Academic conference: Changing China: The Party, the State, and its Global Role in Xi Jinping’s Era
10
Apr 2025
Paris
In this public event, hosted by Sciences Po in Paris, the entire DWARC consortium + external experts gather for two roundtable discussions.
Agenda
- 17:00-17:30 Welcome remarks and keynote
– Welcome: Jean-Louis Rocca (DWARC – Sciences Po)
– Keynote: Arancha González (Sciences Po) - 17:30-18:15 Roundtable I: Taking stock of China’s direction after the National People’s Congress 2025
Based on the conclusions from the NPC, the roundtable will discuss how Beijing is dealing with the country’s struggling economy and what economic reforms – if any – are to be expected in the coming year.
– Moderation: Finbarr Bermingham (SCMP)
– Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard (DWARC, CBS)
– Alicia Garcia-Herrero (DWARC, Bruegel)
– Kerry Brown (King’s College London) - 18:15-19:00 Roundtable II: China’s foreign policy amid new geopolitical reality of Donald Trump
The roundtable will discuss how China is responding to ‘Round Two’ of Trump’s trade war and the initiatives that China is launching in response to the potential peace negotiations of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the US’ changing priorities on the international stage.
– Moderation: Finbarr Bermingham (SCMP)
– Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova (Latvian Institute of International Affairs)
– Helena Legarda (DWARC - MERICS)
– Björn Jerdén (Swedish National China Centre at UI / Re-Connect) - 19:00 End of program
For more information please visit the SciencesPo website.
About the speakers
Alicia Garcia Herrero
Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute, Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Economist specialized in monetary and financial issues in emerging markets, banking crises and resolution strategies, financial development
Helena Legarda
Lead Analyst at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
China’s defense and security policies; Chinese foreign policy, geopolitical competition and risk
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Political scientist specializing in China’s political economy and the organizational evolution of CCP-led governance
Jean-Louis Rocca
Professor at Sciences Po, Senior Researcher at Centre for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po
Sociologist and Political scientist, contemporary Chinese society