1st China-Nordic High-Level Think Tank Forum

Wednesday 13 December 2017 / 09:00 - 18:00 /

Fuzhou, China Rongqiao Riverview Hotel. , Fuzhou, China.

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Hosted by:

  • Central Compilation and Translation Bureau (CCTB)
  • Fujian Normal University (FNU)
  • Institute for Security &Development Policy (ISDP)
  • Organizers: High-Level Think Tank Office, CCTB
  • Schoolof Public Administration, FNU

 

December 12, 2017 (Tuesday)

Registration

December 13, 2017 (Wednesday)

9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony

Chair: Lai Hairong,Vice President,FNU

  • Ji Zhengju,Deputy Director, CCTB
  • Niklas Swanström,Executive Director, ISDP

9:30-10:30 Session 1,China-Nordic Relationsin a New Era

Chair: Niklas Swanström (Executive Director, ISDP)

  • Global Governance: New Cooperation of China and Nordic CountriesFeng Zhongping (Vice President, Research Professor, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations)
  • China-Nordic Relation and Japan’s Role  Lars Vargö (Distinguished Fellow, ISDP)
  • Energy Conversion in China-Europe Relations and Nordic’s RoleCui Hongjian (Director of Department forEuropean Studies, China Institute of International Studies)

10:30-11:00 Group Photo & Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 Session 2, BRI and China-Nordic Cooperation (1)

Chair: Feng Zhongping (Vice President, Research Professor, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations)

Sino-European Cooperation and Clashes in the Balkans – Niklas Swanström (Executive Director, ISDP)

China’s Security Policy and its Implication for BRI Yao Yunzhu (Research Fellow, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China)

Challenges and Barriers to Sino-Nordic Arctic Collaboration –Greenland as an ExampleBirger Poppel (Project Chief, Institute of Social Science, Economics and Journalism, University of Greenland) 

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:10 Session 3, BRI and China-Nordic Cooperation (2)

Chair: Zeng Shengcong (Professor, Dean of School of Public Administration, FNU)

BRI and Chinese investments-in Norwegian, Nordic,European and global perspectivesHans Jørgen Gåsemyr (Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Postdocin Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen)

BRI and China-Nordic CooperationLiu Minru (Associate Researcher, Director of Research Management Department, CCTB)

China’s Great Power Role Development and BRI Teemu Naarajärvi (Research Fellow, Department ofWorld Cultures,University of Helsinki)

China and International (Dis)order: Perception, Performance and Prospects – Bao Chuanjian (Assistant Researcher, Center for Overseas Contemporary China Studies CCTB)

15:10-15:40 Coffee Break

15:40-16:50 Session4, Think Tanks Exchange: Acceleration of China-Nordic Cooperation

Chair: Liu Minru (Associate Researcher, Director of Research Management Department, CCTB)

Sino-Nordic-Arctic Relations and Understanding of Citizenship and Indigenous Identities -Greenland as an Example – Marie-Kathrine Poppel (Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Greenland)

Comparison of Social Welfare Systems in China and the Nordics – Huang Ningying (Associate Professor, School of Publich Administration, FNU)

Magnus Jorem(Programme Managerof Nordic Center, Fudan University)

High-Level Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics in the Context of GlobalizationZhang Xiang(Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, FNU)

16:50-17:10 Closing Remarks

Niklas Swanström (Executive Director, ISDP)

Liu Minru (Associate Researcher, Director of Research Management Department, CCTB)

18:00 Dinner