Monday 28 May
14.30 Opening of the 16th EU-China Round Table meeting
Chair: Ms Dilyana Slavova, President of the External Relations Section, EESC
Speeches by:
- Mr Luca Jahier, EESC President
- Mr Yang Chonghui, CESC Vice-President
- H.E. Zhang Haizhou, Ambassador of the Chinese People's Republic to Bulgaria (tbc)
- Mr Ognian Zlatev, Head of the European Union Representation office in Bulgaria
15.30 Family photo
15.45 Coffee break
16.00 Session 1: Social security and social solidarity mechanisms
Chair: Mr Yang Chonghui, CESC Vice-President
Speakers:
- Mr Miguel Ångel Cabra de Luna, EESC member
- Mr Zheng Gongcheng, CESC member
Debate
18.00 Cocktail reception offered by the EESC
Tuesday 29 May
09.00 Bilateral meeting between Mr Luca Jahier, EESC President, and Mr Yang Chonghui, CESC Vice-President
09.30 Session 2: Trade and investment relations between the EU and China
Chair: Mr Luca Jahier, EESC President
Speakers:
- Mr Cui Hongjian, CESC member
- Mr Jonathan Peel, EESC member
Debate
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 Approval of joint statement & closing remarks
Chair: Ms Dilyana Slavova, President of the External Relations Section, EESC
Approval of joint statement
Closing remarks by:
- Mr Yang Chonghui, CESC Vice-President
- Mr Luca Jahier, EESC President
13.00 End of the 16th EU-China Round Table
13.00 Lunch offered by the EESC
14.30 Tripartite seminar: EU-China Year of Tourism 2018
Key note: Mr Ivan Nikolaev Portnih, Mayor of the municipality of Varna
Ms Dilyana Slavova, President of the External Relations Section, EESC
Speakers:
- Mr Lyuben Kanchev, Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Prof. Vera Pirimova, Member of the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Mr Cui Hongjian, CESC member
- Mr Juan Mendoza Castro, EESC member