From May 28-30, the SIIS group attended the T20 Summit in Berlin as Core Group from the Chinese side. Hosted by German Development Institute and Kiel Institute for the World Economy , the T20 Summit concentrated on global solutions. Along with German colleagues, President Chen delivered a keynote speech on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda by G20 members. （http://sep9.cn/qvxdx5）The SIIS scholars also attended side meetings of the summit such as T20-Africa Standing Group.
Delievering a speech on Agenda 2030: How to Avoid Conflicting Policies?
T20 group photo
SIIS group photo at T20
During their stay in Germany, the SIIS group had meetings with Mr. Carsten Stender, Head of Unit Political Coordination with Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & former Head of the SPD Chairman’s Office, Wolfgang Schmidt, Counselor of Hamburg’s Senate, Hamburg State Council, Authorized Representative of the Federal Government of Germany, European Union and Foreign Affairs, Niels Annen, Spokesman on Foreign Affairs of the SPD Parliamentary Group, research fellows from European Council on Foreign Relations, German Council on Foreign Relations, German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung etc. They exchanged views on general election in Germany, Germany’s role in the integration of Europe, relations between Germany and non-European countries.
Visiting the SPD Parliamentary Group
Meeting with Mr. Carsten Stender
Meeting with Daniela Schwarzer, director of DGAP
Meeting at German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Meeting with Mr. Christiane Kesper, FES
President Chen attended the workshop on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: New possibilities for strategic Cooperation? co-hosted by Foreign Ministry of Germany and FES.
workshop on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: New possibilities for strategic Cooperation?
The SIIS group also visited Chinese Embassy in Germany and had meetings with Ambassador Shi Mingde and his colleagues.
Meeting with Ambassador Shi Mingde
During their stay in France, the SIIS group visited the OECD and had roundtable discussions on the implementation of T20 policy, the G20 and SDGs, and further cooperation between SIIS and OECD in the framework of “Belt and Road” initiative.
Meeting with Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of OECD
Meeting with Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20
Meeting with Ms. Charlotte Petri Gornitzka
President Chen met with officials and scholars from IEA, EU-Institute for Security Studies, Centre d’Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie, Asia Centre, Institut français des relations internationals, France-Ameriques, the Bridge Tank etc. They had a discussion on domestic and foreign policy of France, France-Germany Axis and the integration of Europe, relations between Europe and China, United States and Russia etc.
Meeting with Dr. Nicu Popescu, EU-Institute for Security Studies
Meeting with Mr. Frédéric Grare and Mr. Patrick Allard, Centre d’Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie
Meeting with Mr. Thomas Gomart, Institut français des relations internationales
Meeting with Mr. Jean-Claude Beaujour from France-Ameriques
and Mr. Joel Rue from the Bridge Tank
The SIIS group also visited Chinese Embassy in France.
Meeting with Mr. Guan Jian, charge d’affaires of Chinese Embassy in France
Meeting with Minister Counselor Gao Yuanyuan
Meeting with Mr. Werner Fasslabend President of the AIES
Meeting with Mr. Hannes Swoboda, President of the IIP
President Chen also met with Mr. Li Xiaosi, Chinese Ambassador to Austria.
Meeting with Ambassador Li Xiaosi
Group photo with Ambassador Li
Invited by Chinese Embassy in Austria, President Chen gave a lecture on China’s role in the re-globalization as a keynote speaker. Austrian officials, scholars, entrepreneurs and media professionals participated in the forum.
President Chen took an interview from Die Presse and replied to the questions on China-Europe relations, China-US relations and “Belt and Road” initiative etc.
Taking an interview from Die Presse
The SIIS group members included Prof. Zhang Yinghong, director of the Center for European Studies, Prof. Ye Jiang, Prof. Yu Honguan, director of the Institute for Comparative Politics and Public Policy Studies, Prof. Zhang Haibing, director of the Institute for World Economy Studies and Dr. Long Jing, deputy director of the Center for European Studies.