Conference with international experts.
Date: 13 October 2022 

European Parliament, Brussels | Room Spaak 7C50 

Availability of seats is limited! Please register here.

Livestream will be available on YouTube. 

Programme 

08:00-09:00 – Registration and welcome coffee/tea 

09:00-09:15 – Welcome remarks by Reinhard Bütikofer (MEP, Greens/EFA) 

09:15-09:45 – Keynote speech by François Godement (Institut Montaigne) 

09:50-11:30 – Panel discussion: China and the CCP after a decade under Xi Jinping with
David Shambaugh (George Washington University)
Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Uni Wien)
Johnny Erling (MERICS)
Justyna Szczudlik (Polish Institute of International Affairs, PISM)
Moderator: Felix Lee (Journalist, Tageszeitung) 

11:30-13:00 – Lunch Time

13:00-14:15 – Panel discussion: Trajectory of China’s socioeconomic development with
Janka Oertel (European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR) virtual
Richard McGregor (Lowy Institute) tbc
Alicia García-Herrero (Bruegel)
Lucy Hornby (journalist and visiting scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University)
Moderator: Kai Strittmatter (Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung) 

14:15-14:45 – Coffee break 

14:45-15:15 – Keynote speech by Amb. Michael Clauss (Permanent Representative of Germany in Brussels)

15:15-16:30 – Panel discussion: China’s foreign policy moving towards global center stage? with
Nadege Roland (National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR)
Jude Blanchette (Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS) virtual
Garima Mohan (German Marshall Fund, GMF)
Mikko Huotari (MERICS)
Moderator: Stuart Lau (Journalist, Politico) 

16:30-16:50 – Conference summary by Iuliu Winkler (MEP, EPP)