Session II - Shanghai
The second session of the Global Governance 2020 program took place from the 11-15 July 2010, in Shanghai, organized by the Global Public Policy Institute and Fudan University, which hosted the session, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, the Hertie School of Governance, the Brookings Institution, and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The program was launched with funding from the Robert Bosch Foundation and Transatlantic Program of the German Government (ERP Grant administered by the German Ministry for Economics and Technology).
Reconvening in Shanghai, the twenty-four GG2020 fellows from China, Germany and the United States refined the scenarios of the future of global governance in the areas of climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and global economic governance, which they developed during the Berlin session and in-between the sessions. On the basis of an actor-specific interpretation of their existing scenarios the fellows began with the formulation of tentative policy implications, which they will elaborate further until the final GG2020 meeting in Washington D.C. (January 2011).
Lin Shangli, Professor and Executive Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan University, warmly welcomed all the fellows to Shanghai during the opening session on the first day. The session was then kicked-off with a keynote speech by Huang Renwei, Professor, Vice President and Senior Fellow for International Strategic Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), on the topic of China and global governance.
The fellows spent the remainder of the afternoon presenting their working group’s scenarios to the entire GGG2020 group. The presentations were followed by in-depth discussions with the aim of identifying blind spots in the scenarios and to ask whether the scenarios are plausible for the future of global governance in the year 2020.
- GG2020 fellows during an animated discussion in the plenary session at the Fudan University campus in Shanghai.
Working groups
- Fellows of the working group on nuclear non-
proliferation and disarmament preparing the
presentation of their scenarios on the first day of the
GG2020 Shanghai session.
In Shanghai, the three working groups on climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and global economic governance analyzed the policy actors that will be crucial for shaping the future of global governance in their respective policy area. The fellows assessed the development of actors’ characteristics and influence within their scenarios, examining the consequences of actor behavior along different paths into the future. Based on this analysis, the fellows drew a first set of implications on how to move towards their vision of an effective as well as desirable system of global governance.
During the Shanghai session, the fellows also had the opportunity to draw on the insights and expertise of specialists including Duan Hongxia, China Center for Energy Economics Research, Xiamen University; Wang Jiangli, Centre for Non-Traditional Security and Peaceful Developments Studies, Zhejiang University; and Shen Dingli, Program on Arms Control and Regional Security, Fudan University. The experts shared their insights on complex issues relating to the working groups policy areas and the fellows used the opportunity to discuss and test their scenarios within the working group.
Expert discussions
- Huang Renwei speaking to GG2020
fellows on China's role in global
governance at Fudan University.
The GG2020 program aims to give the fellows the opportunity to test their ideas through in-depth discussions with leading policy makers and experts. During the GG2020 Shanghai session, the fellows met with Huang Renwei, Professor, Vice President and Senior Fellow for International Strategic Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, who discussed China’s role in the world and especially its rise as part of the BRIC countries and what it means for global governance. The presentation was followed by a discussion with the GG2020 fellows on a range of contentious issues currently dominating China’s external relations including trade and currency controversies, China’s role in international peacekeeping as well as China’s position on international climate governance. The fellows continued the days discussion within their working groups and where possible, included insights from their exchange with Huang Renwei into the work of their scenarios.
Cultural activities
An important aspect of each GG2020 session is the cultural activities that provide the fellows with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the history, culture and society of the respective host city and country. During the Shanghai session the fellows had the opportunity to visit the China Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo in addition to a number of other pavilions at the world exposition. The fellows also explored a number of areas in Shanghai including the Yuyuan Garden in Old Town Shanghai, the French Concession as well as the area surrounding Fudan University were the GG2020 Shanghai session was hosted. The evening’s highlights included dinners in different neighborhoods across Shanghai and cuisines from different parts of China showcasing the diversity of one of China’s major cities.
- GG2020 fellows visited the China Pavillion, in addition to a number of other international pavillions, during their visit to the 2010 Shanghai Expo.