NIAD 2022 – China and the World After the 20th CPC National Congress
President Xi Jinping was elected to a third term as Secretary-General of the Communist Party of China at the 20th CPC National Congress held in October 2022 with a new seven-man Politburo Standing Committee as the CPC entered its second centennial.
President Xi’s report to the 20th CPC National Congress laid the blueprint for China’s technology and innovation driven high-quality development for the next five years and beyond. The report also set out the guiding principles for Chinese-style modernisation in building China into a modern socialist country in all respects.
Soon after the 20th CPC National Congress, President Xi attended the G20 Summit in Bali on November 16. He met US President Joe Biden in-person for the first time for a three-hour meeting, apart from holding a series of side meetings with other world leaders. Many deemed that the meetings Xi had at the G20 Summit signified China’s return to the global stage after close to three years of COVID lockdown.
As the world’s second largest economy and the global manufacturing powerhouse, China is pivotal to the global supply chain, with more than 140 countries and regions as its major trading partners. Thus, the 20th CPC National Congress carries far-reaching implications for the world, which is at the cusp of a new order.
With this in mind, a panel of prominent scholars and experts on international relations from China, the U.S., U.K., Korea, Singapore and Malaysia have been invited to speak at NIAD 2022 to share their perspectives and insights on how President Xi and his new team will navigate China in a world that is facing unprecedented uncertainties and intensified geostrategic competition.
NIAD 2022 consists of two dialogue sessions as follows:
Session I: China’s High-Quality Development and Chinese-Style Modernisation
Session II: China’s Diplomacy After the 20th CPC Congress
