___________________________________________________________________________ 2013/ISOM/SYM/001a Symposium Handbook Submitted by: China APEC 2014 Symposium Beijing, China 9 December 2013 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! APEC 2014: Opportunities and Priorities ! ! ! ! ! ! APEC 2014 Symposium ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Beijing,! China 9 December 2013 ! 1 ! ! Program! 09:00- 09:15 Opening Session Moderator Tang Guoqiang, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Speaker Zhang Jun, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC 09:15-11:00 Session I: Situation and Mission: How should APEC Adapt to the Changing Situation New opportunities and challenges of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation; How should APEC enhance partnership for future? Moderator Wu Jianmin, China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy Speakers Zhang Yunling, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Peter Drysdale, Australia National University Kenneth Mak, Senior Official of Hong Kong, China for APEC Jusuf Wanandi, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Charles Morrison, East West Center, the United States Tan Khee Giap, National University of Singapore Natalia Stapran, Russian APEC Study Center 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break APEC 2014 Symposium 2 11:15-12:45 Session II: New Areas of Growth through Economic Reform: Role of APEC New approaches to growth through economic reform in the Asia Pacific region; How should APEC economies promote experience-sharing, and enhance communications and cooperation; Role of APEC Moderator Zhou Wenzhong, Boao Forum for Asia Speakers Fan Gang, China Reform Foundation Yuen Pau Woo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Jason Martínez, Mexican Ministry of Economy Fukunari Kimura, Keio University, Japan Stephen Y L Cheung, Hong Kong Institute of Education Djisman Simandjuntak, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia 12:45-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Session III: Connectivity—Urgent Needs and Long-term Targets Enhancing physical connectivity and breaking through the financing bottleneck; Planning the long-term roadmap for Asia- Pacific connectivity Moderator Zhang Yunling, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Speakers Wei Benhua, State Administration of Foreign Exchange Suthad Setboonsarng, Former Thailand Trade Representative Arto Suryodipuro, Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuen Pau Woo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Tan Khee Giap, National University of Singapore Tony Nowell, ABAC New Zealand/ Valadenz Limited APEC 2014 Symposium 3 15:30-15:45 Coffee Break 15:45-17:45 Session IV: Regional Economic Integration and the World Trading System: Role of APEC FTAAP: feasibility,roadmap and framework; Status quo and prospects of regional economic integration and the role of APEC in boosting the multilateral trading system; How should Asia- Pacific region develop and cooperate in the global value chain? Moderator Lin Guijun, University of International Business and Economics, China Speakers Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics, the United States Supperamaniam Manickam, Malaysia Institute of Strategic and International Studies Sherry Stephenson, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Sam Gerovich, Senior Official of Australia for APEC Hernán Gutiérrez, Chile Pacific Foundation Liu Chenyang, Nankai University, China Chul Chung, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 17:45-18:00 Session V: Wrap-Up Session 19:00-21:00 Welcome Dinner hosted by Mayor Wang Anshun APEC 2014: Opportunities and Priorities 4 Curriculum vitae An Zhongli 2010 to date, Deputy Secretary General/Secretary General, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation; 2005-2010 Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in the interim from 2006 to 2007 Deputy Mayor, Huangshi Municipality Government, Hubei Province; 2007-2008 learning in the United States); 1998-2005 General Office, State Council (Deputy Director General 2001, Director General 2004); 1996-1998 Director, General Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1995-1996 Deputy Director, Organization Department, China Communist Party Central Committee; 1994-1995 Department for International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1990-1994 posted in the Chinese Embassy in Somali and the Chinese Embassy in Egypt; 1984-1989 studied in Diplomatic !Affairs Department, the Diplomatic Institute. Tel: 86-10-85119596; Fax: 85-11-65235135 !E-mail: [email protected] Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, BBS, JP Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, BBS, JP, President and Chair Professor of Public Policy, joined !The Hong Kong Institute of Education in 2013. He was Dean and Chair Professor of Finance, School of Business at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Professor Cheung was also Convenor of the Business Advisory Committee at the university and participated in the accreditation and assessment of undergraduate, research and graduate programs, academic ! development and strategic development. Professor Cheung is highly active in academic research, focusing on corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and financial market development, and publishes widely in international refereed journals. He is also a prolific writer, contributing numerous articles to Chinese, English, !Japanese and French newspapers and magazines. Professor Cheung has actively participated in a wide range of community services. He chairs the Supervisory Committee of the Asian Bond Fund APEC 2014 Symposium 5 Hong Kong Bond Index Fund of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Nursing and Midwifery Sub-Group of Steering Committee on Strategic Review on Healthcare Manpower Planning and Professional Development, the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force, and serves as a member of the Commission on Poverty. In past years, Professor Cheung held a number of other public offices. He was the Chairman of the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and Part- time Member of the Central Policy Unit. ! ! Chul Chung Dr. Chul Chung is a research fellow of Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and director of Korea National Center for APEC Studies as well as executive director of KOPEC. He also serves as an editor of the Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies. Prior to joining KIEP in 2007, he was a professor of the School of Economics at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where he taught international trade and research methods for six years. Being on leave from KIEP from 2009 to 2012, he served as Chief Economist for Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in Washington D.C. During the three year stint in Washington D.C., he has worked as a member of the KORUS FTA (Korea- US Free Trade Agreement) outreach team together with Dr. Han Duk-Soo, then Ambassador of Korea to the United States, and the US Chamber of Commerce for the ratification of the KORUS FTA, which entered into force on March 15, 2012. After successfully completing the mission in Washington D.C., he returned to KIEP in 2012. Dr. Chung’s primary research interests are in the areas of international trade and economic geography. His current work focuses on international trade policies including FTAs and regional economic integration in the context of APEC. He received his Ph.D. in !Economics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! APEC 2014: Opportunities and Priorities 6 Peter Drysdale Peter Drysdale is Emeritus Professor of Economics in the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. He is widely acknowledged as the leading intellectual architect of APEC. He was founding head of the Australia-Japan Research Centre and is known for his work on East Asian and Pacific economic cooperation and the East Asian economies. He is the author of a large number of books and papers on international and resources trade, foreign investment and economic policy in East Asia and the Pacific, including International Economic Pluralism: Economic Policy in East Asia and the Pacific. He is recipient of the Asia Pacific Prize, the Weary Dunlop Award, the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon, the Australian Centenary Medal and he is a Member of the Order of Australia, and an Honorary Doctor of Letters, from the Australian National University. He is presently Head of East Asia Forum (www.eastasiaforum.org), the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) (www.eaber.org) and the South Asia Bureau of Economic Research (SABER) (www.saber.org). In 2011-12, he served on the Advisory and Cabinet Committee of the Australian Government's White Paper on Australia’s in the Asian Century and is currently a member of the Strategic Advisory Board for implementation of the White Paper. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! APEC 2014 Symposium 7 Fan Gang Mr. Fan Gang is Ph.D, in Economics. Chairman, China Reform Foundation; Director, National Economic Research Institute; and Professor of Economics, Peking University and the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He got his Ph.D. in economics from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in 1988. He was visiting fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University, MA, USA, 1985-1987; Senior research fellow and deputy director of Institute of Economics, CASS, 1992-1995; chief editor, Jingji Yanjiu (Economic Research Journal, monthly), 1992-1993; His publications include over 100 academic papers published in Chinese and English academic journals; and 12 books on Macroeconomics