Suzhou Silk Road Forum 2020

The 14th Five-Year Plan and High-Quality Development of Belt and Road

December 10, 2020 Suzhou, China

Guidance: China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)

Host: Renmin University of China (Suzhou Campus)

Organizers: Silk Road School, Renmin University of China (SRS)

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Date: Thursday December 10th, 2020

Venue: Renmin University of China, Suzhou Campus (No.158 Ren'ai Road, Dushulake High Education District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China)

Agenda

09:00-09:30  Registration

09:30-11:15  Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Li Jiugao, Vice Director of Management Committee, Renmin University of China (Suzhou Campus), Dean of School of International Studies, Dean of Sino-French Institute, Vice Dean of Silk Road School

1.Opening Remarks (09:35 - 09:45)

Speakers (5 minutes per person):

Zhu Xinkai, Vice President of Renmin University of China, Executive Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

Leader of Suzhou Municipal Government

2.Keynote Speeches (09:45 - 10:45)

Moderator: Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RDCY, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

Keynote Speakers (10 minutes per person):

Danilo Türk, Former President of Slovenia, President of the World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (video)

Essam Sharaf, Former Prime Minister of Egypt (video)

Wu Hailong, President of China Public Diplomacy Association

Zhang Yanling, Former Vice President of Bank of China

Yang Xiaochun, Deputy Director of the Center for Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchanges, Ministry of Education

3.Book Giving Ceremony (10:45 - 10:50)

Moderator: Yang Qingqing, Assistant Dean of RDCY, Assistant Dean of Silk Road School

Books and reports presented by Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RDCY, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

Books: “Belt and Road” Encyclopedia,“A New Era of Eurasia: Sino-Russia Think Tank Joint Research on the New Increments of Joint Rejuvenation”, “New Silk Road and New Pattern-Chinese Wisdom for Global Governance Reform”, “Report on People-to-people Connectivity along the Belt and Road”, “Green Finance and the Belt and Road”, “Cost and Benefit Accounting for Belt and Road Green Investment”.

Reports: “Seven Years of the Belt and Road Initiative: Open up a New Phase for High-quality Development”, “Sailing to the South -- Opportunities and Challenges for China and Pacific Island Countries to Build the ‘Belt and Road’", “Digital Belt and Road: Progress, Challenges and Practical Solutions”, “Constructing the Belt and Road Studies:the Theoretical Origins of Global Silk Road School and the Call of the Times”, “Heading for Europe,Going North: Research on Sino-Russian Joint Construction of the Pivot Ports along the ‘Silk Road on Ice’”.

4.Launching Ceremony of Strategic Cooperation of “Belt and Road" International Education University Alliance (10:50 - 11:00)

(1) Announcement of "Joint Initiative of Suzhou Silk Road Forum" (5 minutes)

(2) Group Photo (5 minutes)

11:00  End of Opening Ceremony

Venue: Xiuyuan Building, Room 120, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China

13:30-15:00 Panel 1: The 14th Five-Year Plan promotes high-quality development of the Belt and Road

Moderator: Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RDCY, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

Speakers (each for 10 minutes):

David Q. Pan, Executive Vice Dean, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Zhang Jianping, Director of the Research Center for Regional Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce

Song Luzheng, Researcher of China Institute, Fudan University

Sun Jinxin, Director of the Communications Center, Academy of Contemporary China World Studies

Zhou Shuqin, Director of Institute of Social Development, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences, Deputy Director of Development Research Center of Jiangsu Provincial Government Research Office

Liu Zongyi, Secretary-general of the Research Center for China-South Asia Cooperation at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

15:00-15:15  Tea Break

15:15-16:35  Panel 2: "Belt and Road" Educational Research and Think Tank Development

Moderator: Jiang Xiaoli, Vice Dean of Silk Road School, Vice Dean of School of International Studies, Renmin University of China

Speakers (each for 10 minutes):

Huang Renwei, Executive Vice Dean of Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance

Zhou Xiaojing, Former Director, Institute of Asian-African Studies, Development Research Center of The State Council

Wang Xingping, Professor of School of Architecture, Southeast University; Deputy Dean of the Institute of Socialist Development with Chinese Characteristics, Southeast University

Ma Lirong, Director of Institute of Silk Road Strategy Studies, Shanghai International Studies University

Jia Min, Research Associate, Institute of International Relations and Regional Development, East China Normal University

Li RenYing, Deputy Secretary General, Belt and Road Association for Science and Technology, and Director of Azerbaijan Belt and Road Research Center

16:55-16:50  Conclusion Speech

Fang Weiwei, Party Secretary, Renmin University of China, Suzhou Campus

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