[Hybrid] Shifting Gears? Germany’s Updated China Strategy Go back »
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Time2023-08-25 | 15:00 - 16:30
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Venue:Zoom Online/C405, European Chamber Beijing Office
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Address:
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Fee:Members: 200 |
Non Members: 400
Speakers
Dr. Mikko Huotari
Mikko Huotari is the Executive Director of MERICS. His research focuses on China’s foreign policy, China-Europe relations and global (economic) governance and competition. He has published on China’s rise as a financial power, trade and investment relations with Europe as well as on geopolitical shifts related to China's emergence as a global security actor.
Huotari studied in Freiburg, Nanjing and Shanghai. He holds a PhD from Freiburg University and was a guest scholar at the University of California in San Diego in 2017/2018. In 2019, Huotari was appointed as one of 15 German representatives to the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum.
Dr. Hongjian Cui
Dr. CUI Hongjian received his Ph.D. degree in International Relations from Peking University and associated with China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) since 1998. Dr. Cui served as a senior diplomat in Chinese Missions abroad before he became a senior research fellow and Director of the European Studies in CIIS between 2009 and 2023. Now, Cui is the Director of the European Union Studies and Professor at the Academy of Regional and Global Governance, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Member of the China Economic and Social Council, Member of Chinese Association of International Understanding, Vice President of the China Association of European Studies and the Executive Director of European Studies Center in the China Fund of International Studies. Cui has been working on International Politics and Regional Governance, European economy, politics, security, published plenty of articles, policy reports and comments.
Dr. Janka Oertel
Dr Janka Oertel is the Director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She previously worked as a Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Berlin office, where she focused on transatlantic China policy including on emerging technologies, Chinese foreign policy and security in East Asia. Prior to joining GMF, she served as a program director at Körber Foundation’s Berlin office.
She holds a PhD from the University of Jena. Her dissertation focused on Chinese policies within the United Nations. She was a visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin) and worked at United Nations Headquarters, New York, as a Carlo-Schmid-Fellow. She has published widely on topics related to EU-China relations, US-China relations, security in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese foreign policy, 5G and emerging technologies as well as climate cooperation.
Mr. Stefan Bernhart
Stefan Bernhart holds a position as Director at Volkswagen Group China and manages the company’s international stakeholder relations. Prior to joining Volkswagen, he served the Federal Foreign Office as Economic and Industry Counsellor at the German Embassy in Beijing from 2016 to 2020. His previous industry experience includes leadership positions with Mercedes-Benz (previously Daimler AG) at HQ in Stuttgart. Stefan Bernhart holds a M.A. in Intercultural Communication and Economics.
Stefan was elected as the Vice President of the European Chamber in May 2023.