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




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