中欧社会论坛 - China Europa Forum

The first “Macau and Sino-Europe Debate” was successfully held in Macau on 21-22 January 2013. Initiated by the China-Europa Forum, this Debate covered across themes ranging from Macau and Sino-western Dialogue, Euro Crisis and China’s Social Transition to Peace in Europe and East Asia. Supported by the Macao Foundation, the debate was co-organised by the China-Europa Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies of Peking University, Peter QIU’s Talk of the Phoenix Satellite Television and the Internet service portal Tencent.

All partners worked together to elaborate and promote the creation of this unique ideological platform.Government officials, academics, media representatives and civic leaders from China and Europe discussed the common issues of our times and new models of world governance. They endeavoured to identify solutions to common problems and challenges from the European perspective, the Eastern perspective and the local perspective of Macau.

Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, said in a video message that the event “will contribute to improving mutual understanding between Europe and China”. He highlighted the fact that “in today’s world, European and Chinese societies face common challenges. In particular the European Union and China are strategic partners and work closely together, also to address global issues.” In her address to the debate, Mdm BASTID-BRUGUIÈRE, Member of the Institute at the Academy of Humanities and Political Sciences in France, pointed out that the dialogue between China and Europe for exchanging views and experiments on domestic governance, for accommodating action in transnational relations and for devising new paths and means of solving conflict and securing lasting peace could be especially fruitful at present.