Chinese Modernization: New Drivers of Globalization

On October 17, 2025, the "Mingde Strategic Dialogue (2025)" series of events, hosted by Renmin University of China, organized by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and School of Global Leadership, Renmin University of China (SGL), will reach its climax. More than 30 representatives from the international strategic academic circle of China, the United States, Europe and Russia will engage in high-level exchanges on "Chinese Modernization: New Drivers of Globalization". From Oct. 13 to 16, the international guests explored the latest practical traces of Chinese modernization in Shanghai and Wenzhou. Before the event officially kicked off, several international strategic academic guests had already engaged in dialogue and been interviewed by multiple media outlets, which attracted widespread attention on various platforms. The agenda for the event on October 17 is hereby released as follows:

Mingde Strategic Dialogue 2025

“Chinese Modernization:

New Drivers of Globalization”

Host:Renmin University of China (RUC)

Organizers:Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

School of Global Leadership, Renmin University of China (SGL)

Date:Friday, October 17, 2025 from 14:00 to 17:20

Format:In-person

Languages:Chinese, English and Russia (simultaneous interpretation)

Agenda

14:00-14:20 Opening Remarks

Speaker:

Zhang Donggang,Chair of the University Council, Renmin University of China

Moderator:

Zheng Xinye,Vice President, Renmin University of China

14:20-14:30 Remarks by Representative of the Delegation

Speaker:
Romano Prodi,Former Prime Ministers of Italy, Former President of the European Commission

14:30-14:40 Research Outcomes Presentation

(1) Four new books release:

●European and American Academics Perceive Chinese Modernization: Mingde Strategic Dialogue 2024

●China in the Fierce International Competition: A Dialogue with 16 Renowned Experts from the US, Europe and Russia

●Looking at China in the New Era from the World’s Perspective

●Countries’ Compounding Development and China’s Competitive Edge

(2) Research report Certainty Amid Uncertainty: A Global Assessment and Future Outlook for 2050 (English and Chinese)

Presenter:

Wang Wen,Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY); Dean, School of Global Leadership, Renmin University of China (SGL)

14:40-16:00 Strategic Dialogue 1: “China's Economy and Global Development: Growth, Openness and Security”

Panelists:

Grzegorz W. Kolodko,Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland, Director of Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research at Kozminski University in Warsaw

Daniele De Giovanni,Board Member of SEA S.p.A. and IREN S.p.A., Chief of Staff of the Italian Prime Minister (2006-2008)

Zhu Guangyao,Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance

Gideon Rachman,Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

John Ross,Former Director of Economic and Business Policy for the Mayor of London

Yi Xiaozhun,Former Deputy Director-General of WTO and Former Vice Minister of Commerce of China

Vladimir Vasilev,Executive Director, The Northern Forum; President, The Northern Forum Academy

Uwe Klußmann,Historian, CEO of Klussmann Communication and Consulting

Wang Xiao,a political commentator with tens of millions of followers

Moderator:

Wang Wen,Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY); Dean, School of Global Leadership, Renmin University of China (SGL)

16:00-17:20 Strategic Dialogue 2: “The AI Era and Digital Civilization: Cooperation or Competition?”

Panelists:

BODRUNOV Sergey,Director of the S.Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development, President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tong Xiaoling,Ambassador of the China Public Diplomacy Association

Francesca Bria,Advisor to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the New European Bauhaus, President of the Italian Regional Innovation Agency (ART-ER), a member of Spain’s International AI Advisory Council

Liu Qing,Vice President, China Institute of International Studies(CIIS)

Sam Daws,Senior Advisor to the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, Oxford University, and Director of Multilateral AI

Chen Wenling,Former Chief Economist of China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE)

Haz Al‑Din,Executive Chairman, American Communist Party; Political Analyst, infrared

Liu Zhiqin,Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Giorgio Prodi,Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Herta Manenti,Adviser and Researcher at Ward Research Institute, Italy

Moderator:

Cai Tongjuan,Deputy Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

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