Registration for Day 2

Since the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, he has abandoned Obama administration’s strategic partnerships and tried to reform America’s economic outlook, creating uncertainties about the economic relations between U.S. and China as well as other Asia-Pacific countries. At the same time, since the 18th National Congress, China’s “One Belt One Road” framework has received active support from surrounding countries, but also created concerns in the U.S. Sino-U.S. relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. How this relationship will change and evolve, especially after the Xi-Trump meeting, is a crucial topic for us to discuss.

Cheng Li: Director, China Center at the Brookings Institute; Member of Board of Directors, National Committee on United States-China Relations
Sun Zhe: Director of China Initiative, Columbia University
Xiaobo Lv: Professor of Political Science at Barnard Collge, Founding Director of Columbia Global Centers
Fred S. Teng: President of the America China Public Affairs Institute (Moderator)

Since the financial crisis in 2008, the U.S. economy has gradually recovered. In order to bring back an America-first manufacturing plan, the Trump administration may implement more proactive China policies, potentially leading to red flags in the Sino-U.S. relationship. As a new superpower, how can China avoid Zero-Sum Game and win partnership in the financial services industry is something worthy of discussion.

Yunlai Zhu: Former Chief Executive Officer of China International Capital Corporation
Boming Wang: President of Stock Exchange Executive Council of China
Zhongxia Jin: Chief Executive of International Monetary Fund China
Dan Ryan: Financial Services Advisory Leader at PwC
Siyu Cheng: M.P.A Candidate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

Since the Chinese economic reform, socioeconomic development has made great achievements and laid a substantial foundation for the public to practice innovation and entrepreneurship, including mechanisms for market resource allocation, human resources, capital and technology reserves, and information technology. Throngs of successful businesses and entrepreneurs have participated in international competitions amid this market environment. Urban infrastructure and condition including networks, incubators, and accelerators centers for the public to get involved in innovation and entrepreneurship are becoming exceedingly well-supported. The presence of new technologies, information technology, new energy, new materials, biomedicine, and other revolutionary innovations provide a myriad of ways for entrepreneurship. “Internet plus” and new tools for innovation would become a major factor accounting for the rejuvenation of traditional industries. Considering future perspectives of potential collaboration, what are the prospective fields of innovation that would trigger the cooperation between the U.S. and China? How can the two countries cooperate? What would emerge as great opportunities and issues that are worthy of attention?

Erhai Liu: Founder and Partner of Joy Capital, Former President of Legend Capital
Zheng Shao: President of Lumiere
Anna Fang: Chief Executive Office and Partner of ZhenFund
Feng Li: Partner of Frees Fund, Former Partner of IDG-accel
Lu Zhang: Founder and Managing Partner of NewGen Capital
Helean Shi: Columbia College BA Candidate, Host at GDTV world.

Driven by a series of heavy volume transaction made by Chinese enterprises, global financial technology investment in technology sector reached nearly $23.2 billion with a growth rate of 10% over the previous year. The volume of venture capital in financial technology doubled in Asia-Pacific region, exceeding the venture capital investment in North America for the first time in 2016. Among them, China investments alone, have contributed ninety percent of the total investment. The emergence of leading high-tech products, VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and other disruptive markets opens up doors towards the technology industry. It presents exceptional opportunities for changes in the high-tech as well as investment and financial sectors in the two countries.

Jiawei Gu: Leader of Tech&Research at Baidu Research
Helen Lin: Vice President of Goldman Sachs
Lijie Zhu: Managing Director of Dragon Gate Investment Partners
Thomas Deely: Program director for Applied Analytics at Columbia University, former technology investor in Goldman Sachs

Judges:
Feng Li: Partner of Frees Fund, Former Partner of IDG-accel
Anna Fang: Chief Executive Office and Partner of ZhenFund
Lijie Zhu: Managing Director of Dragon Gate Investment Partners
Yutong Gao: Founder and CEO of EasyTransfer
Jingyuan Wang: Partner of Newdo Venture
Chengcheng Niu:Co-founder of College Daily

JiaZhi Wang: Famous Chinese violinist
Donghao Liu, Co-President of China Prospects Conference (10 minutes)

Currently Chinese culture and art are starting to play a more important role globally. Whether it is a Chinese American director showing the world his Academy Award for the Best Director, a talented musician presenting wonderful shows on the Grammy stage, a Chinese actor raising his statue of Academy Honorary Award and speaking of his pride to be Chinese, more and more Chinese artists are demonstrating their talents on the global stage, with enormous images and articles displaying traditional Chinese culture. However, except for being immersed in traditions, what shall we do to better advocate Chinese art and culture? How shall we adjust to and learn from the West? How should China boost and reshape its image in a forward leaning global vision when globalization is developing so quickly?

Richard Peña: Former Director of New York Film Festival and Lincoln Center, Professor at Columbia University
Jizhong Zhang: Renowned Chinese film producer, director
Meng Zhang: The 28th Annual Chinese Golden Rooster Awards winner, the 48th Golden Horse Awards nominee
Zhonghua Pang: President of Chinese Hard Writing Calligraphy Association
Jun Cao: Chinese visual artist

China is undergoing serious environmental problems, such as intensified smog weather, deteriorated river quality, deforestation, land desertification, bio-diversity decline, etc. Global warming increases the odds of rising sea levels, severe weather, and other events taking place. These are of critical importance and must be addressed if the nation is to continue to thrive. As the two largest economies in the world, both China and U.S. are encountering an array of similar problems such as how to save energy and reduce carbon emission, most significantly, how to curb environmental pollution and maintain stable economic development. It has become a consensus that the investment and devotion in developing new energy have augmented in both China and the U.S. Should we pay more attention to shale gas development and sustainable energy? What influences would shale gas bring to Chinese energy in the near future? How should the coal & iron industry transform or upgrade? How much should be invested in new energy and technological research?

Andrei Abramov: Former Chief for NGO Branch, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Taj Hamad: Chairman of World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)
Yamina Djacta: Former Director of UN-Habitat New York Office
Stuart Scott: Founder & Executive Director of United Planet Faith and Science Initiative (UPFSI)