Registration and Opening session: Greetings, Special address, Keynote speeches and Launch of Global China Academy

Registration

The participants in the hall of the British Academy for registration

Samples of journals and book series that published by Global Century Press were displayed at the gallery on the first floor.

Participants expressed their interests in the sample books on display.

Participants meeting at the Registration

Getting ready for the GCD VII

Opening session

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

Greetings

Greetings from the political circle 

Mr Dan Chugg, Director North East Asia & China, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK Government

Mr YANG Xiaoguang, Minister of the Embassy of the People‘s Republic of China to the UK

Greetings from the academic circle

Special address Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, former Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Greeting from Professor LI Qiang, Lifetime Professor and Former Dean of School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University; Chinese Chair and Founding Fellow of Global China Academy Council

Keynote speeches

China’s place in the world today, Professor Martin Albrow FAcSS, Honorary President of Global China Academy, UK

Improving well-being via positive interventions in China，Professor PENG Kaiping, Dean of School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

Announcement of founding of the Global China Academy

Presentation of certificate of Appreciation to retired Honorary President and Chinese Honorary President. 

Presenting the certificate of Appreciation to retired Honorary President Professor Martin Albrow Presented by Professor Tony McEnery FAcSS, FRSA Council Member, Academy of Social Sciences; Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University; Chair of Global China Academy Council and Founding Fellow.

Certificate of Appreciation is presented to Emeritus Professor Martin Albrow FAcSS: ‘Upon his retirement as Honorary President of the Global China Academy, for his academic guidance in fostering and nurturing the Academy and the Global Century Press, and for his intellectual input and activities in supporting and participating in the first seven Global China Dialogue forums. Your dedicated efforts and services are greatly appreciated.’

Some participants at the opening ceremony

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