Global Governance and Sustainable Economic Development Conference

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Multi-function Hall, Floor 2, Building A, Beijing Hotel

08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:50

Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Chen Yongjie, Deputy Secretary-General, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Welcome Remarks

Wei Jianguo, Secretary-General, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Gunter Thielen, Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Keynote Speech: Development Progress and Future Direction of Global Economic Governance

Li Yong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance

Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China;

Administrator, State Administration of Foreign Exchange

Li Ruogu, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of China

Yan Bingzhu, Chairman, Bank of Beijing

Additional foreign guests to be confirmed

10:00-11:10

Session 1: The G20: Its agenda for Seoul and its role in global governance

Moderator: Jin Canrong, Professor and Associate Dean, School of International Studies,

Renmin University of China

Panelists:

Seán Cleary, Executive Vice-Chair, Future World Foundation

Cui Liru, President, Chinese Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

Domenico Lombardi, President, The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy;

Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Zhang Yuyan, Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Additional foreign guests to be confirmed

11:10-11:25

Coffee break

11:25-12:30

Session 2: The International Trade System: Facilitating more productivity, efficiency and inclusion

Moderator: Lin Guijun, Vice President, University of International Business and Economics

Panelists:

Chen Wenlin, Chief Economist, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas and Americas Society

Li Yushi, Vice President, Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation,

Ministry of Commerce

Shree B.C. Servansing, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mauritius to the World Trade Organization; Former Chair; Trade and Development Committee, World Trade Organization

Paula Stern, Chairwoman, The Stern Group, Inc.;

 Former Chairwoman, United States International Trade Commission

Zhang Yansheng, Director-General, Institute of Economic Research,

National Development and Reform Commission

12:30-14:00

Lunch (Sunshine Coffee, Floor 1, Building A, Beijing Hotel)

14:00-15:15

Session 3:Global Development: Spurring innovation and sustainability

Moderator: Alan Larsson, Chairman, Lund University; Former Finance Minister, Sweden

Panelists:

Han Wenke, Director-General, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission

He Jiankun, Vice Chairman, China Experts Panel on Climate Change; Director, Low-Carbon Energy Lab of Tsinghua University

Denis Fred Simon, Professor, School of International Affairs, Penn State University

Damian Omar Valdez, Trustee, National Center For Sustainable Development

Zhang Mengjin, Chairman, Advisory Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Government;

Former Executive Vice Governor, Zhejiang Provincial Government

15:15-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-16:45

Session 4: Global Financial Architecture: The path toward stability and sustainability

Moderator: Wolfgang Münchau, Associate Editor and European Economic Columnist, Financial Times

Panelists:

Cao Wenlian, Deputy Director-General, Department of Fiscal and Financial Affairs,

National Development and Reform Commission

Dennis Snower, President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Stefano Fantacone, Research Director, Centro Europa Ricerche

Xia Bin, Director, Institute of Finance, Development Research Center of the State Council

Zhang Jianhua, Director-General, Research Bureau, People’s Bank of China

16:45-17:30

followed by presentation/book launch of
“Rebalancing the Global Economy”

Moderator: Albert Keidel, Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council

Panelists:

Stefan Collignon, Professor of Political Economy, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute

Zhang Yongjun, Research Fellow, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

17:30-18:00

Discussion

Moderator: Chen Yongjie, Deputy Secretary-General, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

18:00-18:30

Reception (closed to media) (Grand Ballroom, Floor 18, Building A, Beijing Hotel)

18:30-19:45 

Dinner(closed to media) (Grand Ballroom, Floor 18, Building A, Beijing Hotel)

Moderator: Wei Jianguo, Secretary-General, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Welcome Remarks

Zheng Xinli, Permanent Vice Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Gunter Thielen, Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann Stiftung