CHINA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY WORLD STUDIES

On the 27th and 28th of November 2012 in Beijing, China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS) and China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) cosponsored the “Contemporary World Multilateral Dialogue”, the theme of which was The Changing World and China in Development. Mr. Dai Bingguo, China’s State Councilor sent a written message of felicitations. Mr. Wang Jiarui, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), Honorary Chairman of the CCCWS Council, and CFPD Honorary President attended the Opening Ceremony of the Dialogue. Dr. Yu Hongjun, Vice-Minister of the IDCPC and Chairman of the Council and President of CCCWS presided over the Opening Ceremony. Mr. Gao Yongzhong, Vice Minister of Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, and Special Council-Member of CCCWS, briefed the Eighteenth CPC National Congress. More than 140 well-known think tank leaders and scholars from approximately 30 countries such as US, UK, Russia, India, Egypt, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Belorussia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Turkey, Israel, Republic of Korea, Bolivia, Cyprus, Ecuador, and experts from China’s several research institutions participated in this conference.

The participants conducted discussions with a focus on the following topics: International Structure, Global Governance and the Role of the Emerging Countries; Security and Development in the Asian-Pacific Region; The Eighteenth CPC National Congress and China’s Development Road: Opportunities and Challenges. After the conference on 29-30 November, the sponsors organized a study tour to Shandong Province titled “World Think Tanks’ Visit of Taishan”. The experts and scholars signed and made public the Taishan Declaration, the theme of which can be encapsulated as “Peaceful Development, Common Prosperity, Prosperous Country, Decent Life and Harmonious World”. And afterwards they visited Jinan city. The study tour deepened the understanding of China’s situation of the international friends. About 20 media such as CCTV, People’s Daily, Xinhuanet, Chinanews.com, and China Daily had tracked the conference and the related activities.

Mr. Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation, and Honorary Director-General of European Commission attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Prof. Donald C. Hellmann, Professor and Director of Institute for International Policy, University of Washington of the US attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.  

Mr. Cui Liru, President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, and Special Council-Member of CCCWS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Boris Guseletov, Head of International Department of the Political Party “A Just Russia”, Head of International Programs and Projects Center of a Just World Institute attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Wang Yizhou, Professor of International Politics, Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Ruan Zongze, Vice President, Senior Fellow at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) as well as Editor-in-Chief of the CIIS journal attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Dr. John Christopher Alden, Reader of London School of Economics and China-Africa Expert makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Mr. Zhang Yuyan，Research Fellow and Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Special Council-Member of CCCWS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.  

Mr. Mikhail Gennadyevich Delyagin, Director of the Institute of Globalization Problems in Russia makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Prof. Wu Zhicheng，President of Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Giovanni B. Andornino, Assistant Professor of University of Torino and Vice President of the Torino World Affairs Institute (TWAI) makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Ms. Dragana Mitrovi?, Professor at the University of Belgrade, Founder and Director of the Centre for Asian and Far Eastern Studies at the FPS makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Mr. Zhang Yunling, Research Fellow and Chair of the Academic Division for International Studies of CASS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Prof. Zhou Hong, Director-General of the Institute of European Studies at CASS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.