4th SIFT-KAS Annual WTO Forum - Auslandsbüro China
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Program
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
The 4th SIFT-KAS Annual WTO Forum
Completing the First Three Years of China’s WTO Membership –
Stocktaking of the Present Situation and the Challenges Ahead
jointly organised by
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation
and
The Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Venue: Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Hilton Hotel, Huashan Rd. 250, Shanghai,
Tel.: +86-21-6248 0000, Fax: +86-21-6248 3848
08h00
Registration
08h30
Opening Session
Chair: Prof. Ye Xingguo, Vice-President, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
N.N., Representative of the Shanghai Municipal Government
Dr. Wolfgang Röhr, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai
Dr. Stefan Friedrich, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Shanghai
Prof. Pi Nai’an, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
09h00
Key Note Speech
Chair: Prof. Dr. Wang Xinkui, Vice-Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of Shanghai Municipality and President of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Huang Hai, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing
Focus: The Development Strategy for China’s Domestic and Foreign Trade after WTO Accession
09h50
Coffee Break
10h15
First Panel: Liberalisation of Trade in Financial Services: Opportunities and Challenges
Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Röhr, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai
Dr. Bernhard Speyer, Director, Head of Banking, Financial Market, Regulation at Deutsche Bank Research, Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
Focus: The Liberalisation of China's Financial Markets and the Role of Foreign Financial Firms Therein
Chen Bingcai, Prof., Deputy Director General of the Department of Capital Account at SAFE, Beijing
Focus: China’s Capital Account Reforms since the Entry into the WTO: Current Progress and the Immediate Challenges Ahead
Zou Pin, Inspector, Former Head of the R&D Department of China Life Insurance Company, Beijing
Focus: The Further Opening of the Insurance Market in China - Opportunities and Challenges for Foreign Investors
Li Fang, Prof., School of Finance, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Focus: The Effect of China’s WTO Entry on the Banking Institutions: The Challenge of Globalisation and its Impact on a Competitive Environment
12h15
Lunch
Place: 2nd Floor, Hilton Hotel, Shanghai
13h45
Second Panel: Changes and Developments in China’s Distribution Sector: Between Growing Competition and Job Protection
Chair: Dr. Rolf D. Cremer, Professor of Economics and Dean, China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai
Dai Dingyi,Vice Chairman, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, Beijing
Focus: The Opening of China’s Distribution Sector since its Entry into the WTO: A Chinese Perspective
Dr. Michael Pfaar, Partner, Head of GBC China - Ernst & Young Hua Ming, Shanghai
Focus: Recent Changes and Trends in China’s Distribution Sector: An Analysis from a European Perspective
Chen Hong,Prof., President of the Beijing Materials Institute, Beijing
Focus: The Role of Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations in China’s Distribution Sector: The Case of Logistics
15h30
Coffee Break
16h00
Third Panel: Stocktaking on the Ongoing Doha Round and China’s Role in the Negotiations: From Cancun to Hong Kong
Chair: Wu Jiahuang, Vice-Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies, Beijing, and Former Deputy Head of the Chinese WTO Accession Delegation
Dr. Cheng Guoqiang, Prof., Senior Research Fellow at the Development Research Centre under the State Council of the PRC, Beijing
Focus: The Doha Agricultural Negotiations: Where are we, what is next?
Dr. Li Zhongzhou, Chief Expert of the EU-China Programme for the Support of China’s Integration into the World Trading System, Beijing
Focus: Analysis of the new Issues in the Doha Round: Progress and Challenges
Dr. Dean Spinanger,Research Division Head, Research Department of Trade Liberalization and Market Access, Institute of World Economy; Kiel, Germany
Focus: The Question of Tariff and Non-Tariff Measures in Doha: Different Reduction Approaches by Asian and Western Countries
17h45
Closing Remarks
Chair: Dr. Stefan Friedrich, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Shanghai
Dr. Wang Xinkui, Prof., Vice-Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of Shanghai Municipality and President of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
18h00
End of the Conference
Conference Languages: Chinese and English with simultaneous translation