SSCC First Stepping Stone China Symposium on Globalization
Agenda
Date: May 12, 2017
Location: Meeting Room, Fifth Floor, Keyan Building, UIBE
09:00-09:30 Opening Remarks
Moderator:
LU Xiankun, Director, CCC-HSG
Speakers:
ZHAO Zhongxiu, Vice President, UIBE
Winfried RUIGROK, Director FIM-HSG, Dean, Executive School HSG
Serge BAUMGARTNER, Delegate, Economic and Labor Office, Canton of St.Gallen
09:30-11:00 Session 1: SSCC FTA Report Vision: Team, research areas, research logic, work plan and milestones
Moderators:
TU Xinquan, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
Tomas CASAS, Assistant Professor, FIM-HSG, Vice-Director, FIM-HSG
Speakers:
Winfried RUIGROK, Director FIM-HSG, Dean, Executive School HSG
Research that matters: Rigor or relevance?
LI Siqi, Assistant Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
The structure of the FTA report
Arno HOLD, Dean International Affairs, HSG
A global perspective on FTA impact assessment studies
FENG Fan, Associate Professor, Business School, Nanjing University
Preliminary findings on the utilization of Sino-Swiss FTA;
Patrick ZILTENER, Professor, University of Zurich
Swiss perspective: Past reports on Swiss FTAs: The Japan and Korea experience
Discussion:
Moderated by Tomas CASAS, Assistant Professor, FIM-HSG, Vice-Director, FIM-HSG
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:30 Session 2: From insight to impact: FTA Report for (i) policy-making and (ii) trade and investment practice
Moderator:
LU Xiankun, Director, CCC-HSG
Speakers:
CHEN Zhiyang, Director, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, MOFCOM
Chinese expectations on the update of FTA
Patrick ZILTENER, Professor, University of Zurich
Why ex post evaluation of FTAs is important and how to do it
ZOU Ruirui, Deputy Director, Department of Legal Affairs, CCPIT-Nanjing
Perspectives on the FTA from Chinese business community
Omar SERRANO, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva
FTA impact on policy-making – analysis framework
Stefan LEGGE, Post-doctor, SIAW-HSG, presented by Patrick ZILTENER and Tomas CASAS
Economic and utilization rate analysis of the Sino-Swiss FTA
Discussion:
Moderated by LU Xiankun, Director, CCC-HSG
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 3: Retrospect and prospect of Sino-Swiss trade relations
Moderator:
TU Xinquan, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
Speakers:
SUN Yongfu, former Director-General, Department of European Affairs, MOFCOM
The negotiating process of Sino-Swiss FTA
Patrick ZILTENER, Professor, University of Zurich
The savings potential of the Sino-Swiss FTA for Swiss exporters
CHEN Xin, Professor, Director of Economic Division, Institute of European Studies, CASS
Achievements and potentials of Sino-Swiss trade cooperation
Arno HOLD, Dean International Affairs, HSG
Experience in FTA Negotiations: The Swiss Perspective and IP as component of next generation FTAs
RODUIT, Emmanuelle, Manager; XU Vanessa, Trade Specialist - Swiss Center Shanghai
Swiss Center Shanghai - perspectives on the Sino-Swiss FTA
DUAN Tony, Senior Manager, PWC.
The Sino-Swiss FTA: Insights from praxis
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Session 4: Other research opportunities for SSCC
Moderator:
TU Xinquan, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
Tomas CASAS, Assistant Professor, FIM-HSG, Vice-Director, FIM-HSG
Speakers:
ZHANG Jianping, Director General, Center for Regional Economic Cooperation, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, MOFCOM
OBOR and possible Swiss participation
Omar SERRANO, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva
China Multilateralism (AIIB, NDB, etc)
ZHOU Nianli, Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
Services liberalization of China under FTAs
Arno HOLD, Dean International Affairs, HSG
EU FTA policy and strategic thinking
17:30-19:30 Dinner
Chinese Participants
SUN Yongfu, former Director-General, Department of European Affairs, MOFCOM
ZHAO Zhongxiu, Vice President, UIBE
ZHANG Jianping, Director General, Center for Regional Economic Cooperation, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, MOFCOM
CHEN Zhiyang, Director, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, MOFCOM
CHEN Xin, Professor and Senior Research Fellow,Director of the Economic Division,Institute of European Studies,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
ZOU Ruirui, Deputy Director, Department of Legal Affairs, CCPIT-Nanjing
FENG Fan, Associate Professor, Business School, Nanjing University
YANG Chengyu, Research Fellow, Institute of European Studies,CASS
TU Xinquan, Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
ZHOU Nianli, Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
LI Siqi, Assistant Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
LU Yue, Assistant Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
DU Yingxin, Assistant Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, UIBE
Swiss Participants
RUIGROK, Winfried, Director FIM-HSG, Dean Executive School HSG
HOLD Arno, Dean International Affairs, HSG
PALASKAS Nektarios, Head Science, Technology and Education, Swiss Embassy in Beijing
WASER Michael, Deputy Head Science, Technology and Education, Swiss Embassy in Beijing
FERRARI Beatrice, Deputy Head International Affairs, SERI
BRAUN David, Head Economic Section, Swiss Embassy Beijing
BAUMGARTNER Serge, Delegate, Economic and Labor Office, Canton of St.Gallen
CASAS Tomas, Assistant Professor FIM-HSG, Vice-Director FIM-HSG
ZILTENER Patrick, Professor, University of Zurich
SERRANO Omar, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva
LU Xiankun, Director CCC-HSG
ZHEN Xiao, Managing Director, Swiss Center, Shanghai
RODUIT, Emmanuelle, Manager, Swiss Center, Shanghai
XU Vanessa, Trade Specialist, Swiss Center Shanghai
DUAN Tony, Senior Manager, PWC.