Forums on China’s Role in International Relations: Prospects of the Belt and Road Initiative Held in Peking University

June 21 , 2017 07：05 PM by iGCU

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On June 21, 2017, the Forum on China’s Role in International Relations: Prospects of the Belt and Road Initiative was held in the Lakeview Hotel of Peking University, co-hosted by Peking University School of International Studies, Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC) and Pangoal Institution, and participated by former presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers of countries along

The opening ceremony was chaired by Fan Shiming, Vice Dean of Peking University School of International Studies, with opening addresses from Vice President of Peking University Wang Jie, former President of Latvia and NGIC co-chair Vaira Vike-Freiberga and President of Pangoal Institution Yi Peng.

The forum attracted high attention from heads of states and governments in countries along the Belt and Road. Ambassadors from Macedonia, Albania and Azerbaijan read the letters from the respective president of each of their countries congratulating on the convening of the forum. Then, Long Yongtu, member of the Advisory Committee of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation delivered the keynote address. He shared China’s intentions for launching the Belt and Road Initiative and explained the spirit of peace, mutual benefits, prosperity and good faith encompassed in the initiative.

The forum divided into 5 groups, each discussing one topic – Future of International Relations: China in the Age of Globalization, China’s Role in the Global Economic System, China as a Contributor to Global Safety, China in the Age of Interconnectivity: Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative, and China as a Contributor of Global Governance.

The closing ceremony was chaired by Fan Shiming, with closing addresses from Ismail Serageldin, Deputy Director of Pangoal Institution Academic Committee Bai Yunfeng and Vaira Vike-Freiberga. Over two short days, the delegates reached multiple consensuses on the development trends of globalization and China’s role in the process and put forward feasible suggestions. The Belt and Road Initiative is bringing closely together with China and countries along the Belt and Road to enable all the countries involved to ride the wave of globalization in concert.

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List of delegates at the forum:

Wang Jie, Former Vice President of Peking University

Fan Shiming, Vice Dean of Peking University School of International Studies

Bai Yunfeng, Deputy Director of Pangoal Institution Academic Committee, President and CEO of China Power Conservation & Environment Protection Group Co., Ltd. (CPCEP Group)

Rza Aliyez, Deputy Secretary-General of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC)

Pan Huaqiong, Director of the Center for Mediterranean Area Studies, PKU

Long Yongtu, former Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

Former Vice Minister of the Foreign Economic Cooperation and Trade of the People’s Republic of China, Former Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia and Chief Negotiator of China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization

Wang Dong, Associate Professor of Peking University School of International Studies, Executive Director of Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (iGCU) of Peking University