Video | 7th Annual China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum

2022 China Think Tank Innovation Forum

Dec.16,2022 

The 7th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum, organised by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and supported by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, was bring leading figures from the global think tank community to discuss topics such as China-US competition and cooperation in the post-epidemic era, relaunching China-US humanities exchanges, development and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the "Chinese path to modernization" and China's opening up to the world. The forum will also mark the release of the new CCG book Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century.

The Center for China and Globalization(CCG) initiated the "China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum" in 2016. Previous events have included participation of representatives from dozens of diplomatic envoys and international organisations in China, hundreds of think tankers, and hundreds of representatives from research institutions, enterprises, and media. The Forum is dedicated to gathering global consensus among think tanks, promoting the exchange of ideas, and actively exploring forward-looking and innovative solutions.

China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum  2022 continue its focus on recent global events, explore the changing landscape of think tanks, discuss innovative models for the sustainable development of think tanks, and contribute solutions to global challenges.

Opening keynotes

Speakers:

Min. Du Zhanyuan, President, China International Communications Group (CICG) 

Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations 
WANG Huiyao, President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)，former counselor of the China State Council

Panel 1: China-US relations in post-pandemic times: competition and cooperation

Moderator:

WANG Huiyao, President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Panelists (alphabetic) :

Colin Bradford, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution 

Ian Johnson, Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) 

Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute

XU Bu, President, China Institutes for International Studies (CIIS) 

XUE Lan, Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

YU Yunquan, President, Academy of Contemporary China and the World (ACCW) 

Panel 2: What’s next for China-US people-to-people exchange?

Moderator:

Mabel Miao, Co-Founder and Secretary-General, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Panelists (alphabetic) :

Peggy Blumenthal, Senior Counselor to the President, Institute of International Education (IIE) 

Da Hsuan FENG, Honorary Dean of the Hainan University Belt and Road Research Institute; former Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Dallas 

David Fleshler, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Case Western Reserve University; Immediate Past President of Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)

Bob Holden, Chairman and President, US Heartland China Association

David L. Kim, Senior Director for Leadership and Exchanges Programs, The Asia Foundation

Madelyn Ross, President, US-China Education Trust

Denis Simon, Senior Advisor to the President for China Affairs at Duke University 

Panel 3: Asia in the 21st century: development and cooperation

Moderator:

Zoon Ahmed, Research Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Panelists(alphabetic) :

Hoo Tiang Boon, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Bert Hofman, Director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Masahiro KAWAI, Director-General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia 

RONG Ying, Vice President, China Institutes for International Studies (CIIS) 

Tobby Simon, Founder and President, Synergia Foundation

YANG Bojiang, Director of Center for Japan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Tan Sri Michael Yeoh, President, KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific 

Panel 4: Chinese modernization: what does it mean for international cooperation

Moderator:

ZHANG Wei, Deputy Secretary-General, CCG; former Chief Correspondunt of Economics Daily United Nations Bureau

Panelists (alphabetic) :

CHEN Wenling, Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE)

DA Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University

Victor Gao, Vice President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Mike H. LIU, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

SHI Yinhong, Professor at School of International Relations, Renmin University of China

WANG Yiwei, Professor at School of International Relations, Renmin University of China

WEI Hongxia, Research Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); CCG Nonresident Senior Fellow

Panel 5: Reviving China-Europe think tank exchange in hard times

Moderator:

WANG Huiyao, President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Panelists (alphabetic) :

Jean-Christophe Bas, Founder and CEO, The Global Compass 

CUI Hongjian, Senior Fellow and Director of Department for European Studies, China Institutes for International Studies (CIIS)

DING Chun, Director of Center for European Studies, Fudan University 

Markus Engels, Secretary General, The Global Solutions Initiative

Piet Steel, Chairman, Europe-Asia Center

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive, European Policy Center

Book Release: Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century—CCG Global Dialogues

Publisher’s Remarks by:

William Achauer, Editorial Director for Business, Economics and Political Sciences and Law at Springer Nature  

Book Release by:

WANG Huiyao, Co-Editor, CCG Global Dialogues; President of CCG

MIAO Lu, Co-Editor, CCG Global Dialogues; Secretary-General of CCG

Moderator:

Zoon Ahmed Khan, Research Fellow, CCG

Panelists (alphabetic):

David Blair, Vice President and Senior Economist, CCG

Laurence Brahm, Founding Director, Himalayan Consensus Institute

Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London

Jacob Dreyer, Senior Editor, Springer Nature

Harvey Dzodin, Senior Consultant of the National Image Communication Research Center, Tsinghua University

17:35-18:50 Forum special program – Navigating an imperfect storm: Think tanks and a changing world order

Speaker:

Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

WANG Huiyao, President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

CCG Books

● Published by Springer 

● Authors: Wang Huiyao

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This book focuses on globalization and China’s evolving role in the world, offering unique perspectives on a number of developments during a tumultuous period that began with Donald Trump’s election and ended with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This period saw the global landscape reshaped by China’s continued rise, intensifying great power competition, and a public health crisis that has changed how we live.

The essays center on three interconnected themes – China’s remarkable development under its policy of Reform and Opening-up, China’s deepening integration into the global economy and rise in an increasingly multipolar world, as well as the quest to revitalize global governance and multilateralism to address the pressing global challenges of the 21st century.

● Links：

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-9253-6

● Published by Springer 

● Edited by Wang Huiyao and Lu Miao 

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China and the World in a Changing Context-Perspectives from Ambassadors to China is the latest volume in CCG’s “China and Globalization” series, which seeks to create a balanced global perspective by gathering the views of highly influential scholars, practitioners, and opinion leaders from around the world on issues of policy and governance.

Ambassadors are a kind of vehicle and bellwether for globalization. These diplomatic envoys serve as pivotal contact points between nations across a wide range of fields, from economics and culture, to health and the environment. The special group of ambassadors in this book – all based in Beijing – are at the forefront of what, for many countries, is one of their most important bilateral relationships and the platform for one of the most striking and consequential developments in global affairs in the 21st century: the rise of China on the world stage.

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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8086-1

● Published by Springer 

● Edited by Wang Huiyao and Lu Miao 

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Released nearly two years after the outbreak of COVID-19, Transition and Opportunity brings together an array of CEOs and senior executives from leading multinationals, leaders of foreign trade associations and representatives of advocacy groups on the ground in China to share their views on the potential and risks China holds for business as the world economy recovers.

The 22 entries in this book include contributions from the heads of Beijing-based chambers of commerce representing the EU, the US, France, Switzerland and Brazil and others, CEOs and senior executives of MNCs like Airbus, Royal DSM, Michelin, LinkedIn and Herbalife as well as representatives of global consulting firms like KPMG, PwC, Accenture and Roland Berger.

Divided into three parts - ‘The Big Picture,’ ‘Analysis and Advice,’ and ‘On the Ground’ - content progresses from looking at how countries balance their own interests with China’s for that elusive ‘win-win’ formula, to the role consultancies and advisors play in helping companies succeed,  then looking at the experiences of individual companies to see how they have adapted and thrived in China.

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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8603-0

● Published by Springer 

● Edited by Wang Huiyao and Alistair Michie 

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This book brings together leading international scholars and policy-makers to explore the challenges and dilemmas of globalization and governance in an era increasingly defined by economic crises, widespread populism, retreating internationalism, and a looming cold war between the United States and China. It provides the diversity of views on those widely concerned topics such as global governance, climate change, global health, migration, S&T revolution, financial market, and sustainable development.

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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-5391-9

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● Edited by Wang Huiyao, President and Miao Lu, Vice President, Center for China and Globalization(CCG), Beijing, China 

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The internationalization of Chinese enterprises is one of the most notable aspects of economic globalization in the 21st century. Despite the 2008 financial crisis and weak global outbound investment, under the “go global“ initiative, Chinese outbound investment has gone from strength to strength, while also diversifying in terms of investment modalities, destinations, and industries. However, growing anti-globalization sentiment in some countries has also created new challenges for Chinese firms expanding internationally.

Drawing on nearly 3000 data samples, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods, this book presents unique insights into the features and patterns of Chinese enterprises’ globalization. The analysis provides a useful reference for enterprises that have already gone global and those that plan to. In particular, this book investigates challenges confronted by Chinese companies when doing business in foreign countries. It summarizes research covering three angles, namely: the current situation, causation analysis and corresponding solutions, and recommendations for firms, government agencies and other institutions.

This book provides a comprehensive overview to help readers to grasp the broad picture of the international expansion of Chinese enterprises. It has important reference value for enterprises to help devise foreign investment strategy, seize opportunities, and navigate challenges in the course of globalization.

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https://www.springer.com/cn/book/9789811546457

● Published by Edward Elgar 

● Edited by Wang Huiyao, President and Miao Lu, Vice President, Center for China and Globalization(CCG), Beijing, China 

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An excellent guide for understanding the trends, challenges and opportunities facing China through globalization, this Handbook answers the pertinent questions regarding the globalization process and China’s influence on the world.

With contributions from leading experts and international researchers, each chapter covers key topics regarding China’s participation in globalization, including: China’s new role in global economic governance; outward direct investment; China’s soft power and the implications for foreign relations; global migration, diaspora and talent. An enriching range of case studies and extensive empirical research are used to explore the successes and failures of globalization in China, and to discuss the dilemmas facing decision makers in today’s globalized world. A major contribution to the field, this Handbook offers valuable insights to China’s often misunderstood globalization process.

An essential reference for academics and researchers looking for a go-to empirical resource, this Handbook provides scholars of economics, politics and East Asian studies with an exemplary selection of contemporary research on China and globalization.

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● Published by Springer

● Authors: Wang Huiyao, President and Miao Lu, Vice President, Center for China and Globalization(CCG), Beijing, China 

The first effort to address the gap regarding higher-end talent within the scholarly work on internal labor migration in China

Provides an essential overview of the major milestones in China’s talents attraction policies, as well as several recommendations to help further improve those policies

Investigates corresponding policies in Germany, Japan, and Singapore to serve as a basis for comparison

Provides a snapshot of first-hand reference material for relevant stakeholders involved in cooperation with China

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This book offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of China’s domestic and international migration. Restructuring economic development requires large numbers of educated and skilled talents, but this effort comes at a time when the size of China’s domestic workforce is shrinking. In response, both national and regional governments in China have been keen to encourage overseas Chinese talents and professionals to return to the country. Meanwhile, the Chinese government has initiated a number of policies to attract international highly-skilled talents and enhance the country’s competitiveness, and some Chinese policies have started attracting foreign talents, who are coming to the country to work, and even to stay. Since Chinese policies, mechanisms, and administration efforts to attract and retain skilled domestic or overseas talents are helping to reshape China’s economy and are significantly affecting the cooperation on migration and talent mobility, these aspects, in addition to being of scholarly and research interest, hold considerable commercial potential.

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