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On October 15-16, 2021, the 5th Shanghai Middle Eastern Studies Forum hosted by the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University was successfully held at the Shangwai Hotel of Shanghai Chinese University. During the forum, Jiang Feng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, cordially met with Zhai Jun, special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, and other guests, and expressed his welcome and gratitude to Zhai Jun and other guests for their presence at the meeting. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, Chinese University, Beijing University of Foreign Chinese, Beijing Language and Culture University, University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai University of Chinese, Shanghai University, Sun Yat-sen University, Northwest University, Shaanxi Normal University, Shanxi Normal University, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Zhejiang Chinese College, Southwest University, Anhui University, Yunnan University, Ningxia University, People's Daily, Wen Wei Po and other research institutes, More than 60 experts and scholars from university research units and media institutions attended the forum.
Mr. Zhai Jun, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government for the Middle East, delivered a special report at the opening ceremony of the forum. Zhu Weilie, vice president of Shanghai Overseas Chinese University, Zhu Weilie, advisor of the China Middle East Society, honorary director of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, and director of the Expert Committee of the Sino-Arab Reform and Development Research Center, and Wang Lincong, vice president and secretary general of the China Middle East Society and deputy director of the Institute of West Asia and Africa of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony of the forum. Ding Jun, director of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, presided over the opening ceremony.
The picture shows Special Envoy Zhai Jun making a special report
The picture shows the speech of Vice President Jianjian
In his speech, on behalf of shanghai overseas Chinese universities and forum organizers, He first expressed his gratitude and welcome to the guests who came to Shanghai and foreign countries for their grand event, stressing that the world today is experiencing major changes unprecedented in a century, and the situation in the Middle East is constantly emerging with new changes and new problems, which will bring new challenges to regional and world peace and development and cooperation between China and Middle Eastern countries. In the face of the new situation and new problems in the Middle East, the new changes and new dynamics in the world pattern, and the new tasks and new missions of China's development, all the responsibilities of the university research institutions and scientific research institutes as the national team are at the forefront of the times, strengthening academic exchanges and coordination, continuously deepening and expanding research in related fields, and better providing academic and intellectual support for the decision-making of the party and the government.
According to Jianjian, the Shanghai Middle East Studies Forum has been successfully held for four sessions. The inaugural forum was launched in June 2017 at Shanghai University of Chinese. The forum has become an important platform for promoting the construction of disciplines in related fields, strengthening academic exchanges, and building an academic community, and has initially formed brand benefits and produced important academic impact. Shanghai Overseas Chinese University will continue to strengthen its ties and cooperation with all parties, continue to support the construction of the "Shanghai Middle East Studies Forum", and coordinate with all parties to jointly build this brand.
According to Jian jian, Shanghai Chinese University focuses on promoting knowledge innovation and interdisciplinary integration in multidisciplinary fields, expanding research in the global knowledge field of countries and regions including Middle East studies, continuously strengthening the construction of academic platforms including middle East research institutes, and focusing on creating a high-end think tank cluster that integrates theoretical innovation, discourse dissemination and application of achievements. In December 2000, the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Foreign Chinese University was selected as a key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and is a specialized research institution and think tank platform with important academic influence. In recent years, the Institute of Middle East Studies has focused on major theoretical and practical issues in related fields, actively docked and served the needs of national and local development strategies, actively promoted the construction of new think tanks, strengthened public opinion guidance, built China's Middle East narrative discourse, and strived to provide intellectual support for China's Middle East diplomacy and China's participation in the governance of the Middle East region.
The picture shows Professor Zhu Weilie's speech
Professor Zhu Weilie, advisor to the China Middle East Society, honorary director of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, and director of the Expert Committee of the Sino-Arab Reform and Development Research Center, said in his speech that the current construction of Middle East studies in China has entered a period of prosperity and development, he stressed that the construction of Middle East studies in China should fully reflect Chinese characteristics and Chinese styles in terms of guiding ideology, discipline system, academic system and discourse system, and encouraged the middle East academic circles to not only study Middle East affairs in China, but also tell the Chinese story in the Middle East. Wang Lincong, vice president and secretary general of the China Middle East Society and deputy director of the Institute of West Asia and Africa of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in his speech that the Shanghai Middle Eastern Studies Forum is an important platform for strengthening the construction of the domestic Middle East research academic community and promoting the construction of the Middle East studies discipline system, and related research should further strengthen the integration and development of basic research and applied research.
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The forum was jointly sponsored by the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, the China Middle East Society, the Center for West Asian and African Studies of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, the Institute of International Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the Turkish Research Center of Shanghai University, and the Middle East Research Center of Fudan University, and hosted by the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University.
The picture shows the main venue of the forum
The theme of this forum is "Middle East Issues and Middle East Studies under the Perspective of the World's Unprecedented Changes in a Century", the forum was held in the form of the integration of the main venue and the sub-forum, the combination of offline and online, in addition to the main venue for keynote speeches, there was also an online cloud sub-forum and six offline sub-forums.
The keynote speech session of the forum was presided over by Professor Wang Youyong, Director of the Scientific Research Office of Shanghai University of Chinese, and a number of senior ambassadors and well-known experts made keynote speeches.
The picture shows Professor Wang Youyong presiding over the keynote speech
In his speech entitled "Summing up China's Theory and Practice of Middle East Diplomacy and Opening Up a New Situation in Middle East Diplomacy in the New Era," Wu Sike, former Chinese Special Envoy for the Middle East Issue and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, believed that under the new situation in the new period, relevant research should make full use of the existing academic platform, deepen theoretical research in related fields, and provide better intellectual support for China's Middle East diplomacy in the new period.
The picture shows Ambassador Wu Sike and Ambassador Gao Youzhen making keynote speeches
In his speech entitled "Opposing Interference in Internal Affairs Is a Common Principle of Sino-Arab Diplomacy," Gao Youzhen, former Chinese ambassador to Qatar, held that for a long time, opposing interference in internal affairs has been a basic principle that China and Arab countries have jointly adhered to in their diplomacy. Zhan Yongxin, chairman of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and former Chinese ambassador to Israel, held in a speech entitled "Some Views on the Current Situation in the Middle East" that there are many changes in the current situation in the Middle East, that foreign forces may not really give up in the Middle East, and that the inadaptability brought about by the adjustment of the oil and gas industry chain will bring great hidden dangers to economic development.
The picture shows Ambassador Zhan Yongxin and Ambassador Li Huaxin making keynote speeches
Li Huaxin, former Chinese ambassador to Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia, analyzed many new characteristics of the current Situation in the Middle East in his title "Several New Characteristics of the Recent Middle East Situation", he believes that the United States has adopted a strategic contraction policy in the Middle East, the Syrian issue, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Libyan situation and the Yemen crisis and other hot issues have cooled down, the interaction between qatar, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other major countries in the region has increased, the middle East region has achieved certain results in fighting the epidemic, and the economies of major regional countries have shown a recovery trend.
The picture shows Researcher Wang Lincong and Professor Zhou Lie making keynote speeches
Professor Zhou Lie, vice president of the China Middle East Society and director of the National and Regional Studies Center of the Zhejiang Chinese College, pointed out in his speech entitled "The Economic Dilemma of the Arab World under the Great Changes in the World" that the Arab world is currently facing serious economic difficulties and proposed a possible path for Arab countries to get rid of their economic difficulties. Professor Pan Guang, director of the Shanghai Jewish Studies Center and director of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Research Center, pointed out in his speech entitled "The Impact of Afghan Developments on the Middle East" that the problems of major powers in the Middle East have been involved and terrorism have a long history, and the current regional security situation is still worrying.
The picture shows Researcher Pan Guang and Researcher Li Weijian making keynote speeches
Wang Lincong, vice president and secretary general of the China Middle East Society and deputy director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believed in his report "New Changes in Relations Between Countries in the Middle East and Their Impact" that there is a trend of relaxation in the relations between major countries in the Middle East as a whole. Li Weijian, vice president of the China Middle East Society and researcher of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, pointed out in his speech entitled "China's Middle East Diplomacy from the Perspective of Great Power Competition: Persistence and Innovation" that great power competition has become the biggest variable affecting the international pattern, international order and international situation development, and China's Middle East diplomacy under the perspective of great power competition needs to attach equal importance to persistence and innovation.
The picture shows Professor Liu Zhongmin and Researcher Yu Jianhua making keynote speeches
Professor Liu Zhongmin, Vice President of the China Middle East Society and Institute of Middle East Studies at Shanghai University of Chinese, said in a speech entitled "Analysis of the Taliban's Transformation Prospects: From the Perspective of Islamic Political Thought" that the Afghan Taliban may turn to moderate, but its transformation prospects face many challenges. In his speech entitled "Observation Perspectives on the Middle East Issue today," Researcher Yu Jianhua, vice president of the China Middle East Society, deputy director of the Institute of International Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and editor-in-chief of "International Relations Studies," pointed out that in studying the Middle East issue, it is necessary to inherit changes in the past and the present, link internal and external linkages, and multi-body combinations, and Chinese scholars should have a good grasp of the views of history, the times, the roles, the links, the development, and the dialectical, the most important of which is the role and the connection.
The cloud sub-forum focused on "Middle East Studies under the Perspective of the World's Unprecedented Changes in a Century", presided over by Qian Xuming, assistant director of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, and a number of senior experts spoke online.
Professor Guo Changgang, Director of the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Vice President of the Shanghai Society of World History, analyzed the impact of the expansion of the SCO and China's foreign strategy under the unprecedented changes in a century in his speech entitled "The Great Changes in a Century and the Expansion of the SCO". Professor Yang Yanhong, vice president of the China Middle East Society and school of foreign languages of the University of International Business and Economics, analyzed China's interests and opportunities in the Middle East in his speech entitled "Layout the Middle East, Based on the Long Term", and emphasized that China's participation in the governance of the Middle East needs to be based on the long term. Professor Luo Lin, Dean of the Middle East School of Beijing Language and Culture University and Director of the Secretariat of The Ministry of Education's National and Regional Studies, analyzed the current situation, development direction and problems of Middle East Studies from the perspective of country and region in his speech entitled "Middle East Studies from the Perspective of Country Regions". Professor Che Xiaomei, Dean of the "Belt and Road" Middle East Urban Research Institute of Shanxi Normal University, analyzed the emergence, characteristics and reasons for the formation of urban marginal groups in the Middle East in his speech entitled "Some Thoughts on the Marginalized Groups and Social Stability of Middle Eastern Cities". Professor Wang Zezhuang, director of the West Asia and North Africa Research Center of Anhui University, analyzed the diplomatic goals and characteristics of the Laisi government of Iran in his speech entitled "The Goals and Tactics of the Laisi Government's "Asia Policy", and made a judgment on the strategic trend of its "Asia Policy". Professor Wang Suolao, Vice President of the Institute of Regional and Country Studies of Peking University, analyzed the characteristics of tradition, intersection, tradition and interdisciplinarity in his speech entitled "Disciplinary Issues in Middle East Regional Country Studies", and introduced the research results and experience of Peking University in related fields.
The picture shows Professor Luo Lin and Professor Wang Suolao speaking
Bi Jianjian, vice president of the Chinese Society for the Study of African History and researcher at the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed the Arab-Israeli war and the relationship between Egypt and Israel in a speech entitled "The Arab-Israeli War and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace". An Chunying, executive deputy editor-in-chief of West Asia and Africa and secretary general of the China Association for The Study of African Issues, analyzed the characteristics, topic selection, impact factor and related technical aspects of academic journals in his speech entitled "The Path to Enhance the Academic Influence and Dissemination Power of Journals". Professor Guo Shuyong, Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese and Editor-in-Chief of International Observation, analyzed the connotation of Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought and the unique style of Chinese diplomacy in his speech entitled "International Dissemination of Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought", and put forward several suggestions for the international dissemination of Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought in the context of the Sino-US trade war. Professor Chen Jie of the School of International Translation of Sun Yat-sen University stressed in his speech entitled "Let Media Exchanges Walk in the Forefront of China-Arab People-to-People Ties" that in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between China and Arab Countries, it is necessary to let media exchanges walk in the forefront of China-Arab people-to-people ties. Professor Li Bingzhong, Dean of the School of History and Culture of Shaanxi Normal University, analyzed Turkey's domestic politics, political Islam and the recent perception of Turkey's development path by foreign think tanks in his speech entitled "Recent Cognition of Turkey's Development Path by Foreign Think Tanks".
The first offline sub-forum focused on "China and the Middle East under the Vision of the World's Unprecedented Changes in a Century", which was presided over by Professor Wang Yujie, Vice Dean of the School of Philosophy of Chinese Min University.
The picture shows the venue of the offline sub-forum
Professor Xue Qingguo, Professor of the Arab College of Beijing Chinese University and Director of the Zayed Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies, combined his own experience and experience in his speech entitled "Reflections on the Effective Dissemination of Chinese Voices in the Arab World", put forward a number of suggestions on disseminating Chinese voices in Arab countries. Professor Wang Bo of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University analyzed the foundation, goals and basic processes of the post-war political reconstruction of Middle Eastern countries in his speech entitled "Reflections on the Post-War Political Reconstruction of Middle Eastern Countries". Professor Wang Guangguang, Executive Director of the Sino-Arab Reform and Development Research Center of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, analyzed the important significance and connotation of jointly building a China-Arab community of common destiny in his speech entitled "The Significance and Connotation of Jointly Building a China-Arab Community of Common Destiny" and put forward specific suggestions for enriching the connotation of the China-Arab Community of Common Destiny.
The picture shows Professor Xue Qingguo and Professor Wang Bo speaking
Professor Liu Shengxiang of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University analyzed the new background and new changes of China's Middle East diplomacy in his speech entitled "New Changes in China's Middle East Diplomacy After the Withdrawal of us troops from Afghanistan". Associate Professor Han Jianwei of the Institute of Middle East Studies at Shanghai Chinese University commented on the experience of Sino-Iranian political party exchanges in his speech entitled "Experience and Enlightenment of China-Iran Political Parties' Exchanges." Yu Haijie, assistant researcher of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, deeply analyzed the cooperation path of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Middle East in his speech entitled "Analysis of the Differentiated Strategic Cooperation Path of the Belt and Road Initiative for High-quality Development: Taking the Middle East region as an example".
The second offline sub-forum focused on "New Changes in the Geopolitical Pattern of the Middle East and Regional Hot Issues", which was presided over by Professor Han Zhibin, Director of the Middle East Research Institute of Northwest University.
The picture shows the second venue of the offline sub-forum
In his speech entitled "Several Assessments of the Impact of the Afghan Situation on the Middle East Regional System," Professor Ye Qing, assistant president of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies and director of the office of the Institute of International Studies, analyzed the goal of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on the regional situation, and believed that the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is part of the overall strategic contraction of the United States. In his speech entitled "Afghanistan Change and the SCO's New Agenda," Professor Yang Cheng, Executive Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Global Governance and Regional State Studies at Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, analyzed the recent attitudes of Russia and Central Asian countries towards the SCO and the impact of the Afghan change on the SCO. In a speech entitled "The Evolution of American Strategic Circles' Perception of Islamic Extremism in the Middle East", Wang Zhen, a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed the changes in the Understanding of Islamic Extremism in the United States from the 1970s to the post-Cold War to the post-9/11 period, arguing that the US national security strategy affects its national perception. Wang Nan, chief editor of the People's Daily, said in a speech entitled "Afghanistan Changes and the China-Iran 25-Year Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement" that after the changes in Afghanistan, Afghanistan is insufficient in national reconstruction and needs the cooperation and help of the international community.
The picture shows the speech of researcher Ye Qing and Director Wang Nan
Niu Song, a researcher at the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, analyzed the current situation in Afghanistan and its future direction in a speech entitled "Reflections on the Current Situation in Afghanistan and Its Direction". Jin Liangxiang, an associate researcher at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, discussed the current situation and trend of the Iranian nuclear issue around the topic of "Interaction between the Iranian Nuclear Issue and Major Powers". Shu Meng, an assistant researcher at the Middle East Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, discussed Palestinian cybersecurity in a speech titled "The Two-Tailed Scorpion Organization and Palestinian Cyber Security."
The third offline sub-forum is the "2021 Arab World Studies Journal Annual Conference and Academic Symposium", chaired by Zhang Yuan, a researcher at the Middle East Institute of Shanghai Chinese University and deputy editor of Arab World Studies.
The picture shows the three venues of the offline sub-forum
Sun Degang, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Fudan University, focused on the new form of middle east alliances and conducted theoretical analysis on the topic of "Informal Weak Alliances: A New Paradigm of Middle East Alliance Politics in the New Era". Professor Ji Kaiyun, director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Southwest University, analyzed the national resilience of the Iranian state under the title of "Analysis of the Reasons and Impact of the Assassination of Iranian Military and Political Dignitaries from the Perspective of National Security". Professor Wu Bingbing, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Peking University, analyzed the new characteristics of regional politics after the strategic contraction of the Middle East in the United States with the title of "Iran and the Middle East after the Withdrawal of us troops from Afghanistan". Professor Wang Tai, director of the Middle East Research Center of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, made a theoretical analysis of the study of regional countries in the Middle East from the perspective of history, with the title of "Reflections on the Study of Regional Countries in the Middle East under the Threshold of Historiography". Zhao Jianming, an associate researcher at the Institute of International Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech entitled "The Shiite Kingdom of Sistani and the State Construction of Post-War Iraq." Professor Ding Long of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University focused on the analysis of Qatar's unique small-country diplomacy phenomenon under the title of "Analysis of Qatar's Role in the Changes in Afghanistan". Associate Researcher Li Yi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Editorial Department of Arab World Studies, delivered a speech on the topic of "Optimization Strategies for The Characteristic Columns of Academic Journals on International Relations" and introduced the recent construction of the journal "Arab World Studies".
The editors-in-chief and deputy editors-in-chief of important journals in related fields such as "West Asia and Africa", "International Observation", "International Relations Studies", "Middle East Studies", "Turkish Studies", "Asian and Islamic Studies" and other related fields also attended the meeting to discuss issues related to the construction of journals to help discipline construction. On behalf of the editorial board of Arab World Studies, Professor Ding Jun, Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies and Editor-in-Chief of Arab World Studies, expressed his sincere gratitude to the editorial board members and experts and scholars, and stressed that every progress made by Arab World Studies is inseparable from the strong support of the editorial board and experts. In the future, Arab World Studies will further strengthen its ties with the editorial board and experts, and with the assistance and support of the editorial boards and experts, strive to achieve better results and make new contributions to promoting the discipline construction of Arabic studies and Middle Eastern studies with Chinese characteristics.
The fourth offline sub-forum focused on "Great Powers and the Middle East in the Vision of the World's Unprecedented Changes in a Century", which was presided over by Professor Xue Qingguo, Director of the Zayed Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Foreign Chinese in Beijing.
The picture shows Researcher Wang Jian and Professor Liu Yi speaking
In his speech entitled "Suez Canal War and International Order", Researcher Wang Jian, Director of the Institute of International Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Director of the Editorial Board of International Relations Studies, reviewed the research on the Suez Canal War at home and abroad since the 1990s, and analyzed the impact of the Suez Canal War on the regional and international order. Professor Fan Hongda of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese conducted an analysis of the Palestinian question from the perspective of a community with a shared future for mankind in his speech entitled "Observations on the Palestinian Question from the Perspective of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind". In his speech entitled "Returning to the Scene of the Coup: The Division and Transmutation of Islamic Politics in Turkey", Professor Liu Yi of the Center for Turkish Studies in Turkey analyzed the possibility of Turkey's transformation from a secular republic to an Islamic republic in the three major elections of president, parliament and local government in 2023, and believed that economic and people's livelihood issues are the most important concerns of the Turkish people. In a speech entitled "Review and Prospects of the United States Withdrawing from the Middle East," Tang Jianduan, international news editor of Wen Wei Po, sorted out the process of proposing and implementing the US policy of "withdrawing from the Middle East and turning to the Asia-Pacific Region" since the beginning of the 21 st century. Zou Zhiqiang, a young researcher at the Institute of International Studies of Fudan University, analyzed Turkey's relations with Western countries around the Armenian issue in a speech entitled "The Armenian Issue in Contemporary Turkey-Western Relations". Wen Shaobiao, an assistant researcher at the Institute of Middle East Studies at Shanghai Chinese University, observed and analyzed proxy wars in the Middle East in a speech entitled "Resource Interaction between External Forces and Local Armed Forces: The Logic of Proxy Wars in the Middle East".
The fifth offline sub-forum focused on "The Middle East Economy and Energy Issues in the Perspective of the World's Unprecedented Changes in a Century", chaired by Professor Wu Bingbing, Director of the Middle East Research Center of Peking University.
The picture shows Professor Wu Bingbing and Professor Wu Lei speaking
Professor Wu Lei of the Institute of International Relations of Yunnan University analyzed the international energy transition and its impact on the political economy of the Middle East in a speech entitled "Middle East Energy under the Unprecedented Changes in a Century". Chen Yubao, senior economist and director of the Production and Investment Research Center of the Mediterranean Research Institute of Zhejiang Chinese University, introduced and commented on the overview, impact and risks of the new canal project in a speech entitled "Research on the Overview and Investment Risks of the Istanbul Canal Project in Turkey". Sun Xia, an associate researcher at the Institute of International Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, made a unique observation and analysis on the issue of energy cooperation between China and Middle East countries in her speech entitled "Energy Cooperation between China and the Middle East with the Goal of Sustainable Energy Relations". Bao Chengzhang, associate researcher at the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University, made an analysis and judgment on the energy and power crisis and power reform in Lebanon in a speech entitled "Lebanon's Power Crisis and Power Reform". Zhao Jun, associate researcher at the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University, analyzed the adjustment of Iraq's oil policy and its causes and impacts in a speech entitled "Reasons and Impacts of Iraq's Oil Policy Adjustment". In his speech entitled "Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean Strategy and Influencing Factors", Wang Jiani, a lecturer at the Turkish Center for Turkish Studies in Turkey, commented on Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean Strategy and related influencing factors. Qian Xuming, associate researcher and assistant director of the Institute of Middle East Studies at Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, analyzed the issue of Sino-Arab energy cooperation in the new era in a speech entitled "Analysis of Sino-Arab New Energy Cooperation in the New Era".
The sixth offline sub-forum is the "2021 Shanghai and Foreign Institute of Middle East Academic Committee Meeting and Academic Seminar", which is divided into two sessions.
The first session was the change of the academic committee, which was presided over by Sun Degang, director of the fourth academic committee of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese. The meeting unanimously approved Ding Long and 17 other experts as members of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University (Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education) in the form of collective voting, and unanimously approved Professor Ding Long as the director of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Middle East Research Institute of Shanghai Chinese University. Professor Ding Jun, Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, thanked Director Sun Degang and the Fourth Academic Committee led by him for their excellent work, and looked forward to the new committee continuing to contribute ideas and wisdom to the construction and development of the Institute of Middle East Studies, a key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education.
The picture shows the group photo of some members of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Overseas Chinese University
The second session of the academic discussion was presided over by Professor Ding Long, Director of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese. Professor Han Zhibin, director of the Middle East Studies Institute of Northwestern University and editor-in-chief of Middle East Studies, said in a speech entitled "From Tribe to State: The Historical Root of the Dilemma of Afghan State Construction" that the long-term existence of tribes is a common feature of Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries.
The picture shows Professor Han Zhibin and Professor Wang Yujie speaking
Professor Wang Yujie, Vice Dean of the School of Philosophy of Chinese Min University, said in a speech entitled "Religious Issues in Middle East Regional Country Studies" that Middle East regional country studies is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research field, and related research needs multidisciplinary cross-integration. Professor Ma Xiaolin, Dean of the Institute of Mediterranean Rim Studies at Zhejiang Chinese University, analyzed the many risks facing the expansion of the SCO in a speech entitled "Potential Risks Caused by the SCO's Absorption of Iran". Tang Zhichao, director of the Political Research Office of the Institute of West Asia and Africa of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in a speech entitled "The New Characteristics of the Current Geopolitics of the Middle East, The New Trends and China's Responses" that the current geopolitics and regional situation in the Middle East are showing a slowing trend. Professor Jin Zhongjie, vice dean of the Arab College of Ningxia University, introduced the latest achievements of the China-Arab Expo in his speech entitled "Looking at the Development of China-Arab Cooperation from the Achievements of the Fifth China-Arab States Expo." Zhang Yuan, a researcher at the Institute of Middle East Studies at Shanghai Chinese University, made a theoretical interpretation of issues related to the exchange of governance experience between China and Middle Eastern countries in a speech entitled "Theoretical Interpretation of the Exchange of Governance Experience between China and Middle Eastern Countries". Professor Ding Jun of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University analyzed and judged the development trend of Middle East civilization in his speech entitled "The Development Trend of Middle East Civilization under the Great Changes of the Past Century".
The closing ceremony of the forum was presided over by Sun Degang, director of the Middle East Research Center of the Institute of International Studies of Fudan University, Li Weijian, vice president of the China Middle East Society, and Ma Xiaolin, dean of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies of Zhejiang Chinese University of Foreign Studies, who made academic summaries successively. At the closing ceremony, Prof. Jian Jian, Vice President of Shanghai University of Foreign Chinese, issued a letter of appointment to all members of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai Chinese University. The 2020-2021 volume of the Middle East Regional Development Report, prepared by the Shanghai Foreign Institute of Middle East Studies, was also released at the forum.
The picture shows that Vice President Jianjian issued a letter of appointment to Sun Degang and Tang Zhichao, members of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Institute of Foreign And Foreign Studies
The successful holding of the forum has won the care and support of the Department of Asian and African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the organizers; the leaders of Shanghai Overseas Chinese University and various functional departments have strongly supported; the Shanghai Foreign Hotel has provided quality services for the holding of the forum; all the staff of the Shanghai Foreign Middle East Research Institute, especially the members of the conference team, have made hard efforts for the smooth holding of the forum; and the Shanghai Foreign Middle East Research Institute composed of Chen Yao, Ge Yuyang, Jin Shiyuan, Ouyang Ling, Wang Danyu, Xu Zhangmin, Xiong Chengqi, Xian Zhen, Yu Binqiang, Zhu Lin, Zhang Yisen, etc. The Volunteer Team of PhD Students contributed to the success of the Forum. A number of news media reported on the forum.
The picture shows the graduate student volunteer team of the Institute of Middle East Studies
The picture shows the conference staff receiving guests to sign in
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