On the afternoon of December 8th, Symposium of the Theoretical Study Central Group (enlarged) of Party Committee, which is the Lecture on the Quality Building of the Cadres, was held in the Library Lecture Hall of North Campus. Professor Chen Jian, the former deputy secretary-general of UN, the President of the United Nation Association of the PRC and the director of College of International Relations of Renmin University of China, was appointed as a member of the Academic Board of GRIIS and gave a lecture titled "the Influence of the General Elections next years on China ". Sui Guangjun, the Party Secretary of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Zhong Weihe, the president of GDUFS, and the other university leaders and committee members and the teachers and students of Translation School attended the meeting. Sui Guangjun hosted the meeting and made a conclusion.
Chen Jian introduced the overall international situations and stated the opinions on the general elections of three countries and the opportunities and challenges that they brought to China. He took these cases to elaborate the situations of the three countries, the relationships between them and China and the future development against the background of globalization and financial crisis. He said," Putin is most likely to win in the election of Russia. While there still be doubts on the succession of Obama. But it will not have much influence on the world whether Sarkozy will serve for another term or not."
First, in a decade or longer period, the year of 2008 will be probably a watershed of the change of international pattern. The features of globalization and multi-polarization will be increasingly obvious. With the United States and European Union being hit hard in the financial crisis, China, as a representative of emerging economies, shows a good momentum of development after the quick recovery from the crisis. China is facing a new situation of multiple challenges, uprising problems and complex responses. The rapid rising of China pushed it in the center of the world and attracts the high attention globally.
Second, Sino-US relationship is undergoing test in the future decade. Although China has made great progress, it is not able to be the No. one power in the world in terms of basic national conditions, realistic developments and fundamental interests. Therefore, China should respect the truth and be calm on the Sino-US relationships. It should concentrate on development and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Third, the Sino-Russia relationship will develop stably. The election of Putin will not only promote the development of Russia, but also provide good international environment for China. In a long term, the rapid development of Russia will result in the new situation of "four powers": China, Japan, Russia and India. This is a new problem for China to deal with the international relations in the Asian-Pacific region.
Fourth, the European Union will be trapped for a long time in the future, during which both sides will seek for opportunities to cooperate. But, EU will be more competitive and defensive to China, which indicated both opportunities and challenges for the Sino-EU development potential.
Sui Guangjun concluded that the complex changes in the world situation not only connected closely to the national interests, but also related to the international strategy of education in our university. The lecture provided directions to the overall and accurate understanding of the international situation and the trend of next year, as well as the foreign policy of China.
President Zhong Weihe presented letters of appointment of the Academic Board of GRIIS and souvenirs to Chen Jian before the lecture began.
The experience of Chen Jian: He was born in 1942 in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province. He worked in the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China from 1966 to 1971. He was the suite of China's Permanent mission to the U.N. And he continued to work in the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1980. He was the third, second and first secretary China's Permanent mission to the U.N. from 1980 to 1984 and special assistant to Executive Director's Office of International Monetary Fund from 1984 to 1985. He was the director, counselor and deputy director general of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1992. He was the Chinese alternate and Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to U.N. from 1985 to 1992. He was the director of Department of Information and the spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996. He was the assistant minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998. He was the Chinese ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Japan from 1998 to 2001. He was the UN undersecretary general from 2001 to 2007. He was the chairman of United Nation Association of the People's Republic of China and the director of College of International Relations of Renmin University of China.
