Webinar on International Development Assistance and Cooperation was held

On December 16, 2022, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) held an expert symposium on "International Development Assistance and Cooperation". Twelve guests from research institutions, universities and international organizations discussed the theme of "Promoting an Integrated Global Development Cooperation System".

Fang Jin, Vice Chairman and Secretary General, CDRF, Zhao Changwen, President, Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD), Zha Daojiong, Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University, Sarah Cook, Former Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Huang Meibo, Director, International Development Cooperation Academy, Shanghai, University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE)

Gu Jing, Director, Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Peter Taylor, Director of Research, IDS, Elias T. Ayuk, Director, United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Keith Nurse, President, College of Science Technology and Applied Arts Trinidad and Tobago (COSTATT), Zhang Chuanhong, Associate Professor, College of International Development and Global Agriculture (CIDGA) , China Agricultural University, Evan Due, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, CDRF Program Advisor joined the discussion. Yu Jiantuo, Deputy Secretary General of CDRF chaired the discussion and shared research findings.

The international development assistance and cooperation system is now at a crossroads, and in the face of the unprecedented changes in the past century, China should play a stronger role in building a unified global development cooperation system to make up for its shortcomings in the field of international development cooperation, and strengthen mutual learning and win-win cooperation in related fields. To this end, the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) has conducted a study on the theme of "International Development Assistance and Cooperation" and has now completed the general report "International Development Assistance and Cooperation: Beyond the Historical Dilemma" and the thematic report "International Development Assistance and Cooperation in a Changing Landscape" (Part I), which seek to respond to the global governance concept of "sharing and building together" and The report seeks to accelerate the integration of the international development cooperation system at the global level, and provide a scientific policy basis for building a closer community of common destiny together.