European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9 June
14:00 – 14.45 Opening Session
Welcome remarks by Mr Antón Costas, President of the Economic and Social Council of Spain
Chair: Mr Stefano Palmieri, EESC Member (Group II – Workers – Italy)
- Mr Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC
- Mr SHU Qiming, Vice-President of the CESC
- H.E. Mr YAO Jing, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Spain
- Mr Kyeretwie Osei, Head of Programs at African Union ECOSOCC
14:45 – 17.00 Working Session 1: The EU's Global Gateway Strategy and China's Belt and Road Initiative: bridging global investment and connectivity gaps
Chair: Mr Oliver Röpke, EESC President
- Presentation of thematic reports
CESC
- Mr ZHANG Yuyan, Rapporteur, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Member of the CESC, Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Academic Committee of Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) of CASS, and Dean of the School of International Politics and Economics of the University of CASS
EESC
- Mr Stefano Palmieri, Rapporteur, EESC Member (Group II – Workers – Italy)
Mr Jacek Krawczyk, Co-Rapporteur, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Poland)
- Mr Kyeretwie Osei, Head of Programs at African Union ECOSOCC
Exchange of views
- Mr LI Ruiyu, Member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC, Member of the CESC, Former Chinese Ambassador to Denmark, and Former Chinese Ambassador to Italy and San Marino
- Ms Ellen Nygren, EESC Member (Group II – Workers – Sweden)
- Mr YE Fujing, Member of the CESC, Director and Senior Research Fellow,Department of Research Management, Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, and former economic counselor of the Chinese Mission to the EU
- Mr ZHANG Yuncheng, Member of the CESC, Deputy Secretary-General of Academic Committee at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Researcher of the Institute of Macroeconomic and Strategic Studies at the CICIR, and Former Director of the Institute of World Economic Studies at the CICIR
- Mr Vitalijs Gavrilovs, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Latvia)
Closing remarks by the Rapporteurs
10 June
9:00 – 11.15 Working Session 2: Strengthening EU-China cooperation for climate action and finance at COP30
Chair: Mr SHU Qiming, CESC Vice-President
- Presentation of thematic reports
EESC
- Ms Antje Gerstein, Rapporteur, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Germany)
CESC
- Mr PIAO Shilong, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, Vice President of Peking University, and Dean of the Institute of Carbon Neutrality at Peking University
Exchange of views
- Mr Dirk Bergrath, EESC Member (Group II –Workers – Germany)
- Mr GU Shuzhong, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Member of the CESC, Research Fellow of the Research Institute for Resources and Environment Policies, the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC)
- Mr Michael McLoughlin, EESC Member (Group III – Civil Society Organisations - Ireland)
- Mr Peter Clever, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Germany)
- Mr MIN Qingwen, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Member of the CESC, Director of the Resources Ecology and Biological Resources Research Office at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Member and Head of the China Office of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) program of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Ms Ágnes Cser, EESC Member (Group III – Civil Society Organisations - Hungary)
- Mr Vasco De Mello, EESC Member (Group I – Employers - Portugal)
- Mr GAO Jixi, Member of the CPPCC National Committee and Chief Scientist of the Satellite Application Center for Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- Mr Panagiotis Gkofas, EESC Member (Group III – Civil Society Organisations - Greece)
- Mr Miguel Angel Cabra De Luna, EESC Member (Group III – Civil Society Organisations – Spain)
Closing remarks by the Rapporteurs
11:15 – 11.30 Closing Session
Chair: Mr Peter Clever, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Germany)
- Summary speech by Mr SHU Qiming, Vice-President of the CESC
- Summary speech by Mr Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee