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
Tuesday marks Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qixi Festival. For many businesses in China, it's totally different compared to Valentine's Day on February 14, when the country was grappling with the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The first webinar of South-South and Triangular Cooperation among Cities on Cross-border E-commerce and Digital Innovation for Sustainable, jointly hosted by UNOSSC Cities Project and China Association of Trade in Services (CATIS) was held online in the form of live stream successfully on August 14, 2020.The theme of this webinar is “Towards A Sustainable Financial Ecosystem of Cross-border E-commerce”. Mr. Zhang Wei, the former vice president of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and chief expert of China Association of Trade in Services, and Mr. Jorge Chediek, the envoy of the secretary-general on South-South Cooperation and director of United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation delivered opening remarks.
On Aug. 19, Liu Zhiqin, said in an interview with Shenzhen TV that from the situation in Hong Kong, the United States may impose financial sanctions on some individuals and enterprises, etc., to restrict the receipt and payment of funds through SWIFT, but to kick the whole Hong Kong out of SWIFT completely is very complex and sensitive, almost impossible. Because Hong Kong belongs to the most important re-export trade and international financial center in Asia, the US has huge economic, trade and financial interests in Hong Kong, and excluding Hong Kong from SWIFT will not only affect Chinese institutions and Hong Kong, but also all international institutions in Hong Kong will be seriously affected.
There is a conversation "China is Not Our Enemy" with Jodie Evans, CODEPINK cofounder, and John Ross- A Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China (RDCY), one of China's most important Think Tanks and the former director of economic and business policy in the administration of Mayor of London, Ken Livingston. John has been writing on China for 25 years and will be giving us a deeper look into China from the inside.
China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center, Remin University, operated by RDCY, has launched the second episode of the "Chinese Young Perople Talking About the United States" program. We randomly interviewed 18 Chinese young people to share their views on the two questions "How do Chinese young generation think about the US' crackdown on China" and "What do you want to do in the future". Now, let's listen to their point of views.
The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 9 —— How to achieve poverty transformation, targeted poverty alleviation, and to promote regional economic development.
A Date with Lu Yu—Entrepreneur Salon, jointly organized by SETV, Fujian Private Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and Fujian Women Entrepreneurs' Chamber of Commerce, was held in Fuzhou last Sunday. Chen Luyu, the famous program host of SETV, and Wang Wen, the guest of the political commentary program Voice of China and executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), gathered together with Fujian entrepreneurs to talk about hot topics, made in-depth analysis and prospect of the current international economic situation and future development.
On the evening of August 13, Professor Wang Wen, executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China and researcher of Financial Research Center of the Counsellor's Office of the State Council, attended the Licheng Forum in Putian, Fujian Province, to give a special lecture on the topic of Analysis on the Macro Situation of Three Hot Issues: the Impact of COVID-19, Sino-US Game and Economic Internal Circulation. The lecture was host by Wu Jinpeng, member of the Standing Committee of the District Committee and Minister of publicity, and was attended by the members of the theoretical study center group of the District Committee and cadres at or above the deputy section level of the Licheng District, Putian, Fujian Province.
Webinar series: South-South and Triangular Cooperation among Cities on Cross-border E-commerce and Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development:Jointly by UNOSSC Cities Project and China Association of Trade in Services (CATIS)
14 August – 20 November 2020
Webinar 1# Towards A Sustainable Financial Ecosystem of Cross-border E-commerce
The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 8 ——Interpretation of China's fiscal policy
On August 8, Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), was interviewed by Beijing TV. The interview focused on the US sanctions against Hong Kong, what is the purpose of the US government's so-called sanctions?What impact will the so-called US sanctions have on Hong Kong's finances?
The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 7 —— Trends in the future development of China's digital society
As the China-US game escalates, the US has ganged up to contain China, and ASEAN countries have not followed, so why do these allies refuse the US? In the evening of August 3, Shenzhen TV's "Hot Spot Debate" in depth analyzed this problem and connected to Wang Wen, the executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY). Dr. Wang described the international online meeting entitled “A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity” on July 25 and said that the current U.S. tactics against China are not new at all, reflecting the exhaustion of U.S. skills in the great power competition. And China should retain its basic strategic stability and be more confident in its strategy.
China's rail network saw over 200 million trips in July, up 24% compared to June. There are over eight million trips on July 25th. CGTN's Global Business gave a comprehensive interview with Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China(RDCY), on tourism recovery. Now cities offer subsidies and discounts to boost tourism.
The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 6 —— Where will Globalization Go Under the Impact of the Epidemic?
China will achieve the task of completely eradicating absolute poverty in 2020. China's achievements in poverty reduction have attracted worldwide attention. "China News" will focus on a number of measures on poverty reduction in Chinese characters and explore decisive strategies for poverty alleviation. The first episode “To tackle the ‘two worries and three guarantees’ together to make up the outstanding weak points” was launched on August 2, 2020. John Ross, a senior fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), said that China's poverty reduction is the greatest contribution to mankind worldwide.
The article is an excerpt of Martin Jacques's webinar lecture on July 25 titled "A new cold war against China is against the interests of humanity." Jacques is former senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University.
As China-US relation increasingly escalates, an international online meeting themed “A new cold war against China is against the interests of humanity” voluntarily organized by activists and scholars from 48 countries was broadcast on Zoom, Youtube and Facebook simultaneously on July 25th, 2020. Well-known scholars from China, the United States, Britain, India, Russia, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil and other countries participated and called on the United States to abandon the cold war mentality. Internet users in more than 50 countries and regions watched the global and highly realistic live broadcast, with news reports and related content being read by about 200 million people, sparking heated discussions around the world.