The State of Play of EU-China Relations 35 Years after their Establishment, Conference report, July 2010

Benefiting from the presence in Brussels of a delegation composed by members of the China Reform Forum, the Central Party School and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair at the College of Europe and the Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation organised a meeting on the state of play of EU-China Relations 35 years after their establishment, on the 26 July 2010

The event opened with a keynote speech by Mr. Chen Baosheng, Vice Chairman of China Reform Forum and Vice President of the Central Party School on China's recent developments and future perspectives of cooperation between the EU and China. A discussion session then followed, benefiting from the participation of Professor Gong Li, the Central Party School; Professor Zhang Zhongjun, Deputy Director of the General Office at the Central Party School, Mr. Wang Xudong, Secretary General of CRF and Mr. Wu Yaokun, Director of the Department of Academic Initiatives at CRF. Professor Jing Men, Chair holder of the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair and Professor of EU-China Relations at the College of Europe and Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation chaired the meeting and contributed to the discussions.