2017 China Poverty Reduction International Forum Agenda

8:30-9:00

Participant Registration

Session 1: 9:00-10:10 Opening Ceremony

9:00-9:10

Chair: Wang Xiaohui, Editor-in-Chief of CIIC

-Introduction of Distinguished Guests

9:10-10:10

Keynote Speeches (10 min/person):

-Sharing Experience through Creative Communication of Poverty Reduction Stories

Guo Weimin, Vice Minister of State Council Information Office;

-Share China's Experiences on Poverty Reduction; Promote Global Poverty Alleviation Governance

Chen Zhigang, Deputy Director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development;

- International Application of China's Poverty Reduction Experiences

Bert Hofman, World Bank's Country Director for China, Mongolia and Korea;

-Accelerating the Global Eradication of Extreme Poverty through South-South Cooperation

Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea;

-Sharing the Development Experience of the PRC

Benedict Bingham, Country Director, PRC Resident Mission, ADB;

- Investing in Rural People: Inclusive Rural Finance

Hoonae Kim, Director, Asia and the Pacific Division, Program Management Department, IFAD.

10:10-10:25

-Launching Ceremony of Global Poverty Reduction Online Knowledge Sharing Database for the Global Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth Portal (GPIG)—Push rod

[Guo Weimin, Vice Minister of State Council Information Office; Chen Zhigang, Vice Minister of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development;Zhang Fuhai, President of China International Publishing Group; Zuo Changsheng, Director General of IPRCC; Wang Xiaohui, Editor-in-Chief of CIIC; Bert Hofman, World Bank's Country Director for China, Mongolia and Korea; Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea; Benedict Bingham, Country Director, PRC Resident Mission, ADB and Hoonae Kim, Director, Asia and the Pacific Division, Program Management Department, IFAD will launch. Representatives from international organizations, embassies and partners will witness.]

Coffee Break: 10:25-10:40

Session 2: 10:40-12:00 Theme Discussion: Developing and Sharing Governance Solutions to Reduce Poverty­­—Innovative Tools and New Progress

10:40-12:00

Chair: Bekele Debele, Program Leader of World Bank

Guest speakers (15 min/person):

-Introduction to the One-year Development of GPIG and Its Global Poverty Reduction Online Knowledge Sharing Database

Gladys H. Morales, Poverty Reduction Economic Expert and International Coordinator of South-to-South Cooperation (IPRCC);

-Video Screening—Think Innovatively for Poverty Reduction

FAO and CIIC;

- Innovative Tools for Sharing Poverty Reduction Lessons and Experience

Sheila Jagannathan, Lead Learning Specialist, World Bank;

-World Bank IDF Sub Project: Case Studies of China's Projects in Africa in Terms of Addressing Poverty Reduction, Environmental and Social Impacts

Cheng Enjiang, Project Specialist;

-Question & Answer.

12:00-13:30

Lunch break

Session 3: 13:30-16:00 Theme Discussion: Developing and Sharing Governance Solutions­­ to Reduce Poverty—China’s and International Experience

13:30-15:30

Chair: Paavo Eliste, Lead Agriculture Economist, World Bank

Guest speakers (15 min/person):

-Experiences and Lessons Learned in Poverty Reduction from World Bank Invested Anti-poverty Projects in Africa

Christopher Finch, Senior SocialSpecialist, World Bank;

-From Evidence to Action: The Role of Impact Evaluation for Scaling up Successful Anti-poverty programmes

Carolyn Dedolph Cabrera,Principal Knowledge Sharing Specialist, ADB;

- China Green Poverty Reduction Index

Zhang Qi, Dean of China Center for Poverty Reduction Research, Beijing Normal University;

- Tackling the New Generation of Working Poor: Issues and Intervention Models

Pun Ngai (professor) & Julia Wang (associate professor), Hong Kong University;

- Question & Answer.

Coffee Break: 15:00-15:15

15:15-16:45

Chair: Niny Khor, Coordinator, ADB-PRC Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI), ADB

Guest speakers (15 min/person):

-Link of Ecommerce and Poverty Alleviation-Evidence from Taobao Village Practice of Alibaba Group

Xubei Luo, Senior Economist, World Bank;

- Poverty Alleviation through Honeysuckle Flowers Industry 

Zhang Jianping, General Manager of Jiujianpeng Group;

- Practices of Logistics Poverty Reduction

Chen Haida, Board Chairman of Ada Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.;

- Supported Employment and Poverty Reduction for the Disabled

Zhou Haibin, Executive Director of Easy Inclusion;

-Poverty Alleviation Cases through Inclusive Business in China

Mandy Zhang, Venture Avenue Senior Associate ;

- Question & Answer.

16:45-17:00

Closing Remarks

Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea

Tan Weiping, Deputy Director General, IPRCC