Strengthening cooperation

The Europe-China Forum has been for years the platform to discuss the past, present and future of EU-China trade, cooperation and political relations. 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations, timely in a moment when the EU and China need to reassess their mutual interests to cooperate more proactively. Given the turbulence and unpredictability experienced across the world since January, China and the EU perhaps need to decide what can be shared and that there is a global and geopolitical necessity to redraw the talking points on the basis of a new EU-China strategy for the next 50 years. 

Addressing critical questions on sustainable development, security and strategic partnerships aligns closely with Friends of Europe’s 10 Policy Choices for a Renewed Social Contract for Europe, which advocates for a new framework of EU policymaking with society at its heart. This year’s forum will take stock of the past half-century of diplomatic relations, reflecting on the complexity of EU-China relations, the challenges faced in the last few years and the opportunities that arise from the current geopolitical storm.

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This event takes place in Brussels and is also available to a wider audience via livestream.

Speakers

• Bernd Biervert, Head of Cabinet to Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
• Jos Delbeke, EIB Chair on Climate Policy and International Carbon Markets at the European University Institute, and former European Commission´s Director-General for Climate Action
• Cui Hongjian, Director at the Center for the European Union and Regional Development Studies, and Professor of the Academy of Regional and Global Governance at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
• Pascal Lamy, Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Institutes, former director-general of the World Trade Organisation, former European commissioner and Trustee of Friends of Europe
• Signe Ratso, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission´s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
• Susana Solís Pérez, Member of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with China
• Jiemian Yang, Senior Fellow and Chairman of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) Academic Consultative Council
• Yiwei Wang, Director of the Institute of International Affairs and of the Center for European Unions Studies at Renmin University of China
• Hai Zhao, Director of International Political Studies at the National Institute for Global Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Biwei Liu, Vice President of the China Public Diplomacy Association

Featured image: Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash.