International Seminar
China-LAC Overall Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Shanghai, China
November 24-25, 2015
OUTLINE PROGRAMME AND AGENDA
By November 10, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Arriving of participants
Hotel: Hengshan Picardie Hotel，No. 534 Hengshan Road, Shanghai, China (tbc)
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
8:30-9:00 Registration and Tea
9:00-9:30 PLENARY SESSION I
Welcoming Remarks, Prof. Chen Dongxiao
Keynote Speech, Mr. Zhu Qingqiao （tbc）
9:30-10:30 Working Groups Discussion Session I
The division into separate groups is necessarily arbitrary. While concentrating on the main
topic devolved to them, groups should not worry unduly about overlap where that seems
useful.
Group A: Sino-US Interaction and Shifting Order
After the financial crises in 2008, there were global economic and political changes shaping the
current world order. Prominent features of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were the
American declaration the end of Monroe Doctrine, increased Sino-LAC ties and the creation of
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CELAC. What are the international implications of LAC with increased autonomy? Will there be
a mutual beneficial interaction between China and the US in LAC in next decade? What are the
main opportunities and challenges for LAC with a different approach from the American side?
To what extent China and the US can avoid strategic competition in LAC? How does the
emerging world and regional order influence the future Sino-LAC relationship?
Group Chairperson: Prof. Andrés Serbin
Rapporteurs：Mr. Harold Trinkunas
Panelists:
Dr. Marcos Fábio Martins Oliveira
Mr. Zhu Qingqiao
Prof. Gustavo Enrique Santillán
Prof. Chen Dongxiao
Dr. Rosa Isabel Basaure Cabero
Prof. Wu Hongying
Prof. Gonzalo Paz
Prof. Wei Hongxia
Ms. Margaret Myers
Prof. Shao Yuqun
Prof. Tullo Vigevani
Prof. Niu Haibin
Prof. Giorgio Romano Schutte
Dr. Wan Yu
Dr. Mónica Ahumada Figueroa
Prof. Huang Nian
Prof. Ye Qing
Group B: Review China’s Overall Approaches towards LAC
Based on its various bilateral partnerships, China not only updated its strategic
partnership with regional countries, but also established an overall approach with LAC
through China-CELAC Forum. What are the comparative advantages of these bilateral
and multilateral approaches for China to deepen its relationship with LAC? What are
challenges at the overall cooperation between China and LAC? How China can build a
sustainable cooperation with LAC through established mechanisms? How LAC can be
integrated in China’s new global agenda (such as the One Road One Belt strategy)?
Chairperson: Prof. Jiang Shixue
Rapporteurs：Prof. Marcos Cordeiro Pires
Panelists:
Sr. Fernando Reyes Matta
Prof. Yue Yunxia
Mr. Rolando Garcia Alonso
Prof. Cui Shoujun
Sr. José Luis Valenzuela Álvarez
Prof. Tian Zhi
Sra. Andrea Pappier
Dr. Zuo Pin
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Prof. Luis Antonio Paulino
Prof. Dong Jingsheng
Prof. Marina Gusmão de Mendonça
Prof. Zhang Mingde
Prof. Eduardo Pastrana Buelvas
Dr. Wang Yuzhu
Ms. Huang Fangfang
Dr. Lou Xiangfei
SCG（tbc）
10：30-11：00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Working Group Discussion Session II
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14：00-15：30 Plenary Session II：Presentation and discussion of Group A’s report
Chairperson: Prof. Shao Yuqun
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17：30
Plenary Session III: Presentation and discussion of Group B’s report
Chairperson：Sr. Fernando Reyes Matta
17：45-19：30 Welcoming Dinner （Sitting Plan in the Registration）
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
9:00-10:30 Plenary Session IV: Building a Strong and Sustainable Relationship
How do we perceive political and economic risks in LAC against the situation in Brazil,
Venezuela and others? Will there be an end of Left-politics next decade in LAC and
what will be the implications of this scenario for China-LAC ties? What are the
priorities and main players in deepening China-LAC ties? What China can learn from
American experience on engaging LAC? How to build a strong and sustainable
relationship between China and LAC?
Chairperson: Prof. Wu Hongying
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
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11:00-12:00 Plenary Session V: Final Debates and Closing Remarks
How to build a strong public-private partnership internationally and domestically in
promoting China-LAC relationship? What kind of initiatives and agenda for academic
cooperation should be identified for near future? What we have done and what were the
major achievements on building a strong social and cultural tie besides economic ones?
What are suggestions for our next steps as think tank people?
Chairperson: Prof. Ye Qing
Closing Remarks: Prof. Marcos Cordeiro Pires
Mr. Harold Trinkunas
Prof. Chen Dongxiao
12:00-13:30 Working Lunch
Participants of the Seminar
Prof. Andrés Serbin, Executive President, CRIES, Argentina
Prof. Gonzalo Paz, American University, US
Prof. Eduardo Pastrana Buelvas, Director, Department of International Relations, Pontificia
University Javeriana, Colombia
Mr. Harold Trinkunas, Director, Latin America Initiative, Brookings, US
Ms. Margaret Myers, Director, China and Latin America, Inter-American Dialogue, US
Dr. Rolando Garcia Alonso, Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate, Mexico
Prof. Giorgio Romano Schutte, Federal University of ABC, Brazil
Prof. Marcos Cordeiro Pires, UNESP, Brazil
Dr. Marcos Fábio Martins Oliveira, UNIMONTES, Brazil
Prof. Gustavo Enrique Santillán, National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina
Dr. Rosa Isabel BasaureCabero, IDEA,Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Sr. José Luis Valenzuela Álvarez, Academic Director CELC, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Sra. Andrea Pappier, Confucius Institute, La Plata National University, Argentina
Prof. Luis Antonio Paulino, Director of Confucius Institute at UNESP, Brazil
Prof. Marina Gusmão de Mendonça, UNIFESP, Brazil
Prof. TulloVigevani, Dean of National Institute for US, UNESP, Brazil
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Sr. Fernando Reyes Matta, Director, CELC, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
Dr. Mónica Ahumada Figueroa, IDEA, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Prof. Wu Hongying, Director, Institute of Latin America Studies, China Institute of
Contemporary International Relations （CICIR）
Prof. Jiang Shixue, Deputy Director, Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences （CASS）
Prof. Cui Shoujun, Director, Center for Latin America Studies, Renmin University of China (tbc)
Prof. Yue Yunxia, Institute of Latin America Studies, CASS
Tian Zhi, China Development Bank （tbc）
Zhu Qingqiao，Director-General，Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs,
Foreign Ministry, China （tbc）
Huang Nian, Institute of Latin America Studies, CASS （tbc）
Prof. Wei Hongxia, Institute of American Studies, CASS
Prof. Dong Jingsheng，Department of History，Peking University
Dr. Wu Yu，Director，Center for Mexico Studies, Shanghai International Studies University （
SHISHU）
Dr. Zuo Pin, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, SHIHU
Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) (tbc)
Prof. Chen Dongxiao, President, Shanghai Institutes For International Studies （SIIS）
Prof. Ye Qing, Assistant President, SIIS
Prof. SHAO Yuqun, Director, Center for American Studies, SIIS
Prof. Niu Haibin, Deputy Director, Center for American Studies, SIIS
Dr. Lou Xiangfei, Center for American Studies, SIIS
Dr. Wang Yuzhu, Institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS (tbc)
Prof. Zhang Mingde, Center for American Studies, SIIS
Huang Fangfang, Center for American Studies, SIIS
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Important Information
The seminar is mainly based on roundtable discussion, is conducted in English, with no
facilities for interpreters.
Contact person: Lou Xiangfei, seminar assistant, email: clara719@163.com, Cell
number:+86 135 8554 3178; Niu Haibin, seminar coordinator, email:
niuhaibin@siis.org.cn, cell number: +86 150 2664 6138.
Seminar venue:
Internet access:
For dear Sir Pires’s Delegation members: Shuttle bus will be available for travelling
between the Howard Johnson Caida Plaza (188 Wudong Road) and seminar venue on
November 24 and 25.
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