On November 7th, the 2025 International Organizations and Global Governance Forum co-organized by two WTO Chairs in China – University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) was held in Shanghai. The forum focused on two key topics: reforming global economic and trade governance and localizing the Global Governance Initiative. Scholars and government officials including WTO Former Deputy Director General Mr. Yi Xiaozhun and Dr. Alejandro Jara, WTO Chairs Programme Advisory Board Member Professor Giorgio Sacerdoti, Professor Bernard Hoekman from the European University Institute, Mr. Chen Yusong, Deputy Director General of the Department of WTO Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and WTO Chairholder Prof. Pascal Michon from National University of Vanuatu along with around 100 audiences attended the forum.

Team members from WTO Chair at UIBE Associate Professor Du Yingxin, Coordinator Assistant Professor Gao Jian, along with doctoral students Zhu Xiaomei, Hou Bingxi and Chen Meihe and postgraduate students Li Hui and Tian Jiaqi participated and had in-depth academic exchange and communications at SUIBE.

President Zhao Zhongxiu from WTO Chair at UIBE delivered a keynote speech at the forum, addressing issues related to international organizations and global governance from the perspective of global value chains, and briefly introduced the Global Value Chains Development Report 2025, scheduled for official release in December this year. In the parallel session discussions, Professor Ji Wenhua, WTO Co-chair at UIBE Law School, moderated the session focusing on The Development Dimension in Global Economic and Trade Governance. Associate Professor Du Yingxin from China Institute for WTO Studies at UIBE discussed the effects of the generalized system of preferences on fragile and conflict-affected states. Our doctoral and postgraduate students attentively participated and learned from each session.

During the breaks in the forum, WTO Chair Coordinator at UIBE Assistant Prof. Gao Jian and Associate Professor Du Yingxin visited the training session of the 2025 WTO Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for the Asia-Pacific region held at SUIBE and had a cordial conversation with government trainee Ms. Nguang Siew Hung, Assistant Director of the Multilateral Trade Policy and Negotiations Division, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia, to learn more details about the training program. Additionally, Coordinator Assistant Prof. Gao representing the WTO Chair at UIBE had their very first conversation with WTO Chairholder Prof. Pascal Michon from National University of Vanuatu and explored potential collaborations between the two institutions under the WCP framework.