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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
Sponsors
- Global Century Press, UK
- Shanghai Centenarian Mystery Cell Technology Group Co., Ltd. China
- Agile Think Tank, China
- The Journal of Contemporary China and World, (ACCWS), China
- Linguistics Institute at Sun Yat-sen University
- New Beacon Group, UK
- UVIC Group, UK
- Cypress Books Co Ltd, UK
- Wuxi Institute of New Culture (WINC)
- Y. Union Software Company, China
- Xueshuwan (Academic Harbour), China
- Xueshuzhi (Academic Unwavering), China
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.
Webpages:
- GCD VIII basic info：https://globalchinaacademy.org/global-china-dialogue-8-info
- GCD VIII basic info in Chinese：https://globalchinaacademy.org/global-china-dialogue-8-info-cn
- GCD VIII Registration: https://globalchinaacademy.org/event-registration-gcd-8
- GCD VIII webpage: https://globalchinaacademy.org/global-china-dialogue-8
- GCDs webpage：https://globalchinaacademy.org/global-china-dialogue-series-forum
Contact: Dr Boyi Li info@globalchinaacademy.org
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