MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF
BULGARIA
DIPLOMATIC
INSTITUTE
SOFIA UNIVERSITY
“ST. KL.
OHRIDSKY”
CHINA EUROPE
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS SCHOOL
ACADEMIA SINICA
EUROPAEA
SHANGHAI
FIFTH EURO-CHINA FORUM
Bulgaria, Sofia, 21-22 September 2006
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MR. IVAILO KALFIN,
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS
Prof. David Gosset
Director for Cultural Affairs in China Europe International Business School, Shanghai,
Director of Academia Sinica Europaea, an intellectual interface between Europe and China.
David Gosset is Professor of Philosophy. He has studied Political Science at the Sorbonne
University Paris, Russian in the Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (, Paris), and
Chinese in Taipei. David Gosset was a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University's, School of
Advanced International Studies in , Washington D.C.
The author of numerous articles and papers on China and Europe published in French, Spanish, American and
Chinese reviews, David Gosset's academic research covers not only the China/Europe relationship, but also the
concept of Eurasia and its articulation with the world-system. Following his residency in Washington D.C., David
Gosset developed the idea of a possible constructive triangulation between the EU, the US and China which received
much attention in the three poles. Professor Gosset has lectured at Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA - the
French National School of Public Administration), various European and American Institutions, and Multinational
Corporations.
Professor David Gosset was awarded the "Cross of the Civil Order" by the King of Spain for his work as the
Director of Academia Sinica Europæa.
HE Mr. Yu Zhenqi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the
Republic of Bulgaria
Formerly:
Charge d’affairs, first secretary, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ukraine
Counsellor, Minister-Counsellor ,Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Russia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the
Republic of Belarus
HE Mr. Geoffrey Keating
Ambassador of Ireland in Bulgaria, Counsellor in the Bilateral Economic Relations Division at
Headquarters, formerly Consul General of Ireland in Shanghai.
Mr. Liu Ji
Executive President, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), People's Republic of
China
Formerly:
Director, Commission for Economic Restructuring, Shanghai Municipality;
Executive Chairman, Association of Science and Technology, Shanghai Municipality;
Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Research Institute of Science, Shanghai Municipality;
Director, Research Institute of Combustion Engines, Ministry of Electromechanics of Shanghai;
Member of the Academic Board, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Five years as Deputy Chairman, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences.
Author of more than ten books and 200 articles.
HE Mr. Lu Qiutian
Honorary President of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
Career diplomat - Staff member to the Chinese Embassy in Holland;
Ambassador to Luxembourg, Romania and Germany.
Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference.
President of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
Prof. Alfredo Pastor
Doctor of Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ph.D. in Economics, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Chair of Economic Theory (on sabbatical)
Dr. Alfredo Pastor is professor of the department of economics. His areas of specialization
include European Union, Spanish economic policy, the role of the State in a market economy
and Chinese economy.
Formerly Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in the Spanish Ministry of Finance
Prof. Guy Olivier Faure
Professor of Sociology at the Sorbonne University.
In China, he has been teaching and training managers and executives (China-Europe
Management Institute, Beijing; CEIBS, Shanghai; European Union- China Managers Program,
Beijing).
Member of the editorial board of: Negotiation Journal (Harvard, Cambridge); Group Decision
and Negotiation (New York); International Negotiation (Washington).
Member of the Steering Committee of the most important society on International Negotiation (PIN/ IIASA),
Vienna, Austria. Senior consultant to the “Negotiation Center”, Washington.
He has authored, co-authored and edited a dozen of books and over 50 articles.
Mr. Feng Shaolei
Dean of School of Advanced International and Area Studies, tenured Professor of East China
Normal University (ECNU).
Member of social science committee of the Ministry of Education, China.
Member of Sino-Russia Peace and Development Committee.
Mr. Markku Heiskanen
Senior official of the Finnish Foreign Ministry and Associate Senior Fellow of NIAS.
He has been specializing in regional cooperation in Northeast Asia since early 1980s.
His current research activites are focusing on multilateral developments in Northeast Asia
including the ongoing Six Party Talks, and the Iron Silk Road, a railway connection between
Europe and Northeast Asia.
Mr. Li Renfa
Chairman of the Renhu Group,
Professor and Ph.D. supervisor of Hunan University since1997.
BULGARIAN PARTICIPANTS
Mrs. Meglena Kuneva
Minister of European Affairs
Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Bulgaria with the European Union
Formerly:
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Bulgaria with the
European Union
Senior Legal Advisor at the Council of Ministers
Consultant at the World Bank for the creation of a Trust Ecofund and the preparation of a comparative research of
the countries from Central and Eastern Europe.
Dr. Solomon Passy
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 40th National Assembly.
Formerly:
Chairman-in-Office of OSCE 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001-2005
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security Committee 2001
Founding President and CEO of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria.
Mr. Yanaki Stoilov
Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the 40th National Assembly.
Member of European Integration Committee of the 40th National Assembly.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for Friendship BG-China at the Bulgarian Parliament.
Mr. Feim Chaoushev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Formerly:
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport;
Member of the Council of European Integration with the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Foreign Affairs Counselor of the Central Council of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms;
Head of the Diplomatic Bureau of the Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin
Prof. Milan Milanov
Director of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute.
Professor of International Law and International Relations at the South-West University
“Neofit Rilsky”.
Prof. Milanov has been Ambassador of Bulgaria to France and Permanent Representative of
Bulgaria to UNESCO.
He is a founding member of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Society, a member of the National
Association for International Relations, and a member of the Bulgarian Section of the International Union of the
Journalists-Francophone.
Prof. Milanov is the author of a dozen of articles and books in Bulgaria and abroad. He has written a monograph
– “UNESCO – from a Symbol to Reality”.
Dr. Stoyan Stalev
Executive Director of InvestBulgaria State Agency
Ambassador of Republic of Bulgaria to Republic of Turkey
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Care Taker Government of Republic of Bulgaria
Ambassador of Republic of Bulgaria to Federal Republic of Germany
Legal Adviser to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria,
Dr. Zheelio Zhelev.
Research fellow and Senior research fellow at the institute of State Studies and
Law in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, specialized in International and Maritime Law
Mr. Dimitar Tzanev
Graduate Department of History, Sofia University
Formerly:
Vice minister of Foreign affairs,
General Consul of Republic of Bulgaria in Sydney, Australia,
Ambassador of Republic of Bulgaria in China
Mr. Alexander B. Alexiev
PhD in Chinese linguistics.
“St. Kliment Ohridsky” University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Centre for Eastern Languages and
Cultures, Department of East-Asian Languages and Cultures, Sinology Section. Full time lecturer
in Chinese Civilization, Chinese Lexicology and Lexicography, Chinese Phraseology, Grammar
of The Chinese Newspaper Text, Practical Chinese, Chinese Language Stylistics, China State and
Political System.
Educational background:
Master in Chinese Philology at St.Petersburg University, Russia.
Diploma qualification: Sinologist.
Graduation thesis: “Comparative grammar characteristics in Cantonese and Mandarin”.
www.sbs.bg
Specialized Business Systems (SBS) was founded in 1990. Since 1998 it has become a shareholding company.
SBS main business activities include manufacturing, import, export, distribution and service of computer systems.
Specialized Business Systems holds a leading position in the computer systems and office automation business in
Bulgaria. The company has succesfully accomplished many projects and has gained the satisfaction of more than
6500 clients and the huge amount of working computer systems with the SBS brand in Bulgaria, Europe, Asia and
Africa.
www.zte.com.cn
ZTE Corporation (Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipments Company Limited) is one of the largest
telecommunications manufacturers and wireless solutions providers in the People's Republic of China. ZTE's
network products cover data, optical transport, switching, videoconferencing, power supply, monitoring, etc. It
provides solutions in narrowband, broadband, wired and wireless products. ZTE operates in mainland China,
Bangladesh, Hong Kong , the Philippines, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Brazil, Romania, Pakistan, Iran, India, Libya,
Benin, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Angola, UK, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Cuba, Argentina, Chile and Sri Lanka.
www.huawei.com
Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks, and serves 28 of the
world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide. Huawei's products and solutions include
wireless products, core network products, network products, application and software, as well as terminals. Major
products are based on Huawei's self-designed ASIC chips and shared platforms to provide high-quality and costeffective products and solutions with quick response. Huawei has over 44,000 employees, of whom 48% are
dedicated to R&D. Huawei's global R&D centers are located in Bangalore in India, Silicon Valley and Dallas in USA,
Stockholm in Sweden and Moscow in Russia in addition to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou
and Chengdu in China.