Agenda for 2014 Annual Conference on WTO and China

 

Beijing, 18 December, 2014

 

Jointly organized by UIBE, CWTO and ICTSD China

Theme: New Normal of Chinese Economy and New Development of World Trade System

Venue: International Conference Hall, Chengxin Building, UIBE

 

09:00-09:20 Opening ceremony

Moderator: TU Xinquan, Dean of China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE

Speakers:

SUN Zhenyu, Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies (CWTO)

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, ICTSD

SHI Jianjun, President, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

Thomas LANGELAAR, Counsellor, Trade Section, EU Delegation to China

 

09:20-10:20  Keynote Speeches

Moderator：SUN Zhenyu, Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies

Speakers:

LONG Guoqiang, Director-General, General Office,, Development Research Center of the State Council

SHEN Danyang, Director-General, Department of Policy Research, MOFCOM

 

10:20-10:40  Group photo and Coffee Break

 

10:40-12:00  Session 1: WTO, Doha Round and Free Trade Agreements: what is China’s strategy for them?

Moderator: CHENG Shuaihua, Managing Director, ICTSD China

Speakers:

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, ICTSD

DDG, Department of WTO Affairs, MOFCOM(TBC)

ZHAO Zhongxiu, Vice President, UIBE

WANG Yong, Professor, School of International Relations, Peking University

 

12:00-13:30  Lunch

 

13:30-15:10  Session 2: New challenges for multinationals in China nd the prospects of BIT negotiations

Moderator: TU Xinquan, Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies of UIBE

Speakers:

PEI Changhong, Director, Institute of Economics, CASS

HUANG Yong, Director, Competition Law Research Center, UIBE

Mark Duval, President, American Chamber of Commerce in China

JIANG Chenghua, Division Director, Department of Treaty and Law, MOFCOM

WANG Zhile, Senior Fellow, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation

 

15:10-15:30  Coffee Break

 

15:30-16:50 Session 3: China’s stake and difficulty in sectoral and plurilateral initiatives

Moderator: CUI Fan, Deputy Dean, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE

Speakers:

Johannes Bernabe, Senior Associate, ICTSD; Senior Partner, Ocampo Manalo

WANG Xiaodong, Counsellor, WTO Secretariat

SHI Jingxia, Dean, Law School, UIBE

TU Xinquan, Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE

 

16:50-18:10  Session 5: China and developing countries: new silk road and new South-South cooperation

Moderator: ZHUANG Rui, Deputy Dean, Institute for International Economics, UIBE

Speakers:

LI Xiangyang, Director, National Institute of International Strategy, CASS

ZHANG Jianping, Director, Dept. of International Economic Cooperation Institute for International Economic Research，NDRC

Constantine Michalopoulos, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Nayan Chanda, Editor-in-chief of YaleGlobal online, a publication of the MacMillan Center, Yale University

 

18:10-18:30 Concluding remarks

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz , Chief Executive, ICTSD

SUN Zhenyu, Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies (CWTO)

 

18:30 Dinner