T20 China Kickoff Meeting was held in Beijing
From December 14th to 15th, 2015, the T20 China Kickoff Meeting was held at Renmin University of China. Over 400 guests including representatives of nearly 100 think tanks from more than 20 countries, government officials, and representatives from international organizations attended the meeting to contribute wisdom and knowledge on the 2016 G20 China theme of “Towards an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy”.
Jin Nuo, Chairwoman of the University Council of Renmin University of China; Ambassador Wang Xiaolong, Chinese G20 Special Envoy; Cai Fang, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS); Güven Sak, Managing Director of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and T20 Chair; Dennis J. Snower, President of Kiel Institute for the World Economy of Germany; Cristina Pinna, Policy Adviser at Policy and Partnership Unit of UNDP in China; Carl Dahlman, Head of Global Development Research at the OECD’s Development Centre; and other G20 experts attended the opening ceremony, hosted by Executive Vice President of Renmin University of China, Wang Liming.
As one of the important engagement groups of G20, T20 is an important platform for global think tank representatives to contribute their wisdom and thoughts for the G20. The T20 China Kickoff Meeting marks the first G20 engagement event in China. This event was co-organized by Institute of World Economics and Politics at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IWEP, CASS), Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) and Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY).
Chinese G20 Special Envoy Ambassador Wang Xiaolong said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the unique role of the T20 as the “brain trust” of the G20. There is much work to be done to reach a consensus on the key world economic issues, and to turn this consensus into action at the G20 Summit. The success of the G20 Summit in 2016 depends on a collective and coordinated effort that brings people from different fields and countriestogether . At present, there is a need for new ideas to promote the growth of the world economy, to strengthen global economic governance capabilities, and to develop the G20 to be more effective in its role as an international forum for economic cooperation.
ThisChina Kickoff Meeting discussed the outcomes of the G20 Antalya Summit and the expectations for China’s presidency in 2016. The participants exchanged views on the topics of “challenges of global governance under new circumstances”; “exploring new dynamics for global inclusive growth”; “G20 governance and innovation systems”; “international investment and interconnected economies”; “experiences from the Antalya summit for China’s G20 presidency”; “China’s priorities for 2016 G20 presidency”; “international institutional reform under the G20”; “green development and global governance”; and offered advice for the 2016 G20 Summit.
Wang Wen, the Executive Dean of RDCY, released the research report “G20: From 2016 to 2030” at the kickoff meeting.The report points out that the G20 is undergoing two major transformations: transforming from a crisis response mechanism to a long-term governance mechanism, and transforming from cyclical policies to structural reforms. G20 needs to enact a “Five-Year Plan” system to carve out a new path for global sustainable development from 2016 to 2030.
