The China Europe International Business School, the EU-China Business Association and the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU have the pleasure to invite you to join us on November 14, 2023, in Brussels for the CEIBS Insights 9th Europe Forum on the theme of Mutual Trust and Win-Win: Toward Another 20 years of EU-China Economic Cooperation.
The comprehensive strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and China turns 20 this year. Over the past two decades the EU and China, two of the world’s leading economies, have engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in a win-win manner and achieved significant success in fields such as politics, economy, culture, and science. As of the end of 2022, the EU-China bilateral trade volume reached USD847.3 billion, with each side the second-largest trading partner of the other. The stock of two-way investment between China and the EU has exceeded USD230 billion, benefiting people on both sides and contributing greatly to world peace and economic prosperity.
Looking ahead, the two sides hold great potential for cooperation and share common interests in promoting economic growth and financial stability, coping with the energy crisis, curbing inflation, and pursuing green and digital transitions. As such, they have decided to set up a financial working group under the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) mechanism to strengthen cooperation in financial areas such as financial liberalization, infrastructure, and regulation, as well as sustainable finance and fintech. However, some tension does exist within the relationship – EU authorities have recently opened an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric car imports, for example.
The China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) is a global business school jointly founded by the Chinese government and the EU in 1994. It represents a major success in China’s opening up and cooperation with the EU in the field of education. With our 30th anniversary around the corner, CEIBS has decided to return to Brussels to hold our 9th Europe Forum and invite guests from the EU and China’s political, business, and academic sectors to analyze the journey of the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership over the past 20 years, envision the prospects for extensive cooperation between the two sides over the coming 20 years, and explore a path towards a stable and far-reaching China-EU relationship amid changing times.
Agenda
Host: Dominique Turpin, President (European) & Professor of Marketing, CEIBS
09:00-09:30 Check-in & Networking
09:30-09:40 Welcome Addresses by Wang Hong, President & Professor of Management, CEIBS and Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, EU-China Business Association
09:40-09:50 Keynote Speech 1: Fu Cong, Ambassador of the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union【Brussels】
09:50-10:00 Keynote Speech 2: Jorge Toledo, Ambassador of the European Union to China
10:00-10:50 Panel Discussion 1：Creating Stronger EU-China Economic Ties
Moderator: Dominique Turpin, President (European) & Professor of Marketing, CEIBS
Panellists:
• Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General, Business Europe
• Davide Cucino, President Emeritus, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
• Xu Lin, General Director of Department of Fiscal and Financial Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission
• Rui Meng, Professor of Finance and Accounting; Parkland Chair in Finance, CEIBS
10:50-11:40 Panel Discussion 2：Climate Change Challenges and EU-China Green Energy Cooperation Opportunities
Moderator: Ivan Hodac, Founder and President, Aspen Institute Central Europe
Panellists:
11:40-12:00 Closing Keynote Speech by Pascal Lamy, Former DG of WTO; Distinguished Professor, CEIBS; Vice-President of the Paris Peace Forum; Coordinator of the Jacques delors Think Tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels); Former Trade Commissioner (European Commission)
12:00-12:10 Closing Remarks by
* Speakers are subject to change
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 09:00-12:10 (Brussels time)
Venue: Townhall Europe, Square de Meeûs 5-6, 1000 Brussels
Language: English and Chinese (with simultaneous translation)
Contact: For more information, please contact Vittoria HUANG at hvittoria@ceibs.edu
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