PAST EVENT: The Future of EU-China Relations – What Is Next?

INVITATION
IN-PERSON EVENT

EU-CHINA FORUM  
The Future of EU-China Relations
What Is Next?

Date:  Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Time: 14:00 – 17:00 CET
Venue: EIAS, rue de la Loi 26, 10th Floor, B-1040 Brussels

Dear Sir/Madam/X, 

The European Institute of Asian Studies and the Asia-Europe Research Centre, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University had the pleasure of inviting you to the EU-China Forum on “The Future of EU-China Relations – What is Next?” The discussion took place on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 from 14:00 to 17:00, at the EIAS premises, located in Rue de la Loi 26, 10th Floor, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium. The Forum gathered academics, think tankers, researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, and other experts on EU-China Affairs, in particular on Economic and Trade Relations in the first panel and on People-to-People Affairs and Higher Education Cooperation in the second panel.

As we mark the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations, the Forum assessed the current status of EU-China Relations in the fields of Economics and Trade, as well as People-to-People Relations, drawing a roadmap for future pathways of collaboration and engagement, taking into account existing challenges but also aspects where enhanced cooperation is deemed possible and desired on both sides. 

Programme

13:30 – 14:00   Registration and Welcome Coffee

14:00 – 15:20   Panel 1: EU-China Economic and Trade Relations

• Zhijun (David)  Yuan, former CEO, Bank Nagelmackers
• Duncan Freeman, Lecturer, ICHEC
• Ding Chun, Fudan University

15:20 – 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 – 16:55 Panel 2: EU-China People-to-People Relations

• Wei Shen, Qiushi Chair Professor, Zhejiang University and the Asia-Europe Research Centre, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University
• Zhang Li, Tsinghua University
• Lai Suetyi, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
• Lin Goethals, Director, EIAS

16:55 – 17:00  Closing Remarks

17:00 – 18:00  Networking Reception

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

The EIAS Team

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