August 31, 2020    15:00-19:00 (Chinese Standard Time)

Sponsor: Silk Road Think Tank Association

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

15:00-16:10 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) Danilo Turk, Council Member of SRTA International Advisory Board, former President of Slovenia

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

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

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

(5) Ong Tee Keat, former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives of Parliament and former Transport Minister, Malaysia

3. President of Renmin University of China Liu Wei declares to release STATEMENT OF ONE HUNDRED THINK TANKS ON STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE FOR MANKIND

16:10-16:20 Break

16:20-19:00 Panel Discussion (6 min/speaker)

16:20-17:40 Panel I: Move Beyond Ideological Differences and Jointly Face Global Crises

Moderator: Jin Xin, SRTA Secretary General and CCCWS Director

12 Speakers (4 Chinese speakers, 8 foreign speakers)

Zhang Yanling, former Vice President of Bank of China, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Natee Taweesrifuengfung, President of Siam Intelligence Unit, Thailand

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

Liu Youfa, former Consul-General of China in Bombay and visiting Researcher of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Ussal Sahbaz, CEO of the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Research Centre (EDAM) in Turkey

Milos Balaban, Chairman of Prague Security Conference, Czech Republic

Liu Zhiqin, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Fernanda Ilheu, President of the New Silk Road Friends Association, Portugal

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

Wang Dong, Deputy Head of Office of Humanities and Social Sciences and Executive Director of Institute for International People-to-People Exchange, Peking University

Charles Onunaiju, Director of Center for China Studies, Nigeria

Vladimir Petrovsky, Expert at Russian International Affairs Council

17:40-17:50 Break

17:50-19:00 Panel II: Win-win Cooperation is the Correct Choice for China and the United States

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

12 Speakers (4 Chinese speakers, 8 foreign speakers)

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

William Jones, Washington Bureau Chief for Executive Intelligence Review

Luxman Siriwardena, Executive Director of Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka

Hua Liming, former Chinese Ambassador to Iran, Saudi Arabia and The Netherlands, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Jaya Josie, former Head of the BRICS Research Centre (BRC) at Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Visiting Professor in the Zhejiang University institute of Business Studies (ZIBS), South Africa

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

Cui Fan, Professor at School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics

Patrycja Pendrakowska, Director of the Boym Institute for Asian and Global Studies, Poland

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

Chen Dingding, Professor at School of International Studies, Jinan University

Jean-Guy Carrier, former Secretary General of International Chamber of Commerce, Canada

Franco Moccia, President of Fundacion Pensar of Argentina

19:00  Closing