Launching Ceremony of the “Belt and Road Initiative”

Global Mentor Project of Renmin University of China & Symposium on

“Cultivating Global Talents: Progress, Potentials and Suggestions for Studying in China in the Past 70 years ”

May 29, 2019  Beijing·China

Guidance unit:

Silk Road Think Tank Association (SRTA)

Host:

Renmin University of China (RUC)

Organizers:

Silk Road School, Renmin University of China

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

Over the past six years, the “Belt and Road Initiative” construction has completed the overall layout, and painted a magnificent "freehand brushwork". With the successful holding of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing at the end of April, the BRI cooperation stands at a new starting point and depicts a new vision. To actively implement the key measures to build the Education Action Plan for BRI, and give full play to the role and mission of higher education in the building of BRI, Silk Road School at Renmin University of China, as educational & research institute and high-end think tank, makes full use of its intellectual and organizational edges, as well as international network of resources from such as well-known think tank representative RDCY. Under the support from all walks of life, Silk Road School actively explores the newly "education + think tank" model for the educational exchanges of BRI, thereby promoting people-to-people bonds and providing talent and intellectual support, and discusses the priority areas and realization approach of international educational exchanges, continuing to promote the high-quality development of BRI.

Agenda

(Simultaneous Interpretation Languages: Chinese, English)

Wednesday, May 29th 14:00-17:30

13:20 - 14:00   Registration

14:00 - 15:00   Opening Ceremony

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

1. Opening Remarks (14:05 - 14:10):

Du Peng, Vice President of Renmin University of China, Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

2. Launching Ceremony of the “Belt and Road Initiative” Global Mentor Project of Renmin University of China (14:10 - 14:50):

(1) Issuing of Certificates (10 minutes)

- “BRI Global Mentor of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China” Certificate, presented by Du Peng, Vice President of Renmin University of China

(2) Launching Ceremony (5 minutes)

(3) Speech of 3 representatives (4 minutes each)

- Mao Dongmin, Director, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry of Education

- Wu Sike, Former China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue, Senior Fellow of RDCY

- KAMYABI MASK Aflatoun, student of Silk Road School, Renmin University of China

(4) Strategic Cooperative Agreement Signing (10 minutes)

Cooperative Partner Representative & Remarks: Shan Chengbiao, General manager of Huanqiu.com ; Huang Lei, Editor-in-Chief of the English-language Global Times

Silk Road School Signing Representative : Lv Jie, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School

(5) Group Photo (3 minutes)

3. Report Release (14:50 - 15:00):

Report: Cultivating Global Talents: Progress, Potentials and Suggestions for Studying in China in the Past 70 years

Released by Yang Qingqing, Assistant Dean of RDCY, Assistant Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China

4. Keynote Speeches (15:00 - 16:00)

Moderator: Lv Jie, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School, Renmin University of China

Speakers (10 minutes each):

- Djoomart Otorbaev, Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of RDCY

- Zhang Yanling, Former Vice President of Bank of China, Vice Chair of Silk Road Council of International Chamber, Senior Fellow of RDCY

- Bruno Maçães, Former Minister for Europe Affairs in the Portuguese government, Non-resident Senior Fellow of RDCY, Portugal

- Jin Xin, Dean of China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS), International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), Secretary General of Silk Road Think Tank Association (SRTA)

- Yüksel Görmez, Senior Economist, Central Bank of Turkey, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of RDCY, Turkey

16:00 - 16:10   Break

16:10 - 17:30   Panel Discussion: BRI and Future Development of China's Education

Moderator: Zhou Luohua, Deputy Dean of RDCY

Panelists (listed in no particular order, 7 minutes each):

Huang Renwei, Executive Vice Dean of Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance; Senior Fellow of RDCY

Hu Biliang, Dean of the Emerging Market Institute, Executive Dean of the Belt and Road School, Beijng Normal University

Yu Yunquan, Deputy Director General, Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration

Liu Zhiqin, Senior Fellow of RDCY

Xiong Tao, Vice President for International Development, BGI

Ma Lirong, Director of Institute of Silk Road Strategy Studies, Shanghai International Studies University; Senior Fellow of RDCY

Ding Gang, Senior Adviser to the Global Times, Senior Fellow of RDCY

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

(Convenor: Zhuang Xuejiao, Assistant Dean of RDCY, Assistant Dean of Silk Road School at Renmin University of China)