April 24 15:00-18:30 (Chinese Standard Time)

Theme: Working Together To Meet Public Health Security Challenges And Build The Health Silk Road

Sponsor:

Silk Road Think Tank Association

Organizers:

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS), International Department of CPC Central Committee

15:00  Opening

15:00-16:30 Meeting of SRTA International Advisory Board: World in COVID19 Pandemic——How to Turn Crisis into Opportunity?

Moderator: Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of International Department of CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), Co-Chairman of SRTA Council

1. Written address by Song Tao, Minister of IDCPC (Read by Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of IDCPC)

2. Speeches by members of SRTA International Advisory Board (In alphabetical order of country names, 6 min/speaker)

(1) Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina

(2) Essam Sharaf, former Prime Minister of Egypt

(3) Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France

(4) George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece and President of the Socialist International

(5) Hassan Ghafourifard, former Vice President of Iran

(6) Massimo D’Alema, former Prime Minister of Italy

(7) Danilo Turk, former President of Slovenia

(8) Mizengo Peter Pinda, former Prime Minister of Tanzania

(9) Bhokin Bhalakula, former President of Congress of Thailand

3. Guo Yezhou declares to release STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF THE SILK ROAD THINK TANK ASSOCIATION ON STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST COVID-19

17:00-18:30 Panel Discussion: Building A Silk Road of Health Amid Pandemic——How to Travel Far and Safe?

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

1. Release of Research Report Seven Years of the Belt and Road Initiative: Open up a New Phase for High-quality Development

2. Speeches (6 min/speaker)

(1) John Ross, Former Director of Economic and Business Policy of London, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

(2) Zhang Yansheng, Lead Researcher at China Center for International Economic Exchanges

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

(4) Zhou Xiaojing, Former Director of Institute of Asian and African Development at the Development Research Center of the State Council, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

(5)Sergey Sanakoev, Chairman of Russian-Chinese Analytical Center

(6) Zhao Zhongxiu, President of Shandong University of Finance and Economics

(7) Zamir Awan, Deputy Director of Chinese Studies Center, National University of Sciences and Technology

(8)Chui Huan, Head of Newsilkroad Institute, ROK

3. Concluding remarks: Jin Xin, SRTA Secretary General and CCCWS Director

18:30  Closing