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The Sixth Annual Academic Conference on WTO and China & the Global Trade Development Forum Successfully Hosted by UIBE
From November 10 to November 12, the 6th Annual Academic Conference on WTO and China & the Global Trade Development Forum was successfully hosted by UIBE in Beijing. Mr. Long Yongtu, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia and Mr. Kobsak Chutikul, Chief Consultant for Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development attended the meeting. Dr. Lin Guijun, Vice President of UIBE and Professor Zhang Hanlin, Dean of China Institute for WTO Studies at UIBE were also present at opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Dean Zhang Hanlin. Vice-President Lin Guijun made a speech on behalf of UIBE. He congratulated on the opening of the conference and conveyed his warm welcome to the experts and scholars from home and abroad. In his speech, Vice-President Lin Guijun introduced “China Institute for WTO Studies at UIBE” and the “Annual Academic Conference on WTO and China”. He stressed that the level and scale of the conference witnessed its significance in the field of WTO research. At last, he expressed his appreciation for the help from the officials and experts present at the conference to UIBE and “China Institute for WTO Studies”.
The theme of the academic conference was “Dealing with Global Trade Imbalance: Cooperation and Development”. More than 300 experts and scholars from UN conference on Trade and Development, World Bank, New York Institute of Technology as well as over 100 Institutes and WTO research related organizations held in-depth communications around the theme of the conference.
After the brief opening ceremony, Mr. Long Yongtu, Secretary General of Boao Forum for Asia made a keynote speech entitled Seeking Global Trade Balance in the Course of Development. He emphasized the fact that countries around the world are seeking trade balance in the course of development. He also illustrated the phenomena with Chinese realities. In his speech, Mr. Long Yongtu also proposed that more importance should be attached to the factor of human resources improvement in the course of material development. His in-depth speech brought forth new manners of exploration and won him warm applause.
Chief Consultant for Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development made a keynote speech entitled Current Deadlock in the Doha Round Negotiations; and Prospects for the Future International Trading System.
Afterwards, experts and scholars had discussions on how to promote international trade cooperation and accelerate world economy growth. Professor John Kirton, Chairman of G8 Research Institute made a speech—Sustaining Global Trade Liberalization: China’s G8 Opportunity. His speech elaborated on the expansion process of G8 and expounded on relationship between G8 and China as well as China’s development opportunities. Professor Curtis Andressen from Flinders University delivered a presentation—Chinese and Japanese FDI: Competitors in Southeast Asia. The speech illustrated FDI problems in Japan and China as two rival countries from the prospective of historical and current situations. Other experts also made profound speeches in the forum.
Dean Zhang Hanlin made a conclusion speech at the last gathering and once again expressed his thankfulness to the participants for attending the conference.
The Annual Academic Conference on WTO and China was initiated and hosted by “China Institute for WTO Studies at UIBE”, with its aim to integrate scholars on WTO and Chinese Economy. By discussing China’s economic reform and development, it can provide better service for Chinese economic and social development. The past 5 sessions of Annual Academic Conference on WTO and China were highly recognized by the scholars from home and abroad and became an academic gala on WTO issues. This session was co-organized by “China Institute for WTO Studies at UIBE” and China International Center For Economic and Technical Exchanges of Ministry of Commerce as well as Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, CASS.