The CEA (UK) was launched in 1988 and has since become one of the leading organizations in the UK promoting research on China. Its past annual conferences have attracted wide-ranging attention from academic institutions, government organizations, banks, and industries, alongside the media in the UK and China. The 12th CEA (Europe) and 31st CEA (UK) Annual Conference which will be held online, 12th and 13th December 2020. The Organizing Committee welcomes participants from all over the world who are interested in China’s Deepened Reform and Openness, Technology, Growth, and Sustainability.

We have a fantastic line up already confirmed including:

• H.E. Xiaoming LIU, Ambassador of China to the United Kingdom
• Prof. Gaoqing Lu, President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Surrey, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• Prof. Zhiwu Chen, Director of the Asia Global Institute (AGI), Chair Professor of Finance and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
• Prof. Jizhen Li, Co-Chair of CEA Conference, Deputy Dean of School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China.
• Prof. Yu Xiong, Surrey University，Chair of Business Analytics, Associate Dean International, Chair of CEA Conference
• Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Editor-in-Chief of JCEBS, Founding director of Technology and Management Center for Development, University of Oxford, UK
• Prof. David Pilsbury, Co-Chair of CEA Conference, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University, UK.
• Ms. James Mangot, Minister of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2018 – 2019)
• Prof. D’ Maris Coffman, Head of BSCPM, Professor in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment at the Bartlett, University College London.

If you have any inquire, please contact us by: cea2020conference@gmail.com

Conference Agenda

Dec 12 (Saturday) 9:00–17:00 (UK Time) /17:00-01:00 (Beijing Time)

9:00 - 10:30 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session

Chair: Prof. Yu XIONG, Surrey University， President elect of CEA

9:00-9:10 H.E. Xiaoming LIU: Ambassador of China to the United Kingdom

9:10-9:20 Prof. Max LU: President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Surrey, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), Foreign member of Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Science

9:20-9:30 Prof. Richard Williams, the former Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Australia)

9:30 – 9:40 Madam. Margot C James: Minister of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2018 – 2019)

9:40 – 9:50 Prof. David Pilsbury: Co-Chair of CEA Conference, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Coventry University, UK.

9:50 – 10:00 Prof. Jizhen Li: Co-Chair of CEA Conference, Deputy Dean of School of Economic and Management, Tsinghua University, China.

10:00 – 10:10 Prof. Yuning Gao, Tsinghua University, China. President of CEA (2019-2020)

10:10 - 10:30 Best Paper Award of Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (JCEBS)

Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Editor-in-Chief of JCEBS, Founding director of Technology and Management Center for Development, University of Oxford, UK

10:30-10:50 Break

10:50 – 11:50 Keynote Speech

Host: Prof. Wenxuan Hou, Edinburgh University

10:50 – 11:10 Prof. Zhiwu CHEN: Director of the Asia Global Institute (AGI), Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

11:10 – 11:15 Questions and answers

11:15 – 11:35 Prof. D’ Maris Coffman: Head of BSCPM, Professor in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment at the Bartlett, University College London.

11:35 – 11:40 Questions and answers

11:40 – 11:50 New book release: A Credit Monetary Theory, Bao Yinsheng

11:50-12:10 Break

12:10 – 13:40

Parallel Session 01

Parallel Session 02

Parallel Session 03

Parallel Session 04

Parallel Session 05

Parallel Session 06

13:40-14:00 Break

14:00 – 17:00 PhD Forum jointly held by CEA (UK/Europe) & CSSA-UK

Host: Dr. Senmao Xia, Associate Prof., Coventry University

14:00 – 14:20 Welcome speech

Education Department of the Chinese Embassy of the UK

14:20 – 14:30 Welcome speech

Mr Feng Zhang, President of CSSA

14:30 – 14:45 Mr Hua Lin, Director of SecurityChain Tech Laboratory, Director of Beijing Zijing Institute of Intelligent Finance

14:45 – 15:00 Prof. Paul Jones, EiC of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Swansea University

15:00 – 15:15 Prof. Yanguo Jing, Associate Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University

15:15 – 15:30 Dr. Zhifu Mi, Associate Professor, The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London (UCL)

15:30 – 15:45 Prof. Emel Aktas, Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University

15:45 – 16:00 Tea break

16:00 – 16:50 Parallel session

Host: Academic & Technology Subcommittee of CSSA-UK

16:50 – 17:00 Closing of PhD Forum jointly held by CEA & CSSA-UK

Director of Academic & Technology Subcommittee of CSSA-UK closing speech

Dec 13 (Sunday) 10:00–15:00 (UK Time) /18:00-23:00 (Beijing Time)

10:00 – 11:25 Workshop: COVID Impact to Economy

Host: Prof. Liming Wang, University College Dublin, Ireland

10:00 – 10:05 Introduction to the keynote speakers

10:05 – 10:15 Prof. Dabo GUAN，Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, UK; Senior Member at St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge; Distinguished Professor of Climate Change Economics at Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University; Professor at the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London

10:15 – 10:25 Prof. Kiran Fernandes，Chair of Operations Management and Associate Dean for Internationalisation, Durham University; Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute.

10:25 – 10:35 Dr Stelvia Matos, Head of the Centre for Social Innovation Management，University of Surrey; the Co Editor-in-Chief of Technovation.(ABS3*)

10:35 – 10:45 Prof. Yipeng Liu，Henley Business School， Director of the Centre for China Management and Global Business (CMGB), University of Reading

10:45 – 10:55 Prof. Gideon Maas，Director of the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship， Coventry University

10:55 – 11:25 Questions and Answers

11:25 – 11:50 Break

11:50 – 13:20 Parallel Session 07 Parallel Session 08 Parallel Session 09 Parallel Session 10 Parallel Session 11 Parallel Session 12

13:20 – 13:50 Break

13:50 – 14:30 CEA Members Plenary Meeting

14:30 – 14:50 CEA Board Meeting

14:50 – 15:00 End of Conference