{"id":981,"date":"2016-03-29T07:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T07:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=981"},"modified":"2019-11-18T07:30:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:30:31","slug":"indo-china-collaboration-forum-2016-discusses-collaboration-potentials-on-policy-governance-between-the-two-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/indo-china-collaboration-forum-2016-discusses-collaboration-potentials-on-policy-governance-between-the-two-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Indo-China Collaboration Forum 2016 Discusses Collaboration Potentials on Policy & Governance Between the Two Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Organized\nby Centre of India-China Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University (Sonipat,\nIndia) with Research School of Urbanization Strategy of People (Beijing, China)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022\nCongress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar; ADB Adviser Arjun Goswami; Former World\nBank Manager Anupam Khanna among key speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Delhi, March 29, 2016:<\/strong> Leading\neconomists, policy-makers, business entrepreneurs and lawyers from India and\nChina discussed opportunities and advocated greater collaboration and sharing\nof experiences between the two countries in the fields of business, governance,\ntrade and investment in addition to people-people exchange at the two-day\nAnnual Forum on Indo-China Collaboration 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized\nby the Centre for India-China Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University in\ncollaboration with Research School of Urbanization Strategy, an influential\nChinese think-tank composed of top scholars working on economics and\nenvironment issues in China, the Forum is a leading bilateral platform that\npromotes greater engagement between the two countries through both government\nand non-government channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress\nleader Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Minister of Panchayati Raj, advocated closer\nsharing of experience between the two countries in the field of strengthening\nlocal governance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking\nabout the origins of China\u2019s current thrust to local governance he said, \u201cThe\norigins of the present model of local governance in China lie in a people\u2019s\nresponse to the challenge of the anarchical conditions that prevailed in the\nwake of the chaos engendered by the cultural revolution and the high level\npolitical decision to abandon collectivisation and communes as a path to rural\ndevelopment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasizing\non aspects of local level governance across provinces in China that India can\nsignificantly learn from, he said \u201cthe local governance model in China is aimed\nat responding in some measure to the need for providing public goods and\nservices to the people, which also provides employment but more importantly\nentrepreneurial opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice\nChancellor of O. P Jindal University, Prof (Dr) C Raj Kumar spoke on the need\nfor greater indigenous research in India and China on issues that are usually\nover looked by the governments of two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately,\nthe comparison between the two countries does not take place as much as it\nshould, in India or China. And that is a problem that can only be addressed by\nacademic institutions. Today, at this historical juncture, we are not only\ninvesting in the future of both the countries, but also of the rest of the\nworld. The Annual Forum for India-China Collaboration is an important effort\ninitiated by the civil society members of both countries. The goal of the forum\nis to provide a think tank for policy researchers, business and civil society\npractitioners to identify and advance collaboration opportunities between India\nand China,\u201d said Dr Raj Kumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li Bijian,\nthe Minister Counselor of the Embassy of China, weighed in on the bilateral\nties between the nations and hailed the successful visits by both Prime\nMinister Narendra Modi to China last year, following Chinese Premier Xi Jinping\nin India the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not\nshy to talk about the problems. The war in 1962, the Tibet issue, trilateral\nrelations between India, Pakistan and China, the US, Indian Ocean issue, these\nrivalries and problems, some of these have lasted a long time. This forum will\nprovide one of the best platforms to find the best way to solve them,\u201d said Li.\n\u201cEducational cooperation is important. With only 1200 Chinese speakers studying\nin India, we have far less partnership than UK-China, US-China, Australia-\nChina and even South Korea-China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged\nthe governments to resolve the issue of student visas, calling people-to-people\nexchange \u2018key to partnership\u2019 and even emphasised on the need to innovate\ninter-country tourism. With less than 1 million people travelling back and\nforth, both from India to China and China to India, it is a very underwhelming\nnumber for the two most populous nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese\nEconomist, Prof. Cao of Peking University spoke about the trade potential via\nroad and maritime routes through the Economic Corridors laid out by the\nOne-Belt-One Road (OBOR) initiative. Highlighting the potential of\nOne-Belt-One-Road, he pointed out that this ambitious trade plan would take 75\nyears for completion and will be successfully completed by 2090. He also\ncompared the OBOR with the successful implementation of the US led Marshall\nPlan after the Second World War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Liu\nfrom Renmin University shared his research about Chinese local level\ngovernance.  He said Chinese local\ngovernments are entrusted with great power and autonomy for experimenting\neconomic development models but are also mainly evaluated by economic\ndevelopment. The positive side is that it does create efficiency and vibrancy\nfor economic development but on the downside of interests sacrifice and rights\nviolations of some groups in the process. \nProf. Liu also shared his research about manufacturing in China and its\nreference to that of India.  He reminded\nthat both India and China need to think about the two trends of agglomeration\nand automation when they plan the manufacturing industry.  He doubted that India can repeat the Chinese\nmanufacturing model in these new trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Ravi\nBhoothalingam, Founder and Chairman, Manas Advisory, Honorary Fellow, Institute\nof Chinese Studies, Delhi spoke about the importance of tourism between the two\ncountries and gave a historical context of travel as he drew an analogy between\nthe ancient gurus and modern day travellers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also\nhighlighted the urgent need to tackle problems faced by people wanting to\ntravel across borders and detailed how addressing the visa problem would invite\nnew and fresh minds to both the countries. He further suggested institutional visas\nbe promoted to encourage hassle-free educational travel and concluded with the words,\n\u201cThe world is a family, and it needs to be a family again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian\nDevelopment Bank advisor Arjun Goswami opened the floor for a discussion on\ngrowth of Indian, Chinese and ASEAN economies, the economic integration in\nSouth East Asia, and the challenges of two main structural constraints-\nproductivity and demographics- along with the middle income trap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn order\nto go through the growth that India, China and ASEAN have assumed, from\n1981-2010, 60% of natural resources have been used up. That is simply not\nsustainable. There has to be collaboration between the three parties to address\nthese kinds of cyclical risks and productivity issues. If you invest in energy\ntrade, you reduce the cost of externalities, less dependence on fossil fuels.\u201d\nsaid Goswami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. James\nNedumpara, Associate Professor of Jindal Global Law School argued that India\nshould set aside its security-motivated, inertia-induced reservations and join\nThe Silk Road Economic Belt also known as the One Belt, One Road (OBOR)\ninitiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country\nwill have much to gain as it is not a members of any transnational agreement\nrelated to trade and needs investment in infrastructure, especially in the\nunderdeveloped North-east region, he added. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annika\nStyczynski, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy,\nhighlighted that investments in renewable technologies rose 5% to $286Bn\nhowever a lot more was required to address existing issues. She further\ndiscussed the national climate targets of the two countries and said that\nmonetary policy could be a unique measure which could be applied to ensure that\nthe targets are met and proper environmental sustainability exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the\npresent scenario of inter-culture communication and globalized problem solving,\nit requires cultural sensitivity to capture contextualized nuances in an institutional\ncapacity.   I am happy to say that the\nCenter for India-China Studies of the O.P. Jindal Global University is one of\nthe few think-tanks which has integrated the inside understanding of both\ncultures into its institutional building.\u201d \nSaid, Prof. Wenjuan Zhang, Associate professor and Executive Director,\nCentre of India-China Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than\ntwenty other scholars, business entrepreneurs and lawyers also talked about\npotentials and challenges for collaboration on manufacturing, investment,\nenvironment protection and legal service market. Among other prominent experts\nwho participated in the two-day forum this year are Dr. Anupam Khanna,\nIndependent Director, Indigo Airlines’ Board Former Senior Manager, World Bank;\namong others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Organized by Centre of India-China Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University (Sonipat, India) with Research School of Urbanization Strategy of People (Beijing, China) \u2022 Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar; ADB Adviser Arjun Goswami; Former World Bank Manager Anupam Khanna among key speakers New Delhi, March 29, 2016: Leading economists, policy-makers, business Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}