Program of the 15th Annual Conference on WTO and China

  Time: December 13, 2016

Venue：Conference Hall, Chengxin Building, UIBE

 

Hosted by: University of International Business and Economics(UIBE)

                 China Society for WTO Studies

                 WTO Law Research Society of China Law Society

                 International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development

Organized by：China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE

 

9:00-9:15 Opening remarks and keynote speecch

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

Speakers: WANG Jiaqiong, President, UIBE

             SUN Zhenyu, Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies

        Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, ICTSD

 

9:15-9:50 Keynote Speech

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

Speaker：SHI Guangsheng，Former  Minister of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

 

9:50-10:20  Group Photo and Tea Break 

 

10:20-12:00 Session I: G20, WTO and global economic governance：the changing role of China

Moderator：HUO Jianguo，Vice Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies

Speakers：Ricardo Melendez, Chief Executive, ICTSD

SONG Hong, Assistant Director, IWEP, CASS

WANG Wen, Executive Director, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Jesus Seade, Former WTO Deputy Director-General, Professor, Ling-Nan University, Hong Kong

 

12:00-13:00  Lunch

 

13:00-14:00  Session II: Book Launch of the Chinese Version of WTO Accessions and Trade Multilateralism

Moderator：ZHOU Nianli, Assistant Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE

Speakers：Maika Oshikawa, Head of Accessions Division, WTO Secretariat

NI Hongxing, Director, Agricultural Trade Promotion Center, Ministry of Agriculture

LU Xiankun，Director, China Research Centre, St. Gallen University

14:00-15:30 Session III：US Presidential Election and the future of world trade and WTO

Moderator：CHENG Shuaihua，Director, China Office of ICTSD

Speakers: Robert Rogowsky，Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

         LIN Guijun, Vice President, UIBE

         HE Weiwen, Vice Director, Center for China and Globalization

         Jake Parker, Vice President of China operations, USCBC

 

15:30-16:00 Tea break

16:00-17:00 Session IV：China’s participation in WTO dispute settlement

Moderator: CHEN Weidong, Deputy Dean, Law School of UIBE

Speakers: ZHANG Yuejiao, Former Chairperson, WTO Appellate Body

        LIU Jingdong, Research Fellow, Institute of Law, CASS

        Mark Wu, Assistant Professor, Harvard Law School

 

17:00-18:00 Session V：Multilateral and regional trade liberalization: prospects and challenges

Moderator：WANG Xiaodong, Counselor, WTO Secretariat

Speakers: Taeho Bark，Professor, National Seoul University

        SHENG Bin, Dean, APEC Research Institute, Nankai University

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