CALL FOR PAPERS

VI High-Level Think Tanks Symposium of

China and Central & Eastern European Countries

Bled, Slovenia

3-4 September 2019

Dear scholars:

We are welcoming contributions for the 6th High-Level Think Tanks Symposium of China and Central & Eastern European Countries in September 3-4, 2019.

This two-day symposium at Bled in Slovenia will offer policymakers, business representatives, as well as researchers and civil society representatives a platform to exchange good practices and latest analyses the perspectives on the cooperation between China and Central & Eastern European Countries.

The accommodation expenses and board, international travel expenses can be covered by organizer once your proposal is accepted. Please send your proposal for a paper or case study along with your short biographies until Saturday, 20 July 2019 to thinktank17plus1@126.com. Proposals should be limited to no more than 500 words.

The conference will be organized into the following thematic groups*:

“17+1 Cooperation” & Sustained Development of China-EU Relations

Innovative and Sustainable Development of “17+1 Cooperation”

Prospects for “17+1 Cooperation”

(*Please find the topics of each group in the Appendix.)

Conference languages: English

Important Date:

20 July 2019: deadline for proposals to be sent to thinktank17plus1@126.com.

25 July 2019: notification of acceptance.

20 August 2019: deadline for full paper.

Contact: Prof. Liu Zuokui, Dr. Ju Weiwei

Tel: 0086-10-85196212

Fax:0086-10-65138428

Website:

http://www.16plus1-thinktank.com/en/index.jhtml

  China-CEEC Think Tanks Network

  July 6th, 2019

Appendix

The topics of the groups:

“17+1 Cooperation” & Sustained Development of China-EU Relations

(1) The “17+1 Cooperation” as the beneficial complement to China-EU cooperation

(2) The connectivity between China and Europe through the “17+1 Cooperation”

(3) Responses to the concerns of the EU on “17+1 Cooperation”

Innovative and Sustainable Development of “17+1 Cooperation”

(1) Development status and potential in China-CEEC Cooperation: local cooperation, agricultural cooperation, think tanks cooperation, digital economy, new energy and small and medium-sized enterprises cooperation

(2) Deepening and enriching cooperation for seventeen bilateral relations between China and CEECs

Prospects for “17+1 Cooperation”

(1) Promotion for deep cooperation in various professional fields of “17+1 Cooperation”

(2) The next five years plan(2020-2025) for China-CEEC Cooperation