Changing China: the Party, the State and its global role in Xi Jinping Era

This event is organized under the auspices of the European Horizon funded consortia Dealing with a resurgent China (DWARC). The event is divided into two roundtables that feature internationally leading China experts from several European universities and think tanks. The two roundtables are called: “Taking stock of China’s direction after the National People’s Congress 2025” &  “China’s foreign policy amid new geopolitical reality of Donald Trump.”

This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions under grant agreement No. 101061700.

PROGRAM

Welcome by chair: Prof. Jean-Louis Rocca  – Sciences Po–CERI (member of DWARC)
Keynote by Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and former Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation

Based on the conclusions from the NPC, the roundtable will discuss how Beijing is dealing with the country’s struggling economy and what economic reforms – if any – are to be expected in the coming year.

Moderation: Finbarr Bermingham (journalist, South China Morning Post)

Prof. Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard (Copenhagen Business School, member of DWARC)
Dr. Alicia Garcia-Herrero (Bruegel, member of DWARC)
Prof. Kerry Brown (King’s College London)

The roundtable will discuss how China is responding to ‘Round Two’ of Trump’s trade war and the initiatives that China is launching in response to the potential peace negotiations of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the US’ changing priorities on the international stage.

Moderation: Finbarr Bermingham (journalist, South China Morning Post)
Dr. Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova (Latvian Institute of International Affairs)
Helena Legarda (MERICS, member of DWARC)
Dr. Björn Jerdén (Swedish National China Centre at UI / Re-Connect)