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.

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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)