China’s One Belt One Road Initiative and Central Europe

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10:00 – 10:15 Welcoming Remarks

• Dr. Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Head of the Research Department, the Institute of International Relations, Prague
• Luo Jinghui, Deputy Director General, the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

10:15 – 11:30 Panel I: OBOR and the V4 States

Panel Host: Dr. Rudolf Fürst, Researcher of the Institute of International Relations Prague

• Prof. Kong Tianping, Senior Researcher of the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Implication for Cooperation between China and the Visegrad States
• Prof. Liu Zuokui, Director of the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies, the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  How Chinese Perceive the V4 and China–V4 Relations
• Prof. Chen Xin, Director of the Department of European Economic Studies, the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  The Czech Republic in the 16+1 Cooperation
• Prof. Tian Dewen, Director of the Department of European Social and Cultural Studies, the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  The Belt and Road Initiative in China’s New Diplomatic Framework
• Dr. Alice Rezková, the Association for International Affairs:
  What Can CEE and China Learn from Each Other in Innovation?

11:30 – 12:00 Lunch

12:00 – 14:00 Panel II: OBOR and Czech–Chinese Bilateral Relations

Panel Host: Prof. Kong Tianping, Senior Researcher of the Institute of European Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

• Prof. Cui Hongjian, the China Institute of International Studies:
  The Role and Potential of the Czech Republic in the Development of China-Europe Relations
• Dr. Vilém Semerák, the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute; Charles University:
  One Belt, One Road – the Czech Perspective
• Dr. Rudolf Fürst, Researcher of the Institute of International Relations Prague:
  CEE–China Relations Updated: Czechs Going Prominent?
• Dr. Ju Weiwei, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  Economic Cooperation Between China and the Czech Republic
• Dr. Ma Junchi, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:
  Comparative Studies on the China-V4 Relations and Geman-V4 Relations