The 1st Global China Dialogue (GCD I)

The experience of China’s modernization from a comparative perspective

Date: Wednesday 17th December 2014, 3:30-5:30pm

Venue: London Capital Club, 15 Abchurch lane, London EC4N 7BW

About the Global China Dialogue

Global China Dialogue is a series of events to enhance public understanding of current global affairs and common interests via public dialogue and discussion between Chinese and non-Chinese academics, experts, professionals and practitioners and interested laypeople, from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Apart from universities, research institutions and professional think tank, we will also engage with governments of different countries and international organizations, media and publishers. Each event will have a small panel of experts, ready to put their point of view and engage in lively, fully interactive debate with all those present, in order to educate, enlighten and entertain. It aims to focus on global hot topics and hold the forum at different places in order to provide a platform for engaging China and the Chinese to participate in global governance and advance the global public good.

Organisers

• CCPN Global – a UK-based international academic society focusing on the study of China and the Chinese from a comparative perspective
• YES Global – The Young Entrepreneur Society Global, for young entrepreneurs and future leaders to share knowledge, opportunities and resources to promote global commercial cooperation

Sponsors

UVIC, China4Global (UK), Interactive Media Britain, Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, Global Century Press, School of Marxist Studies of Northeast Normal University,China, Research Centre of Discourse and Communications of Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China, Research Centre for Social and Cultural Anthropology of Fudan University, China. 

Questions

• What is the significance of China’s experiences and lessons from its process of modernization for the other countries in the world?
• How to compare the experiences of modernization between China and other countries in South East Asia, Latin America, or Africa?   
• What can Europeans learn from Chinese experience?
• How do the developed countries and developing countries share experiences of modernization and work collaboratively in shaping global society? 

Topics

Topics of dialogue will range from China development, education, language and culture to government and politics, migration, the family, climate change, the environment, global public health, and human security, etc.

Chair

Professor Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global

Opening address

Mr Xiang Xiaowei, Minister Counsellor, Cultural Office, Embassy of the PRC in the UK

Closing remarks: Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Panellists

• Professor Martin Albrow, Senior Fellow of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies, Law as Culture, University of Bonn, Germany; Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
• Mr Charles Grant, Director of Centre for European Reform (CEF)
• Professor GUO Fengzhi, Deputy Dean of School of Marxism, Northeast Normal University, China
• Ms Xinran Xue, author, journalist, and founder of the Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL)
• Mr Philip Hao, President of Young Entrepreneur Society Global (YES Global); CEO of UVIC Group

Programme

• Opening address (China official perspective): Mr Xiang Xiaowei, Minister Counsellor, Cultural Office, Embassy of the PRC in the UK
• Global perspective:  Professor Martin Albrow, Senior Fellow of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies, Law as Culture, University of Bonn, Germany; Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
• European perspective:  Mr Charles Grant, Director of Centre for European Reform (CEF)
• Chinese academic perspective: Professor GUO Fengzhi, Deputy Dean of School of Marxism, Northeast Normal University, China
• Grassroots perspective:  Ms Xinran Xue, author, journalist, and founder of the Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL)
• Professional and practitioners: Mr Philip Hao, President of Young Entrepreneur Society (YES); CEO of UVIC Group
• Closing remarks (Western academic perspective): Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, The London School of Economics and Political Science
• Q & A
• Networking

This event is open to all. The registration has been closed due to limited space. You can still register for the event and be notified if a space becomes available.

Venues: We would like to hold our events in different places, in the UK or elsewhere in the world. The size and nature of the venue will depend on the theme and the likely size of audience.

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首届“全球中国对话”

中国现代化进程的经验教训与其它发展中国家和地区之比较

日期：2014年12月17日，星期三

时间：3:30-5:30

地点：London Capital Club, 15 Abchurch lane, London EC4N 7BW

关于全球中国对话

       全球中国对话是一项系列活动，旨在从跨学科的和比较的视野，通过华人和非华人学者、专家、专业人士、从业者以及感兴趣的者们的公共对话和讨论，提高 公众对当前全球事务和共同感兴趣的话题的理解。每次活动将由一组专家，表达他们的观点和参与活动，并与在场所有参与者进行互动，寓教育和启迪于娱乐之中。 除了大专院校、研究部门和专业智库之外，全球中国对话/论坛也将与中国和其他国家政府、国际组织、媒体和出版单位等密切合作，长期跟踪全球热点话题，在世 界各国举办论坛，为中国和华人参与全球治理、推进全球公共利益等提供了一个平台。

问题

• 中国近代开始的现代化进程中的经验教训对世界各国现代化进程的意义如何？
• 如何比较中国与东南亚、拉丁美洲或非洲等国家和地区的现代化进程的经历？
• 中国经验如何帮助欧洲及其研究？
• 发达国家和发展中国家如何分享现代化建设的经验并协同型塑全球社会？

• 主题：对话的主题范围从教育、语言文化到政府和政治、移民、家庭、环境、气候变化、全球公共卫生以及人类安全，等等。

主办单位

• 全球中国比较研究会（CCPN Global）——从比较的视野专注于研究中国和华人的全球性学术社团
• 全球青年企业家协会（YES Global）——为全球的轻年企业家和未来的领导人分享知识、发掘机会和资源，从而促进全球商业合作的企业家协会。

赞助单位：英国教育签证中心、英国“全球中华视野”智库、英国互动媒体、《中国比较研究》、环球世纪出版社、中国东北师范大学马克思主义学部、中国浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心、中国复旦大学社会文化人类学研究中心

主持人： 常向群博士 全球中国比较研究会 会长

开幕词：项晓炜先生，中国驻英国大使馆 文化公参

闭幕词：王斯福教授，伦敦政治经济学院人类学教授；著名中国专家

专家学者

• 马丁•阿尔布劳教授，英国社科院院士、德国波恩大学高研院院士
• 查尔斯•格兰特先生，欧洲改革中心 主任   
• 郭凤志教授，中国东北师范大学马克思主义学部副部长
• 薛欣然女士，英籍华人作家、记者，慈善机构“母爱桥”创办者
• 郝斐先生，青年企业家协会 会长，英国UVIC集团 总裁

议程

• 开幕词 (中国官方视野): 项晓炜先生，中国驻英国大使馆 文化处公使衔参赞
• 全球视野:  马丁•阿尔布劳教授，英国社科院院士、德国波恩大学高研院院士
• 欧洲视野:  查尔斯•格兰特先生，欧洲改革中心 主任  
• 中国学者视野: 郭凤志教授，中国东北师范大学马克思主义学部副部长
• 民间视野:  薛欣然女士，英籍华人作家、记者，慈善机构“母爱桥”创办者
• 专业和从业人士视野: 郝斐先生，青年企业家协会 会长，英国UVIC集团 总裁
• 总结发言(西方学者视野): 王斯福教授，伦敦政治经济学院人类学教授；著名中国专家
• 提问环节
• 社交

     此活动向公众开放，由于座位有限，注册已经截止。您仍可在网上注册，一旦有空位我们将通知您。

场地：我们打算在伦敦的金融城、英国的大学和不同地方甚至世界各地举行活动。场地的大小和性质将取决于主题和观众的规模。

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