China Horizons: EU policy Takeaways from China’s politics, economy, foreign policy, society and EU-China dynamics
14
Oct 2025
Brussels | Online
We invite you to the final conference of the China Horizons research consortium which takes place on October 14th. You may join on-site or online.
The conference agenda
- 12:30-13:00 Check-in & lunch
- 13:00:13:10 Opening remarks
- Jens Eskelund, Managing Director, Maersk China Ltd and Member, DWARC External Experts Advisory Board; President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
- Alicia García-Herrero, Bruegel Senior Fellow - 13:10-13:35 Seeing like a single party state – the modern CCP
- Chair: Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor of China Studies, Copenhagen Business School
- Jean-Francois Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre in Paris
- Nis Grünberg, Lead Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) - 13:35-14:00 Views of Chinese youth and artists on contemporary social Issues: understanding China for a better dialogue
- Chair: Jean-Louis Rocca, Professor, Sciences Po
- Taciana Fisac, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Marcin Jacoby, Professor, SWPS University
- Piotr Machajek, PhD Candidate, SWPS University - 14:00-14:25 Fading El Dorado – major developments in the Chinese economy
- Chair: Alicia García-Herrero, Bruegel Senior Fellow
- Alexander Brown, Senior Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) - 14:25-14:55 Q&A
- Chair: Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor of China Studies, Copenhagen Business School
- Jean-Louis Rocca, Professor, Sciences Po
- Alicia García-Herrero, Bruegel Senior Fellow - 14:55-15:10 Coffee break
- 15:10-15:35 Big shoes to fill – China’s growing foreign policy footprint
- Chair: Jean-Francois Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre in Paris
- Théo Storella, Research Analyst
- 15:35-16:00 Europe’s inflection point with China – our policy recommendations
- Chair: Grzegorz Stec, Senior Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
- Jianwei Xu, Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
- 16:00-16:20 Q&A
- 16:00-16:20 Conclusions
- Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor of China Studies, Copenhagen Business School
- Mikko Huotari, Executive Director, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Time and location of event
- Thuesday, October 14, 2024
- Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 4th floor, 1210 Brussels | Online
About the speakers
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Political scientist specializing in China’s political economy and the organizational evolution of CCP-led governance
Taciana Fisac
Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Professor at Autonomous University of Madrid, Center for East Asian Studies
Sinologist, translator, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Language and Literature
Jean-François Di Meglio
President, co-founder and contributor of Asia Center, Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris, Ecole Doctorale Professor at Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Associate Professor at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Specialist in international and asian finance and banking sector
Jens Eskelund
Managing Director, Maersk China Ltd and Member, DWARC External Experts Advisory Board
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
Nis Grünberg
Lead Analyst at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
State-party relations; elite politics; China’s sustainable development
Mikko Huotari
Executive Director of Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
China‘s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition
Marcin Jacoby
Associate Professor at SWPS University, Head of the Asian Civilisation Research Center
Sinologist, translator, cultural manager
Jean-Louis Rocca
Professor at Sciences Po, Senior Researcher at Centre for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po
Sociologist and Political scientist, contemporary Chinese society
Grzegorz Stec
Head of Brussels Office at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
EU-China relations; Central and Eastern Europe-China relations
Théo Storella
Research Assistant at Bruegel
Public policy analyst with a background in Chinese language and political economy, specializing in Sino-African relations
Jianwei Xu
Senior Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel
Specialist in international economics, labour economics and Chinese economy