Some Recent Foreign Guests at CCG (March 13 - April 12)

Wolfgang Ischinger, Matthias Machning, Michael McFaul, Kurt Tong, Pavlo Ryabikin, Burak Akçapar, İsmail Hakkı Musa, Graham Allison, Fergus Cummings, Katja Ahlfors, and UK government officials.

Below are some of the recent foreign guests at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) in Beijing. The list of attendees for each event below may not be complete.

April 12, 2024

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; Founder and Honorary Chairman, Agora Strategy Group; former Chairman, Munich Security Conference (2008-2022); former German Ambassador to the United States

Randolf Carr, Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference

Benjamin Thake, Senior Consultant, Agora Strategy Group

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger was received by Mingde SHI, former Chinese ambassador to Germany, and Mabel Lu Miao, co-founder and secretary-general of CCG

Also in attendance

Victor Gao, Vice President, CCG

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

JIN Ling, Director of the Department for European Studies, China Institutes of International Studies (CIIS)

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

April 8, 2024

A delegation from the Economic Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) headed by Matthias Machning, Vice-President of the Economic Forum; former State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (2014-2018)

April 4, 2024

Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini, professor of International Studies, Department of Political Science; Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

McFaul was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014).

March 23, 2024

Ambassador Kurt Tong, Managing Partner and member of the Executive Committee at The Asia Group; former Consul General and Chief of U.S. Mission in Hong Kong and Macau; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs at the State Department (2014-2016)

Han Shen Lin, Capstone Director, MSQF; Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance, NYU Shanghai

George Chen, Managing Director for Hong Kong and Taiwan at The Asia Group

March 22, 2024

Pavlo Ryabikin, Ukrainian Ambassador to China; Zhanna Leshchynsk, Counsellor; Kyrylo Zaitsev, Second Secretary

March 22, 2024

Burak Akçapar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye

Dr. İsmail Hakkı Musa, Turkish Ambassador to China

Oya Yazar, Deputy Director General of the Asia Coordination Directorate General

Ferhat Alkan, Chief Advisor of the Deputy Minister

Sinan Ertay, Head of Department of the Deputy Directorate General of East Asia

Cemile Elvan Hacıefendioğlu, Chief of Staff of the Deputy Minister

Gözde Öztürk Bican, Counsellor of the Embassy

Hayrullah Çınar, Third Secretary of the Embassy

March 22, 2024

Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Founding Dean, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Assistant Secretary of Defense, U.S. Defense Department

March 21, 2024

Dr. Fergus Cumming, Deputy Chief Economist at FCDO, UK

Robert Gillespie, First Secretary, Head of Economics and Analysis, British Embassy in Beijing

March 20, 2024

Katja Ahlfors, Director, Centre for Peace Mediation, MFA Finland;

Dr. Olli Ruohomäki, Senior Advisor, Centre for Peace Mediation; MFA Finland;

Minister Soile Kauranen, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland

Anna Savolainen, Political Counsellor, Embassy of Finland

March 13, 2024

Two diplomats from the British Embassy in China and 21 British government officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Cabinet Office, Department of Work and Pension, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Department for Science, Innovation, and Techology, Department for Business and Trade visited CCG.

Andrew Haughie, South East Asia Team Leader, FCDO

Charlotte Baker, Multilateral engagement advisor, FCDO,

Henna Chauhan, Senior Desk Officer, Indo-Pacific regional Issues, FCDO

Mel Summers, Deputy Team Leader, Parliamentary issues relating to China, FCDO

James Schmidt, Secondary Secretary, British High Commission Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, , FCDO,

Alex Billing, Inward investment policy officer, FCDO

Luke Bola, China Department - External issues officer, FCDO

Michael Kitching, China Economist, FCDO

Isabel Stokes, Crisis Management and Preparedness Officer, FCDO

Megan Tyson, International Justice Policy Officer, FCDO

Sara Ali, Sanctions policy officer, FCDO

Jordan May, China Department Assistant, FCDO

Josh Dobson, China Department Assistant, FCDO

Francesca Beckett, Support Officer, China Department, FCDO

Colin Colas, Senior advisor on strategic issues, Cabinet Office

Joseph Livesey, Treasury Department

Charlie Freeland, Energy Policy Officer, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)

Bethan Howells, Defence Policy Advisor, Home Office

Katie Jackson, Bilateral defence issues officer, Ministry of Defence

Ethan Silver, Head of Scientific Engagement Strategy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Juhi Javed, Bilateral trade & investment advisor, Department for Business and Trade

Chris Butland, Head of North China Outreach, British Embassy in Beijing

Rob Gillespie, First Secretary, Head of Economics and Analysis, British Embassy in Beijing