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.

Dr. Huang Renwei, Research Fellow and Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Special Council-Member of CCCWS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Zahari Zahariev, President of the Slavyani Foundation of Bulgaria makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Mr. Abdel Raouf Elreedy，Member of Egypts Supreme Council of Culture, Honorary Chairman of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Prof. Liu Jianfei, Deputy Director of Institute for International Strategic Studies, Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, and Special Research Fellow of CCCWS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Alberto G. Forchielli, Managing Partner of Mandarin Capital Partners makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Prof. Xia Liping, Dean of School of Political Science & International Relations at Tongji University in Shanghai, and Special Research Fellow of CCCWS attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Dr. Tamás Matura, Research Fellow of Hungarian Institute of International Affairs makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Mr. Yu Sui, Senior Research Fellow of CCCWS makes an argument at the Dialogue.

Mr. Xiao Feng, Senior Research Fellow of CCCWS makes an argument at the Dialogue.

Prof. Milton Reyes Herrera, Researcher of Strategic Studies and the Chinese Studies Program Coordinator at the National Institute for Advanced Studies of Ecuador makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Mr. Oded Eran, Senior Research Fellow of Institute for National Security Studies makes a speech at the Dialogue.

Prof. Liu Shaojie,  Deputy Director of Center of Sociology Theory and Method Research of Renmin University of China attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Prof. Zhang Jianghe, Vice Director of Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University attends the Dialogue and makes a speech.

Mr. Tu?rul Veli, Secretary-General of Turkey to the International Fund for Cooperation and Partnership of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea makes a speech at the Dialogue.