China’s New Development Paradigm and High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation

——Silk Road Think Tank Association International Webinar

Agenda

December 14, 2020

Sponsor:Silk Road Think Tank Association

Organizers:China Center for Contemporary World Studies, International Department of CPC Central Committee

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

15:30-16:30 Opening

Moderator: Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of International Department of CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), Co-Chairman of SRTA Council

1. Speech by Song Tao, Minister of IDCPC (10 min)

2. Keynote Speeches (8 min/speaker)

(1) Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute

(2) Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Council Member of SRTA International Advisory Board

(3) Essam Sharaf, former Prime Minister of Egypt, Council Member of SRTA International Advisory Board

(4) Mizengo Pinda, former Prime Minister of Tanzania, Council Member of SRTA International Advisory Board

(5) Bhokin Bhalakula, former President of Congress of Thailand, Council Member of SRTA International Advisory Board

(6) Ong Tee Keat, former Deputy Speaker of Parliament and former Transport Minister, Malaysia

16:30-16:50 Break

16:50-19:40 Panel Discussion (6 min/speaker)

16:50-18:10 Panel I: China’s New Development Paradigm and New Opportunities of Win-Win Global Cooperation

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

12 Speakers (4 Chinese speakers, 8 foreign speakers)

Li Xiangyang, President of National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Yury Tavrovsky, Head of the “Russian Dream and Chinese Dream” Research Center of the Izborsk Club, Moscow, Russia

Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Former China Country Director of GIZ, Co-Dean of Sino-German Young Professional Campus, Co-Chair of T20 Taskforce, Germany

Yang Faxi, Director of International Department of the journal “Qiushi”

Maringio Francesco, President of Italy Association for the Promotion of New Silk Road

Anton Varfolomeev，Head of Research Center on New Challenges and Threats, Diplomatic Academy of MFA of Russia

Sha Yongzhong, Vice President of Lanzhou University, Director of Research Center for the Belt and Road, Lanzhou University

Milos Balaban, Chairman of Prague Security Conference, Czech Republic

Bolat Ussenov，Scholar at China Studies Center, Kazakhstan

He Weiwen, former Commercial Councilor at China’s Consulate Generals in San Francisco and New York

Natee Taweesrifuengfung, President of Siam Intelligence Unit, Thailand

Rita Pawestri Setyaningsih, Researcher at Research Center for Area Studies - Indonesian Institute of Sciences (P2W-LIPI)

18:10-18:20 Break

18:20-19:40 Panel II: Promoting High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation and Building an Open Global Economy

Moderator: Wang Liyong, Deputy Director of CCCWS

12 Speakers (4 Chinese speakers, 8 foreign speakers)

Liao Qun, Chief Economist of China CITIC Bank International

John Ross, former Director of Economic and Business Policy for the Mayor of London

Peter Koenig, former Senior Economist at World Bank

Zhu Cuiping, Director of Research Center of Indian Ocean Region, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics

Tzili Eduardo，Professor of the Department of Politics and Culture of Metropolitan Autonomous University

Gani Yoroms，Professor of Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)

Tu Yonghong, Deputy Director of International Monetary Institute, Renmin University of China

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

Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies of Armenia

Zhao Xijun, Co-president of Capital Market Research Institute, Renmin University of China

Anne Mungai，Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive of Africa Policy Institute, Kenya

U Khin Maung Soe, Advisor to the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies

19:40  Closing

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