Launching Ceremony and Seminar on the “Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative” Report

Over the past six years, the BRI circle of friends is constantly expanding. But how does the United States look at BRI? Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) will release jointly the Chinese version of the research report titled “Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative” written by Mr. Daniel Russel, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and his team. The original English version of this report has been published recently. As a response for this report, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang mentioned that the BRI is gaining more attention and given more emphasis, and he believe that the relevant Chinese departments value their views and suggestions and will study them carefully, during the regular press conference on June 13, 2019. In order to better discuss the high-quality development of BRI, researchers and scholars Chinese and overseas are invited to attend this report release and seminar. Here is the agenda.

Hosts: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), The Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

Organizers: China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center, Global Governance Research Center at Renmin University of China

Time: July 11th, 2019 (Thursday) 10:00-11:30

Location: Room 602, 6rd Floor, Wenhua Building, No.59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China

Languages: Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation offered

Agenda

09:15-10:00 Registration

10:05-10:40 Report Release

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

Report Title: “Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative” Chinese version

Speaker: Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

10:40-11:20 Discussion

Moderator: Zhou Luohua, Deputy Dean of RDCY

Invited Guests (in no particular order):

Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Zhai Kun, Deputy Dean, the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS)

Wang Jinbin, Deputy Dean, School of Economics, Renmin University of China

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

Jia Jinjing, Assistant to the Dean of RDCY, Director of the Macroeconomy Research Department

Naima Green, Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University, Visiting Scholar of RDCY

Observers: 

Zhao Kun, Section chief, Belt and Road Initiative Center, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

Lin Yongliang, Deputy director, the China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS), International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC)

11:20-11:30 Q&A

Report: Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative