Executive Vice Chairman Li Junru met with Mr. James Stone, Chairman & CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance and Trustee of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, at CIIDS on April 1st, 2019. The two sides exchanged views on international financial situation and genetic technology among other issues of common interest.
Executive Vice Chairman Li Junru met with Mr. Rafael Dezcallar, Ambassador of Spain to China, at CIIDS on March 28th, 2018. The two sides exchanged views on Sino-US relations, and Sino-European relations among other issues of common interest.
On March 2, 2019, Zheng Bijian, Chairman of CIIDS, met with Zhang Shuofu, member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and his delegation.
On January 29, 2019, Li Junru, Executive Vice Chairman of CIIDS, met with Wang Wurong, vice President of Tencent and her delegation.
On January 6, 2019, Zheng Bijian, Chairman of CIIDS, met with Gao Siren, former Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and his delegation in Guangzhou. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the "Understanding China" Guangzhou Forum in Guangzhou.
On the morning of December 19, 2018, Chairman Zheng Bijian met with Martin Jacques, a senior researcher of the department of politics and international studies of Cambridge University, UK. They had an in-depth exchange of views on China-US relations and other international issues of common interest.
On December 18, the third "Understanding China" Conference ended successfully in Beijing Hotel. Zheng Bijian, Chairman of CIIDS (China Institute of Innovation and Development Strategy), delivered the closing speech.
The third "Understanding China" conference launched discussions around the topic of "comprehensive deepening of reform and new driving force of China's development" on the morning of the 17th. Zheng Bijian, Chairman of CIIDS, Xu Lin, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the State Council Information Office, and former British prime minister Gordon Brown delivered keynote speeches.
The launching ceremony of the “Understanding China” book series and TV documentaries was held at Peking Hotel on December 16, 2018. Jiang Jianguo, Deputy Minister of Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCPPD), Zheng Bijian, Chairman of China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS), Yohei Kono, President of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, Nicolas Berggruen, founder of the 21st Century Council, as well as authors of the books, and production teams of the documentary series attended the ceremony.
On November 28, 2018, Wang Boyong, vice chairman of and secretary-general of CIIDS met with Xie Jiuru, president assistant, deputy editor-in-chief of China Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio, and head of Beijing Science and Education Film Studio and his team at CIIDS. The two sides exchanged views and reached consensus on the production arrangement, technical support and post-production guarantee of the large-scale political TV documentary--"Understanding China".
