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Time2024-11-13 | 16:00 - 17:30
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Venue:Teams/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405
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Address:Beijing Yansha Centre, 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
北京市朝阳区亮马桥路50号燕莎中心写字楼C405室 -
Fee:Members: 300 |
Non Members: 600
Understanding China has become more important yet difficult than ever. Whether China is viewed as a rival, partner, or a mix of both, effective policy will only be as good as the information on which it is based.
The European Chamber warmly invites you to join the Exclusive Dialogue on 13 November (Wednesday) in Beijing featuring Scott Kennedy, the Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), for a deep dive on the Chinese economy.
Dr. Kennedy is a leading authority on Chinese economic policy and U.S.-China commercial relations and has travelled to China for 36 years. Ongoing focuses include China’s innovation drive, Chinese industrial policy, US-China relations, and global economic governance.
In this Exclusive Dialogue, discussion topics include:
- Evolving evaluations of China’s economy and its impact to European businesses.
- Comments on China’s latest stimulus package initiative.
- Latest CSIS report on the diversification strategies of Taiwanese investors in Mainland China.
- US presidential election and US-China relations.
Dr. Kennedy has been one of the few American scholars to travel between Washington and Beijing in recent years. His travels are driven by a firm belief that field research, direct observation, and talking and listening to Chinese perspectives must be a part of our toolkit to understand China. Join us as he shares his experiences speaking to Chinese leaders from business, government, and academia on what makes China tick, where is the country going, and what connects us.
*This event will be conducted in English and off the record.
*This event offers a limited number of onsite seats and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Agenda:
15:30-16:00 Registration
16:00-16:05 Opening Remarks
- Jens Eskelund, President, European Chamber
16:05-16:40 Keynote Speech: A Deep Dive on the Chinese Economy
- Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS
16:40-17:10 Dialogue and Discussion
- Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS
- Jens Eskelund, President, European Chamber
17:10-17:30 Q&A
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Members of the Advisory Council may receive complimentary admission to Chamber seminars and conferences up to two attendees per event. Additional participants will be charged at the member rate.
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Speakers
Mr. Jens Eskelund
Jens Eskelund was born in 1970 in Aarhus, Denmark. He holds an MA in philosophy and has studied at University of Aarhus and University of Texas at Austin. He has also pursued studies in Chinese at Renmin University in Beijing. Coming to Beijing as a student in 1998, Jens Eskelund began his career in China as Commercial Officer at the Danish Embassy to China before taking on a position in marketing for Maersk Line in Beijing in 2000. He has since held positions as General Manager for Public Affairs for Maersk Line in China and later Director of Public Affairs for North Asia before assuming his present role as Chief Representative for Maersk in the Greater China Area and North-East Asia. Primary focus areas comprise engaging government entities, institutions and trade associations on matters of policy, regulatory environment and business development on behalf of the companies within the Maersk Group.
Jens Eskelund is a former Chairman of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China as well as the Vice President and Chair of Maritime Working Group of the European Chamber. Jens was elected as the President of European Chamber in May 2023.
Jens Eskelund is married and has two sons.
Dr. Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy is Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A leading authority on Chinese economic policy and US-China commercial relations, Kennedy has been traveling to China for 36 years. His specific areas of expertise include industrial policy, technology innovation, business lobbying, U.S.-China commercial relations, and global governance. His articles have appeared in a wide array of policy, popular, and academic venues, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and China Quarterly. He is author of (with Wang Jisi) Breaking the Ice: The Role of Scholarly Exchange in Stabilizing U.S.-China Relations (CSIS, 2023), The Fat Tech Dragon: Benchmarking China’s Innovation Drive (CSIS, 2017), and The Business of Lobbying in China (Harvard University Press, 2005); and editor of China’s Uneven High-Tech Drive: Implications for the United States (CSIS, 2020) and Global Governance and China: The Dragon’s Learning Curve (Routledge, 2018).
From 2000 to 2014, Kennedy was a professor at Indiana University (IU), where he established the Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business and was the founding academic director of IU’s China Office. Kennedy received a PhD in political science from George Washington University, and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins-SAIS. He was a student at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for the 1991-92 academic year.