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China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS) is a research and policy institute based in Beijing, China. Founded by Zheng Bijian and Lu Yongxiang in 2010, CIIDS connects renowned Chinese political figures, diplomats, military scholars, economists, public figures, and academics in order to research and strategize the best methods of innovation and development for China in the 21st century. According to its website, CIIDS mission is to “explore China’s path to peaceful rise or peaceful development”. Specifically, CIIDS’ studies concentrate on scientific and technological innovation, economic development, social governance, and cultural advancement.[1]

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CIIDS and the Berggruen Institute co-host the Understanding China Conference.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets delegates at the Understanding China Conference.

Mission and Activities

CIIDS is committed to providing strategic advice to government officials through academic and scientific research. It develops strategies for social governance, technology, and military institutions. It fulfills its mission through several avenues including hosting events like the Technology Expo,[2] the 2nd U.S.-China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation,[3] and the China Sciences and Humanities Forum where it gathers experts and political figures to discuss strategy and development.[4]

CIIDS’ research focuses on developing strategy for China’s peaceful rise on the international stage, to build interest for convergence and community benefit, to govern China in the 21st century, to strategize how China can become a world-class cyber power, and how China can innovate and develop relationships in both the East and West.[5]

In addition, CIIDS maintains cooperative relationships with the Berggruen Institute’s 21st Century Council which co-hosted the Understanding China Conferences of 2013 and 2015. The conferences were attended by former heads of state including: Ernesto Zedillo, Ricardo Lagos, Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd, Shaukat Aziz, Juan Luis Cebrian, Francis Fukuyama, Felipe Gonzalez, Reid Hoffman, Fred Hu, Aleksei Kudrin, Ricardo Lagos, Kishore Mahbubani, Alain Minc, Mario Monti, Dambisa Moyo, Pierre Omidyar, Nouriel Roubini, Eric Schmidt, Stephen Schwarzman, Wu Jianmin, George Yeo, Fareed Zakaria, Zheng Bijian, and Gordon Brown.[6]

At the Understanding China Conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the international delegates and participants. Additional participants included: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and top generals of the People’s Liberation Army and other ranking officials from National People’s Congress, key drafters of the new reforms. Party secretaries attended the conferences and held dialogues with the international participants on China’s development strategy and foreign relations. With its growing influence, this forum has become one of the most prestigious platforms to understand China’s domestic and international strategies.

At the 2013 Understanding China Conference, participants had the opportunity to gain a firsthand glimpse into the mindset of China’s new leadership during a rare, wide-ranging discussion with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in early November on the eve of the recent Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which announced a broad array of reforms, e.g.,including: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans and policies to ending labor camps, easinge the one-child policy, and opening up new markets in China to the world.[7]

The 2015 Understanding China Conference announced the “Belt and Road” policy and that China would host the G20 Summit in 2016 at Huangzhou. Additional speeches focused on China’s international standing and how Chinese-style government could implement its own blend of democracy and ethical government.[8]

Additional Events

Technology Expo: sponsored by the CIIDS and co-organized by the Shanghai Institute for Reform, Innovation & Development Strategy, the expo provides a platform and athletic arena for domestic and foreign products, technologies, and ideas.[9]

2nd U.S.-China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation: co-hosted by CIIDS and the Brookings Institution, according to its website the forum believes that: "The United States and China can advance the prospect of achieving climate-friendly economic growth if we can find pragmatic solutions to our societies’ demand for clean energy." [10]

China Sciences and Humanities Forum: created by Lu Yongxiang and Zheng Bijian, the forum is co-hosted by the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS), the Higher Education Press, and CIIDS. The event invites senior Chinese government officials, foreign political leaders, and scholars to conduct extensive academic discussions about politics, science, technology, economics, and diplomacy.[11]

Board of Directors

Chairman: Zheng Bijian

Senior Advisor: Ye Xiaowen

Senior Advisor: Wu Hailong

Senior Advisor: Zhang Guobao

Senior Advisor: Chen Xiaogong

Senior Advisor: Lin Yifu

Senior Advisor: Zhao Wenzhong

Senior Advisor: Liu Chuanzhi

Senior Advisor: Shi Zhihong

Senior Advisor: Ge Zhengfeng

Senior Advisor: Fu Ying

Vice Chairman: Li Junru

Vice Chairman: Xu Weixin

Vice Chairman: Zhu Min

Vice Chairman: Zhou Hong

Vice Chairman: Deng Yong

Vice Chairman: Hao Yeli

Vice Chairman: Wang Boyong

Deputy Director & Executive Vice Secretary General: Feng Wei[12]

Selected Publications

“Belt and Road Initiative and a New Phase of Economic Globalization” by Zheng Bijian

“The Antarctic Treaty—A Prescribed Road for Mankind in the 21st Century” by Wu Jianmin

“Linking Law-based State Governance With the Actual Conditions of China” by Fu Ying

“The History and Reality of Engagement between Rising Powers and Established Powers” By Huang Renwei

Citations

  1. ^ http://www.ciids.cn/node_59109.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.ciids.cn/content/2016-06/22/content_14671236.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ http://finance.sina.com.cn/focus/21sjzmgxyth/index.shtml. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ http://forum.gucas.ac.cn/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.ciids.cn/node_59122.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ http://governance.berggruen.org/meetings/31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-11-24/china-s-xi-is-no-gorbachev. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ http://governance.berggruen.org/meetings/31 http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1312175.shtml http://governance.berggruen.org/meetings/31. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ http://www.ciids.cn/content/2016-06/22/content_14671236.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cef_program_en.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ http://forum.gucas.ac.cn/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ http://www.ciids.cn/node_59128.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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