Prof lin Guijun was invited to attend the summer Davos Forum

The summer Davos Forum was held from Sep 11 to 13 in Da Lian. The summer Davos Forum, also known as world’s economy indicator, has worldwide influence. More than 2100 delegates from the political and economic elites of more than 90 countries attended the event with the theme of “Meeting the Innovation Imperative," unfolding a gathering of insightful thoughts to the world.
Prof Lin Guijun from our university was invited to attend the Summer Davos Forum and presided over the Trade Promotion Forum. Attendees of the forum had a joint discussion on the key issues of how China’s supply chain and trade network meet the increasing demand of consumption and how China’s foreign investment enterprise prioritize trade facilitation. Guest speakers of the forum included ‎Jens Eskelund, Senior Director at Maersk China Ltd, Gerry A. Mattios, principal of consultancy Bain & Co and Sergio Mujica, Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs. Prof Lin Guijun answered attendees’ questions regard to the development of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and its policy.
 
Prof Lin Guijun also joined the sub forum of Global Trade Diversion as a guest speaker, discussing the theme of regional integration, in particular, advances and influence of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP); and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Prof Lin emphasized the importance of China’s role in Asia’s manufacturing and global supply chain. He thought the regional economic integration and global supply chain can be developed side by side. The absence of China can disturb Asia’s present production network, which will have an obvious negative impact on the world’s economy. Guest speaker of the sub-forum included Adam S. Posen, president of the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics, Larry Stone, President of Group Public & Government Affairs in BT Group, Satoshi Miyamoto, President of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Razeen Sally, Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and Francisco Nicolás González Díaz, Director General of ProMéxico.
 
Hong Junjie, Dean of our school was invited to attend the Summer Davos Forum as well. He attended the sub-forum of Trade Promotion and drafted the report which has been published in the World Economic Forum. Prof Hong received a live interview by Da Lian Television and expressed his opinions on the recovery of European’s economy and the trend of America economy.