Seeking Peace and Promoting Development:

An Online Dialogue of Global Think Tanks of 20 Countries

May 6th , 2022 Beijing, China

At present, the world is in a special stage of "four resonant periods" - regional conflicts, technological upgrading, epidemic stalemate and system reform. The "profound changes unseen in a century" will accelerate during the "four resonant periods". At this important moment, what we need is unity rather than division, dialogue rather than confrontation. All parties should adhere to mutual respect and equal treatment, uphold multilateralism, work together with all peace-loving and development-seeking countries to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, join hands to address challenges, and continue to promote the building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, in an effort to open up a bright and beautiful future for the world. To this end, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY), as a new type of Chinese think tank, will organize the “Seeking Peace and Promoting Development: An Online Dialogue of Global Think Tanks of 20 Countries”, sponsored by China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA) and Renmin University of China, inviting guests at home and abroad to have a discussion together. The agenda is as follows:

Hosts: China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)

Renmin University of China

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

Time: 8-11 p.m., May 6, 2022 (Friday) in Beijing time;

US Eastern Time 8-11 a.m.; British Time 1-4 p.m.

Platform: Zoom video conference, virtual and in-person

Languages: English, Chinese (simultaneous interpretation)

Agenda

(Running order in Chinese time)

20:00-20:10 Opening Remark

Moderator: Hu Zhengyue, Vice President of China Public Diplomacy Association

Opening speaker:

Liu Yuanchun, Vice President of Renmin University of China

20:10-21:00 Keynote Speech and Q&A

Speaker: Le Yucheng, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China

21:00-21:40 Session 1

Moderator: Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Panelists:

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

Sergey Glaziev , Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia

The Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable, Former Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (2010-2015), UK

ONG Tee Keat, Former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives of Parliament, Chairman of Centre for New Inclusive Asia, Malaysia

21:40-22:55 Session 2

Moderator: Yang Qingqing, Deputy Dean of RDCY

Panelists:

Martin Jacques, Former Senior Fellow of Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University

Yuan Peng, President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

Yury Tavrovsky, Head of the “Russian Dream and Chinese Dream” Research Center of the Izborsk Club; Head of the Expert Council of the Russian-Chinese Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development

Zhang Weiwei, Director of the China Institute of Fudan University

Zamir Awan, Deputy Director of Center for China Studies, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)

Mohammed Saqib, Secretary General, India China Economic and Cultural Council (ICEC)

Zhu Feng, Executive Dean of School of International Studies, Nanjing University

Rovshan Muradov, Founding Secretary-General of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Azerbaijan

Li Yongquan, Director of Eurasian Institute, Development Research Center of the State Council

Fernando Reyes Matta, Former Ambassador to China and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies on China, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Li Ziguo, Director and Research Fellow of the Department for European-Central Asian Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

John Kirton, Co-Director of G20 Research Group and BRICS Research Group at University of Toronto

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

Peter Koenig, Former Senior Economist of the World Bank

Mostafa Mohammadi, Adjunct Professor and Researcher of Strategic Management in Shahid Beheshti University of Iran

Ligia Maura Costa, Professor at Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP)

22:55-23:00 Conclusion

Hu Zhengyue, Vice President of China Public Diplomacy Association

Observers:

Tamas Hajba, Senior Advisor for China, Head of the Beijing Office, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Rita Pawestri Setyanignsih, Research Fellow, Research Center for Area Studies, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia

Natee Taweesrifuengfung, President of Siam Intelligence Unit, Thailand

Rosario Santa Gadea, Director, Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies of Universidad del Pacífico, Peru

Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, France

Hisham El-Zimaity, Secretary General of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Egypt

Jaya Josie, Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), South Africa

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