As General Secretary Xi proposed for the first time at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2018, the world is undergoing "the once-in-a-century global changes". Economic globalization, social informatization, and cultural diversity are developing in depth. Emerging market countries and developing countries are rapidly rising. But at the same time, various challenges and risks are becoming more obvious. At present, the economic crisis is spreading at an alarming rate, and the geopolitical environment is becoming more tense, which has threatened the global social and economic system, and this has also brought challenges to the normal operation of various enterprises.

To help foreign-invested enterprises better understand the international political and economic situation, Professor Zhang Xiaotong, Institute of "The Belt and Road Initiative" and Global Governance, Fudan University, is specially invited by Shanghai Foreign Investment Association to share his insights on this topic. Please feel free to sign up if you are interested in this topic.

Date: November 28, 2022 14:00-16:00

Venue:Multifunctional Hall, 2nd Floor, No. 33, Shenhong Road, Minhang District

Session outline

Section1: How to understand "the once-in-a-century global changes"?

Section2: Sino-US and Sino-European relations under "the once-in-a-century global changes"

Section3: "The Belt and Road Initiative" and its trend under "the once-in-a-century global changes"

Presenter

Zhang Xiaotong，Professor, Institute of "The Belt and Road Initiative" and Global Governance, Fudan University. Before academic life, Dr. Zhang served as deputy Director of the U.S. Desk of Chi-nese Ministry of Commerce in 2010-2012, and Trade Attaché at the Chinese Mis-sion to the European Union in Brussels between 2004 and 2010.