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The 8th Global China Dialogue (GCD VIII)

Governance for Global Health

Friday, 8th December 2023
8:30-17:00, GCD VIII, The British Academy
and
19:00-22:30, Reception and Dinner to mark the 10th Anniversary of Global China Academy and GCD VIII,
Peers’ Dining Room, House of Lords, UK Parliament

Languages: English and Chinese

Hybrid event: In-person and online

As the 10th anniversary (2013–2023) of the Global China Academy approaches, we are pleased to announce that the 8th Global China Dialogue forum – ‘Governance for Global Health’ – will be held at the British Academy on Friday, 8th December. The Reception and Dinner will be hosted at the Houses of Lords, in the UK Parliament that evening. On behalf of the Organizing Committee for the 8th Global China Dialogue, we would like to invite you to attend the GCD VIII and or the Reception and Dinner (Free registration is available for both events. Please see the conditions at the end of the Call).

The Global China Dialogue Series is a high-end forum centred on the concepts of ‘transculturality’ and social creativity, using China as a comparator or through interactions with the Chinese to explore and study global governance and advance the sustainable development of human society. We embrace interdisciplinary, cross-professional, cross-industry, cross-border and international perspectives. Through open dialogues among academics, scholars, intellectuals, political and business leaders, industry elites, professionals and social activists, we address the challenges faced by today’s world. Our goal is to identify solutions and reach a consensus or understanding.

The GCDs are an ongoing creative knowledge transfer activity, bringing Chinese and Western scholars and opinion leaders together to explore transculturality and cultural generativity, contributing to the development of a ‘global cultural sphere’. Not every contribution will be directly related to China or reflect intimate knowledge of China, but all will present a perspective on what could be China’s role in global governance, comparing and contrasting China with theories, methods or measures that pertain in other countries and in the world.

The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 revealed many weaknesses in our health care systems and structures across the world, and showed that health is a challenge that requires global governance and cooperation. Other issues such as climate change, the global prevalence of noncommunicable diseases, inadequate access to healthcare services and the lack of health workers globally also show that the need for global co-operation to deal with transnational challenges has never been greater.

The theme of the 8th Global China Dialogue is ‘Governance for Global Health’. It will explore the challenges and opportunities for global health governance, especially in the Chinese context, given China’s ageing population, continued economic growth and desire to reimagine healthcare management and governance. The Healthy China 2030 strategy emphasizes the need to develop the health sector in China. China has also instituted significant regulatory reforms in the health sector, while considering healthcare in the new global governance framework. The GCD VIII include the following four panels:

Panel 1 Global Health and System Integration
Panel 2 The Challenges of Global Health Governance
Panel 3 Communicating to Improve Global Health
Panel 4 Health Governance in the Digital Space

Organizers

Global China Academy, UK
UCL Global Business School for Health, UK
ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University, UK
College of Arts and Media, Tongji University, China

Programme

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:00 Opening session

Room: Wolfson Room

Chair: Professor Tony McEnery FAcSS FRSA FGCA and Chair of Global China Academy Council; Council Member of Academy of Social Sciences; Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Greetings (5 minutes each):

A senior official from the UK Government: (tbc):
A senior official from Chinese Embassy to the UK (tbc)
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, Dean of Population Health Science, former Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health, UK
Professor LI Linxue, Dean of College of Arts and Media, Tongji University, China

Keynote speakers (15 minutes each):

Global Governance and Health: Navigating the Complex Landscape, Professor Nora Colton, Director of UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH), former Pro Vice-Provost at the University College London, UK
The Development of Healthy China in the Digital Era, Professor HUANG Gang, Founding President of Shanghai Health Medical College, Distinguished Chair Professor of Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China [Online]

10:00-10:05

Announcement of 10th Anniversary Global China Academy and Reception and Celebration dinner, by Professor Martin Albrow FAcSS, Founding and Past Honorary President of Global China Academy
Group photo

10:10-11:20 Panel 1 Global Health and System Integration

Chair and discussant: Professor Jolene Skordis, Institute of Global Health, University College London

Speakers (12 minutes each):

Mixed Health Systems in Asia and the Challenge of Governance, Professor Kabir Sheikh, Global Business School for Health, former Policy Adviser for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Interconnectedness and Competition in the Global Health System, Dr Gerry Bloom, Research Fellow and Co-Convenor of the Health & Nutrition Research Cluster, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Integration and Innovation: The Logic and Practice of China’s Active Health Strategy in the Era of Population Ageing, Professor HOU Shengtian, Professor of School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Director of the Health Industry Research Centre of the National Institute of Chinese Medicine Development and Strategy, China [Online]
Integration & Cooperation: The Empirical Solution of Global Health Development, Dr Peter Jeng, CEO and Founder of China Britain Healthcare Consulting, UK; Deputy Secretary General of EU-China Commission, Belgium [Online]

Discussion, Q&A

11:20-11:35 Coffee/tea break

11:35-12:45 Panel 2 The Challenges of Global Health Governance

Chair and discussant: Dr Suzanne Wait, Managing Director of Health Policy Partnership and a Health Executive in Residence at GBSH, UCL

Speakers (12 minutes each):

Building the Tools of Global Health Governance: the Case of Coronavirus, Dr Joël Ruet, CNRS researcher at i3, Ecole Polytechnique; Senior Adviser Technology for Change and President of The Bridge Tank (the G20 Think Tank Member), France
The Problems Faced by Medical Aesthetics– Challenges in Global Health Governance, Professor Gao Jianhua, Lifetime Professor at Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, and Dr LIAO Nong, Chief Physician of the Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China
Challenge from an Ageing Society—The Urgency and Strategy of China’s Health Industry Development, Professor YIN Weihai, Professor and Deputy Dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China [Online]
Utilising Multi-disciplinary Research to Promote Global Health System Preparedness: Early Evidence from China, Dr Yuxi Zhang, Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Systems, Global Business School for Health, University College London, UK

Discussion, Q&A

12:45-13:45 Lunch

13:00-13:30 GCA Board of Trustees meeting in the Wolfson Room

13:45-14:55 Panel 3 Communicating to Improve Global Health

Chair and discussant: Mr Charles Grant, Trustee of GCA Board of Trustees; Director of Centre for European Reform

Speakers (10 minutes each):

Understanding and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy, Professor Elena Semino FAcSS FRSA, Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University, UK
Public Communication about Dementia: Identifying and Challenging Stigma, Dr Gavin Brookes, Reader in Linguistics and UKRI Future Leader Fellow with an interest in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and health communication, Lancaster University, UK
Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine Discourse in British Newspapers: A Corpus-Based Diachronic Study, Professor Yufang Qian, Director of Institute of Corpus and Discourse Studies, School of Foreign Studies, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Making Global and Local: Viruses as a Media, Professor WANG Xin, Head of Department of Communication, College of Arts and Media, Tongji University, China [Online]
Supporting Health Engagement and Co-creation, Dr Marzena Nieroda, Lecturer in Marketing and Commercialization for Healthcare at UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH), University College London, UK

Discussion, Q&A

14:55-15:10 Coffee/tea break

15:10-16:20 Panel 4 Health Governance in the Digital Space

Chair and discussant: Mr Kai Liang, Director of Business Development of MEL Science, UK，Co-founder of Smart Stone Technologies, Australia

Speakers (12 minutes each):

Capitalising on the Health Data Gold Mine: Using Federated Learning to Engage China in the Global Health Data Space, Professor Simcha Jong Kon Chin, Director of Science Based Business at Leiden University, The Netherlands
The Evolution of Health Governance in the Digital Health Space, Professor Adam Dubis, Deputy Director of Research and Programme Lead for MSc Digital Health and Entrepreneurship at UCL’s Global Business School for Health, University College London
Hainan Free Trade Port: Challenges and Opportunities for Health, Professor NING Yi, Professor and Dean of School of Public Health, Hainan Medical University, China [Online]
A New Culture of Governance for an Inclusive Digital Future, Dr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, Health Executive in Residence at GBSH, UCL and CEO of Global Health and Digital Innovation Foundation, UK

Discussion, Q&A

16:20-16:45 Closing session
Chair: Professor Xiangqun Chang FRSA FGCA and President of Global China Academy, Honorary Professor of University College London (2015-20) , Distinguished Professor of Nankai University

Closing remarks (8 minutes each):

An Off-the-Cuff Summary of the Dialogue’s Main Themes, Professor Tony McEnery, Chair of Academic Council of Global China Academy; Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University, UK
Upholding the Spirit of Open Cooperation, Building a Healthy Global Society for Mankind, Mr FAN Daqi, Deputy Director and Chief Translator/Editor of the Academy of Contemporary China and World (ACCWS), China [pre-recorded video]

17:00 Room to be cleared and all depart

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19:00-22:30 Reception and Celebration Dinner to Mark the 10th Anniversary of Global China Academy and the 8th Global China Dialogue (See registration details at the end of the Call.)

Venue: Peers Dining Room, House of Lords, UK Parliament

19:00-19:40 Reception: Networking and Launch New Websites of Global China Academy and Global Century Press

19:00-19:20 Drinks and Networking

19:20-19:30 Launch New Websites of Global China Academy and Global Century Press

Chair: Professor Maria Jaschok, Life Fellow of Global China Academy, Senior Research Associate of the Contemporary China Studies Programme in the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford

Introduction: Ingrid Cranfield, Chair of Global China Academy Board of Trustees; Honorary Secretary of Global China Academy Council; President of Global Century Press, UK

Presentation: Professor Xiangqun Chang FRSA FGCA and President of Global China Academy, Honorary Professor of University College London (2015-20), Distinguished Professor of Nankai University

19:35-19:40 Group photo for all

19:50-22:30 Dinner: Celebrate the conclusion of the 8th Global China Dialogue and 10th Anniversary of
Global China Academy

19.50 Meal served

20:10-20:25 (After starter) Special addresses

Chair: Professor Elena Semino, GCD Organizing Committee member, Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University

Speakers:

Professor Martin Albrow FAcSS, Founding and Past Honorary President of Global China Academy; former President of the British Sociological Association
Professor Tony McEnery FAcSS FRSA FGCA, Chair of Global China Academy Council; Council Member of Academy of Social Sciences; Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University
Dr QIAN Zhenhua, Co-Chair of Global China Academy Council; Shanghai International Corporation Association of SMEs, China
Professor Robin Cohen, Life Fellow of Global China Academy; Emeritus Professor and Former Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford

Video presentations by absent Non-Executive Chairs of GCA Council and GCA Chinese Presidents and Vice-Presidents (1 minute each)

21:15-21:25（After main course）Presentation of certificates

Chair: Dr Frances Wood, Trustee of Global China Academy Board of Trustees; former Curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library

Presenters:

Ingrid Cranfield, Chair of Global China Academy Board of Trustees
Professor Xiangqun Chang, President of Global China Academy
Professor Tony McEnery, Chair of Global China Academy Council

Recipients:

GCA Fellows
GCA Institutional Fellows
GCA Council member

Small group photo for: chair, speakers, presenter, Fellows and Council Members

22:00-22:10 (After dessert) Greeting messages and videos

Chair: Professor Tony McEnery, Chair of Global China Academy Council

Representatives of GCD VIII’s organizers, supporters and sponsors
Video presentations by some absent GCD VIII organizers, supporters and sponsors

22:30 close

Organizing Committee

Chairs

Professor Tony McEnery FAcSS FRSA FGCA and Chair of Global China Academy Council; Council Member, Academy of Social Sciences; Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University
Professor Nora Colton, Director of the UCL Global Business School of Health, Former UCL Pro-Vice-Provost (Postgraduate Education) at the UCL, UK
Professor Xiangqun Chang FRSA FGCA and President of Global China Academy (GCA); Honorary Professor of University College London (2015-20); Distinguished Professor of Nankai University of China

General Secretary

Dr QIAN Zhenhua, Co-Chair of Global China Academy Council; President of the Shanghai International Co-operation Association of SEMs

Members (in alphabetical order)

Dr Yuan Cheng, Country Head of Russell Reynolds Associates Greater China; Member of the Board of Trustees, Global China Academy
Professor Martin Jacques FGCA, Senior Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK; Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, China
Professor LI Qiang FGCA and Chinese Chair of Academic Council of Global China academy, Lifetime Professor and Former Dean of School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, China
Professor Wei Li FBA FAcSS FRSA FGCA and Non-Executive Chair of Global China Academy Council; Director and Dean of Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK
Mr Barnaby Powell, Society for Anglo–Chinese Understanding (SACU), UK
Professor Peter Schröder FGCA and Vice-president of Global China Academy; Department of History and European & International Social & Political Studies, University College London
Professor Elena Semino FAcSS FRSA, Director of ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS), Lancaster University
Professor WANG Xin, Head of Communication Department, College of Arts and Media, Tongji University, China
Professor XIE Lizhong FGCA and Chinese President of Global China Academy, Director of Research Centre for Social Theory, Peking University, China;
Professor ZHANG Xiaodong FGCA and Chinese Non-Executive Chair of Global China Academy Council, Dean of Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics; ECO of Agile Think Tank, China

Supporters (in alphabetical order)

Centre for European Reform, UK
China–Europa Forum, France
Chopsticks Club, UK
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
Research Centre for Social Theory, Peking University, China
Research Centre for Studies of Sociological Theory and Methods, Renmin University of China
Shanghai International Co-operation Association of SEMs
Society for Anglo–Chinese Understanding (SACU), UK
The British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies (BPCS), UK

Publications

All the speeches and related information will be published in the Global China Dialogue Proceedings Series (in English and Chinese).

Selected speeches may be published in the following journals:

Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives (JCGCP, in English and Chinese).
Journal of Corpus Approaches to Chinese Social Sciences (JCACSS, in English and Chinese)
Journal of Chinese for Social Sciences (JCSS, in Chinese)

Registration

GCD VIII with or without celebration dinner

Participation in GCD VIII is free. Participants in GCD VIII may also attend the celebration dinner free. Please register here, select: £0.00. https://globalchinaacademy.org/event-registration-gcd-8

8:30-17:00 GCD VIII at the British Academy Participation in GCD VIII is FREE, including lunch and refreshments. However, due to limited seating and the need to coordinate food and drink orders, registration is essential.
19:00-22:30 Celebration dinner at the UK Parliament

All the invited speakers, chairs, Global China Academy Fellows, Trustees, Council members, volunteers and selected GCA friends may attend FREE, but registration is essential.
Organizers, supporters and sponsors may attend the dinner FREE. Please specify which you represent.
Volunteers who provide substantial assistance to organizing and running GCD VIII (e.g. English–Chinese translation and interpretation, videography, photography, audio recording, follow-up transcription, paperwork, accompanying speakers, registration, etc.) are entitled for FREE dinner. Please specify what assistance you are providing.

Reception and Dinner only:

Attendance at the dinner is open to those who

did not attend GCD VIII and
do not fall into the above-mentioned categories

on payment of £100. Please register here: https://globalchinaacademy.org/event-registration-gcd-8

Notes:

If, having registered, you are unable to attend the GCD for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible so that your seat can be allocated to another interested individual.
All guests attending the reception and celebration dinner must possess an invitation approved by the House of Lords. Invitations will be distributed at the registration at the British Academy on 8th December or issued directly via email by the Organising Committee.
On arrival at the Parliament, please use the Cromwell Green entrance. Present your invitation with photographic ID on arrival. It is advised that you hold the invitation in one hand and the photo ID in the other, to save time going through security. Allow 30 minutes for search and screening.
For both events, seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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