On behalf of Friends of Europe and its partners, I would like to thank you for accepting to speak at this China Advisory Council roundtable.
Main characteristics of Friends of Europe roundtables are:

• Lively and open debates featuring 30 senior experts on China seated around the table.
• Discussants will include policymakers and representatives from business, civil society, diplomatic missions, and the international press.

Programme:

• - CHINA’S 12TH FIVE-YEAR PLAN: THE VIEW FROM CHINA
• - PROSPECTS FOR EUROPE-CHINA SYNERGIES
• - EU-CHINA ECONOMIC COOPERATION: THE VIEW FROM CHINA
• - THE WAY AHEAD: CAN EUROPE AND CHINA FORGE AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP?

List of participants:

Arnaldo Abruzzini
Secretary General
Association of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry (EUROCHAMBRES)

Tadeusz Chomicki
Ambassador
Embassy of Poland to China

Davide Cucino
Chief of China Operations
Finmeccanica Group, China

Annick de Kermadec-Bentzmann
General Manager
BNP Paribas Shanghai, China

Mario Damato
Executive Director
Greenpeace China

Jacques de Boisséson
Chairman and General Representative
Total, China

Manuel Deleers
General Manager
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Française en Chine (CCIFC), China

Francis du Bois de Vroylande
General Manager
Bencham – Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China

Markus Ederer
Head of Delegation
European Commission: Delegation of the European Union to China

David Fouquet
Director and Editor
The Asia-Europe Project

Nathalie Furrer
Director
Friends of Europe Les Amis de l’Europe, Belgium

Alicia Garcia-Herrero
Chief Economist for Emerging Markets
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), China

Pascal Gondrand
Chief Representative for Greater China and Counsellor for International Investment
Invest in France Agency, China

Frank Haugwitz
Independent Consultant
China Renewable Energy Information, China

Isabel Hilton
Editor
chinadialogue

Patrick Horgan
Director Programmes China
British Council, China

Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Director at Large
China Carbon Forum

Shada Islam
Head of the Asia Programme
Friends of Europe Les Amis de l’Europe, Belgium

Reggie Lai
Director
APCO Worldwide China

Liu Youfa
Vice-President
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

Nannan Lundin
Director and Head of Public Relations
TEKFORS AB – Distributed Energy and Climate Smart Solutions, Sweden

Richard Mohr
Managing Director
EastInfo China

Gabriel Moyano Vázquez
Secretary General
Spanish Chamber of Commerce in China

John Quelch
Vice President and Dean
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Razeen Sally
Director
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)

Christina Söderström-Nilsson
Managing Director
Enterprise Europe Network Stiftelsen Europa Institutet, Sweden

Didier Soubies
Founder and Secretary General
France China Environment & Energy (FC2E), China

Timothy P. Stratford
Partner
Covington & Burling, China

Günter Strauss
Managing Director Asia
Schüco International, China

Alexandra Voss
General Manager
German Chamber of Commerce Beijing, China

Wu Changhua
Director of Greater China
The Climate Group, China

Jörg Wuttke
General Manager and Chief Representative
BASF, China

Zhang Yansheng
Director of the Institute for International Economics Research
National Development and Reform Commission, China (NDRC)