges
Co-organized by:
European Policy Center (EPC)
Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
In partnership with:
Egmont - The Royal Institute for International Relations
China Institutes of International Studies (CIIS)
09:30-10:00 Networking coffee/tea
10:00-10:15 Opening remarks
Amb. Jorge Toledo Albiñana, EU Ambassador to China
Amb. WU Hailong, President, China Public Diplomacy Association; former Chinese Ambassador to the EU
10:15-12:30 Session I: A look ahead: EU-China relations in 2024
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre (EPC)
Janka Oertel, Director of Asia Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Francoise Nicolas, Director of Center for Asian and Indopacific Studies, French Institute of International Relations (ifri)
CUI Hongjian, Professor at the Academy of Regional and Global Governance, Beijing Foreign Studies University
SUN Yongfu, CCG Senor Fellow; former Director-General of MOFCOM Department of European Affairs
DAI Changzheng, Dean of School of International Relations, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
XIE Tao, Dean of School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Ricardo Borges de Castro, Associate Director and Head of the Europe in the World Programme, European Policy Centre (Moderator)
12:30-14:00 Networking lunch
14:00-16:30 Session II EU-China cooperation in global governance (Close-door, by invitation only)
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Head of Asia Research Programme, Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA)
Shada Islam, Senior Adviser, European Policy Center
Bart Dessein, Senior Advisor, Egmont Institute
Amanda Paul, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary General, CCG
JING Ling, Director, Department for European Studies, China Institutes of International Studies (CIIS)
WANG Yiwei, Jean Monnet Chair Professor and Director of International Affairs, Renmin University of China
GU Xuewu, Director of Center for Global Studies at the University of Bonn
Ivano di Carlo, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Center (Moderator)
16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks from the think tank partners
WANG Huiyao, President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); former Counselor to the State Council
Bart Dessein, Senior Advisor, Egmont Institute
JING Ling, Director, Department for European Studies, China Institutes of International Studies (CIIS)
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre (EPC)
