TED TALK ERIC LI
PROGRAMME OF THE DAY
This programme is still in construction and may be subject to some changes.
14.00 – 14.30: REGISTRATIONS
Guests are invited to discover the current exhibition "A Chinese Liuli Flower" at the Centre.
14.30 – 14.40: WELCOMING WORDS AND OPENING REMARKS
14.40 – 15.30: KEYNOTE SPEECHES
15.30 – 16.00: Q&A SESSION
16.00 – 17.00: NETWORKING DRINK
TOPIC INTRODUCTION
The current economic and social challenges to be dealt with calls for constant political reforms. Such an age eager for changes and alternatives breaks the “Metanarrative” which used to be observed dominant.
China, known for its fruitful “Opening and Reforms” Policy during more than three decades, has since long triggered considerable changes related to political system in China, which are continuing at a sustained pace. Compared with 30 years ago, 20 years ago, even 10 years ago, every aspect of Chinese society, how the country is governed, from the most local level to the highest centre, are unrecognisable today. According to Eric Lee, renowned scholar on political ideas and systems, the Party is the world’s leading expert in political reform adapting to new realities. To look into the Chinese way of doing, it may lend a refreshing perspective.
ERIC LI
Eric X. Li is founder and managing partner of Chengwei Capital.
Mr. Li serves on the Board of Directors of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fudan University’s China Institute and is a member of the IISS Council (International Institute for Strategic Studies), which organizes the annual Shangri-La Dialogue.
Mr. Li is a trustee of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a trustee of the San Francisco Symphony and serves on the international board of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Li is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, MBA from Stanford Business School and Ph.D in political science from Fudan University.
Mr. Li is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and South China Morning Post.
PIERRE DEFRAIGNE
Renowned economist (ULg, UCL, Harvard), Pierre Defraigne was a European civil servant from 1970 to 2005 and he retired as Deputy Director-General in DG Trade in March 2005 after having been Head of Cabinet for Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner for Trade (1999-2002).
Previously, he was Director for North-South Relations, and Head of Cabinet for Etienne Davignon, Vice-President of the European Commission (1977-1983). He has set up the Brussels branch of the French Institute for International Relations (Eur-Ifri), which he managed from 2005 to 2008. Pierre Defraigne is currently the Executive Director of the Madariaga – College of Europe Centre since 2008.
Pierre Defraigne is a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and at Sciences Po Paris (Paris School of International Affairs).