8:30-9:00

Guest Registration

Session 1: 9:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony & Experience Sharing

9:00-9:10

Guests Introduction 

Opening Remarks

Fang Zhenghui, Vice President of China International Publishing Group

9:10-9:30

Keynote Speeches (10 min/person):

Guo Weimin, Vice Minister of State Council Information Office;

Hong Tianyun, Deputy Director of LGOP;

9:30-9:40

Launching Ceremony of Global Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth Portal (GPIG)

Guo Weimin, Hong Tianyun, Fang Zhenghui, Wang Xiaohui, Zuo Changsheng, Bert Hofman and Irene Bain together launch the website;

Partner representatives witness this moment on stage

9:40-10:05

Keynote Speeches (8 min/person)

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

Niels Knudsen, UNDP Assistant Country Director, Team Leader for South South Cooperation

Irene Bain, Social Sector Specialist, PRC Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank

10:05-10:15

GPIG Future Plans Introduction

Gladys H. Morales, Program Poverty Think Tanks Coordinator

10:15-10:30

China’s Poverty Reduction Experience Sharing:

E-commerce Poverty Alleviation

Zhang Ruidong, Senior expert at the Alibaba Research Institute

Poverty Alleviation through Logistics

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

Coffee Break: 10:30-10:45

Session 2: 10:45-12:00 Panel Discussion China’s Poverty Reduction Experience Sharing Under the SDGs Framework

10:45-12:00

Host: Zuo Changsheng, Director General of IPRCC

Guests:

Yu Fei, Senior Economist & Head of Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative, PRC Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank

Nguyen Duc Thanh, Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) President

Dr. Kas Murshid, Director, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

Liu Wenkui, Secretary General of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation

Bai Chengyu, Secretary General of China Association of Microfinance

Li Guoxiang, Researcher of Rural Development Institute of CASS

12:00

Closing Remarks