China Think Tank Forum & CDI 2023 Annual Conference

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The year 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. Currently, China is in the midst of increasingly complicated international political and economic environment and needs to tackle domestic issues such as the lack of scientific and technological innovation power, the insufficient supply system, the considerable regional differences, while trying to build the unified national market.

Themed “High-level of Opening-up and High-quality Development in the New Era”, the 2023 China Think Tank Forum (CDI Annual Conference) organized by China Development Institute brought together experts to debate on how China should address the domestic and international challenges in order to provide policy recommendation to decision makers.

Date: May 27, 2023

Venue: CDI Mansion

Host: CDI

Theme: High-level of Opening-up and High-quality Development in the New Era

Program

Opening Remarks

Ye Xiaowen, Chairman of CDI, Former Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Culture, Historical Data and Studies of the CPPCC National Committee

Moderator: Zhu Wenhui, Commentator, Phoenix TV

Dialogue: High-level of Opening-up and High-quality Development

Moderator: Zhu Wenhui, Commentator, Phoenix TV

Panelist:

Fan Gang, President of CDI
Fu Mengzi,Vice President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Zhu Haibin,Chief China Economist and Head of Greater China Economic Research at J.P. Morgan

Dialogue: Great Powers Competition and China’s High-level Opening-up

Moderator: Qu Jian, Vice President of CDI

Panelist:

Li Gang, Vice President, China Association of International Trade
Ni Feng, Director of the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Cui Hongjian, Director of the Department for European Studies, China Institute of International Studies

Dialogue: Urban Agglomeration Development and Chinese Modernization

Moderator: Li Jinkui, Senior Researcher at CDI

Panelist:

Tang Jie, Former Deputy Mayor of Shenzhen Municipality
Xiao Jincheng, Former Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning and Regional Economy under the National Development and Reform Commission's Academy of Macroeconomy
Xu Lin,Chairman of China-U.S. Green Fund, Former Director of China Center for Urban Development, NDRC
Liu Guohong, Vice President of CDI

Dialogue: New Industrialization and Innovative Development

Moderator: Li Jinkui, Senior Researcher at CDI

Panelist:

Ma Chaojiang, Director of Digitalization Policy Research Department, The State Information Center
Li Xiaobai,Chairman of Mifei Technology Co., LTD
Zheng Zhibin, Deputy Chief Engineer, Pengcheng Laboratory
Cao Zhongxiong, Director of Department of Digital Strategy and Economics, CDI