CDF 2019 with the main focus being China’s commitment to further economic reform, global partnership and cooperative development, invites 40+ scholar and expert speakers categorized into 5 sub-panel topics. Specific key issues like supply-side structural reform, free trade zones, 5G technology and WTO reform were explored. The forum, as the platform for international dialogue, fostered discussion and collaboration among policymakers and scholars.

Panel Topics: 

• Changing Cultural Dynamics: Prospect of New Media in China

• Caught in the Crosswinds: China-UK Relations in the Face of Brexit

• The Era of Innovation: Leading the Future of Finance in China 

• A debate on the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s debt-trap diplomacy or win-win cooperation? 

• A Discussion on U.S. China Relations: Beyond the Trade War