Dr. Danilo Türk, Former President of Slovenia, visited Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) in the afternoon of July 27th, 2017. He was renewed as a non-resident senior fellow of RDCY for another 2 years, and RDCY`s Executive Dean Prof. Wang Wen awarded the new letter of appointment to him. Dr. Danilo Türk has visited China many times and has maintained a friendly relationship with Chinese people in various area such as Global Governance, "Belt and Road" Initiative and the development of the world. On June 16, 2015, Dr. Danilo Türk accepted the invitation from the RDCY, and became a non-resident senior fellow of RDCY, who was remarked as the first national head of state to be a Chinese Think Tank researcher in the history.

Wang Wen awarded the new letter of appointment to Dr. Danilo Türk

Since the first appointment two years ago, Dr. Danilo Türk has contributed ideological power to the Think Tanks in China, especially for cooperation, research and promotion of the "Belt and Road" between China and Europe, and received the policy-makers’ approval and international reputation. Dr. Danilo Türk remarked that his cooperation with RDCY is effective and fruitful. He also witnessed the rise of China’s Think Tanks, which play an increasingly important role in the global issues. This time will also encourage him to better contribute to the wisdom and power for China, Sino-European and the development world over the longer term. After the expiration of renewed two years, Dr. Danilo Türk will be recognized as a tenured non-resident senior fellow with the agreement of both sides.

During this visit to China, Dr. Danilo Türk exchanged opinions with RDCY’s colleagues about global governance, global development, China-EU relations, the "Belt and Road" Initiative, and environmental resources issues, etc.. Andreja Naraks, Minister Plenipotentiary of Slovenia Embassy. John Ross, RDCY`s senior fellow. Wang Hua, Dean of School of Environment & Natural Resources, Renmin University of China. Yang Qing Qing, Director of Research Cooperation Department and Director Assistant of the Global Governance Research Center. Cao Ming Di, Deputy Director of Green Finance Department. Cheng Cheng, Industrial Research Department Associate Researcher, and other experts also attended the discussion. Dr. Danilo Türk also communicated with some government departments and had intensive dialogues with other institutions.

John Ross noted that the global economic recession since 2007 should be called the global economic stagnation, which caused international political instability. The "Belt and Road" initiative is a new hope for the world to break the economic stagnation. Dr. Danilo Türk agreed with his view, and pointed out G20 and IMF couldn’t lead the world`s economic recovery. He supposed that the "Belt and Road" initiative should promote the international development at present. He also suggested that in the situation of global warming and the rise in sea level, the "Belt and Road" should pay more attention to the water infrastructure construction.

Wang Wen said that the "Belt and Road"  is a more feasible and effective solution for the development of the world owing to the oncentration on the infrastructure construction. He mentioned that in the Trump era, China and EU have great cooperation potential, and both sides need high-level and comprehensive communication and mutual trust. Other experts discussed the Africa industrialization, environmental issues, green finance, economic cooperation between China and Europe and other topics.