Swiss Ambassador Jean-Jacques de Dardel will deliver a Speech at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) on September 21. In April 2016, Switzerland and China established their “Innovative Strategic Partnership”, the first of its kind. In the discourse, he will analyze how this pioneering spirit of the bilateral relations can be transformed into an asset for the “Belt and Road Initiative”.

Agenda

Time:  Thursday, September 21, 2017, 14:00-16:00

Venue:  Room 602, 6th Floor, Wenhua Building, No. 59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing

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

Dr. Jean-Jacques de Dardel is Switzerland’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Mongolia and the DPRK, leading his country’s largest Embassy in the world and overseeing the activities of four Consulates General and two Cooperation Offices. Before his current assignment to Beijing, he served as Ambassador to the French Republic, the Principality of Monaco, UNESCO and the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) between 2011-2014. From 2007-2011, Dr. de Dardel served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of the Swiss Mission to NATO. He was the Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Central Asia, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) from 2004-2007. Between 2000-2004, he founded and directed the Center for International Security Policy at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and was Head of the Euro-Atlantic Security Section. During his first tour of duty in Paris between 1996-2000, he served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, then as Ambassador and Personal Representative of the Swiss President to the Permanent Council of the Francophonie (CPF). Dr. de Dardel’s 35-year career in the Swiss Diplomatic Service has also included postings to Canberra (Deputy Chief of Mission), Washington (Political and Media Counselor) and Vienna (Attaché). Earlier in his career, he was the Swiss President’s foreign policy speechwriter. Prior to joining the FDFA, he served the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as Secretary-Jurist at the International Conference for the Development of International Law.

Guests list:

Harvey Dzodin, China Daily columnist, CGTN Commentator, Former Director and Vice President at ABC Television in New York

Pan Qingzhong，Executive Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Cheng Weidong, Deputy Director of European Studies Institute ,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Wang Yiwei, Senior Fellow of RDCY, Professor of School of International Studies, Renmin University of China.

Liu Zhiqin，Senior Fellow of RDCY, Former Chief Representative of the Beijing Branch of Zürcher Kantonal Bank.

Han Hua，Research Fellow of RDCY, CCTV News Commentator