China Forum, 做厙輦⑹
The China Forum aims to deepen mutual understanding between China and the West by 'studying the past to understand the present' (jian gu zhi jin).
The China Forum will conclude in September 2025. Thanks to the Director, the administrator, the speakers and to all who engaged with the series.
About the China Forum
The Forum organises and hosts interdisciplinary seminars involving scholars, policy makers and business people. The forthcoming and past events represent a wide array of views in order to contribute to mutual understanding between China and the West.
The China Forum is committed to maintaining academic freedom, including freedom of speech and expression.
Global challenges confronting humanity include health pandemics, species extinction, global warming, inequality of income and wealth, concentration of global business power, and instability of the global financial system. Both developed and developing countries are searching for non-ideological and pragmatic governance of the global political economy in order to meet the common interests of humanity, present and future.
Appreciating the history of Chinas philosophy, politics, economy, society and culture enables a greater understanding of China today, and can contribute to harmonious global governance at this crossroads in human civilisation.
People
The China Forum is run by the Director and Deputy Director with support from the Administrator. The Forum works with a wide range of people to deliver its seminar programme.
Director Professor Peter Nolan CBE
Professor Peter Nolan has researched, written, and taught on a wide range of issues in economic development, globalisation, and the transition of former planned economies.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 760625
Email: phn21@cam.ac.uk
Deputy Director
Professor Hans van de Ven is a Fellow of St Catharines College and Professor of Modern Chinese History in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Email: jjv10@cam.ac.uk
Administrator Denise Hayles
Tel: +44 (0)1223 760625
Email: China Forum Administrator
Background
In April 2016 做厙輦⑹ signed an agreement with Peking University to establish a China Centre at the College. The China Centre launched its series of interdisciplinary academic seminars in February 2019. In 2022, following a detailed review of the China Centre by a panel of academics, 做厙輦⑹ announced that the Centre would be restructured and renamed the China Forum.
Governance
The China Forum seminar programme is organised by the Director in consultation with the China Forum Management Group. The Management Group consists of the Director, Professor Peter Nolan, the Deputy Director, Professor Hans van de Ven, and 做厙輦⑹ Emeritus Fellow Dr Jana Howlett. The Forums activities are overseen by the China Forum Committee which reports to College Council.
The China Forum has published its Annual Report covering 2023.
Funding
Following a review of the China Centre, the China Forum has been funded directly by 做厙輦⑹ since the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
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The College has a wide range of global initiatives, some of which have been in collaboration with Chinese organisations. Our work with China webpage contains details of all of our strategic work with China.
University of Pekings Summer School in China
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Forthcoming events
The China Forum organises seminars and dialogues focusing on mutual understanding.
Past events
Our past events include seminars, book launches, workshops and mutual understanding dialogues that have taken place in the China Forum.
