2018 China Poverty Reduction International Forum

--Sharing and Promoting Cooperation, Joining Hands in Poverty Reduction

Time: 23 May 2018, Wednesday

Location: Conference Room, 2nd floor, Jianguo Garden Hotel

No. 17 Jianguo Men Nei Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Guided by State Council Information Office (SCIO)

Hosted by China Internet Information Center (CIIC)

International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)

World Bank

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

World Food Programme (WFP)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Jointly Organized by China.org.cn

China Development Gateway

China Voices Think Tank

Supported byChina Institute for Poverty Reduction Research at Beijing NormalUniversity

China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (CISSCA)

Conference Language: Chinese/English

Draft Agenda

8:30-9:00 / Participant Registration
Part 1: 9:00-10:10 Opening Ceremony: Strengthening Cooperation, Sharing Development Experiences
9:00-9:10 / Host: from China.org.cn
-Introduction of Distinguished Guests
-Opening Remarks: Official from CIPG on behalf of the hosts
9:10-10:20 / Keynote Speeches (10 min/person):
-Official from SCIO;
-Official from LGOP;
-BekeleDebele, Acting Country Director for China, Mongolia and Korea, World Bank
-Dr. Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea;
-MatteoMarchisio, Country Director and IFAD Representative in China and Mongolia;
- Join Hands for Poverty Reduction through Innovative South-South Cooperation
Dr.QuSixi, Representative of WFP China Office；
-Benedict Bingham, Country Director, PRC Resident Mission, ADB;
10:20-10:30 / Launch the Global Solicitation and Challenge Prize on Best Poverty Reduction Practices campaign (after broadcasting the concept video)
Tea break: 10:30-10:50
Part 2: 10:50-12:00 Session 1: Enhance Knowledge Sharing, Join Hands for Poverty Reduction Governance
10:50-12:00 / Host:BekeleDebele, Acting Country Director for China, Mongolia and Korea, World Bank
Guest speakers (8 min/person):
-Introduction of China’s poverty alleviation progress and experience during the past 40 years
Dr. Tan Weiping,Deputy Director General ofIPRCC；
- Introduction of how China’s poverty alleviation cases are developed, shared and communicated globally (including brief introduction of the Global Poverty Reduction Online Knowledge Sharing Database, and the basic requirement for the global solicitation campaign.)
Wang Xiaohui, Editor-in-Chief ofCIIC；
-Recent trends in global poverty reduction and challenges
Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Lead economist of Poverty & Equity Global Practice Bureau in World Bank;
- Shared development index and poverty alleviation
Zhang Qi, Dean of China Institute for Poverty Reduction Research, Beijing Normal University.
-Question & Answer
Lunch: 12:00-13:30
Part 3: 13:30-17:00
13:30-14:50 / Session 2: Information Technology Sharing and Poverty Reduction Practice
Host:Maya Takagi, Deputy Director of FAO Strategic Programme to Reduce Rural Poverty
E-commerce enterprises and Internet experts introduce China’s good practice of Internet aided poverty alleviation. Representatives from international organizations introduce their international cooperation projects in China and discuss how to introduce China’s good practice of Internet aided poverty alleviation to the rest of the world.
-Internet + Farmer Field School to reduce poverty;
- Practice and innovation in financial poverty alleviation of Guangfa Securities
Zhang Shaohua, Chief supervisor of Guangfa Securities
Sichuan Plant Protection Station, Sichuan Provincial Agricultural Department ;
Yunnan Plant Protection Station, Yunnan Provincial Agricultural Department;
Typical cases show (from Global Poverty Reduction Online Knowledge Sharing Database)
-China-Tanzanian Agricultural cooperation and Poverty Reduction in the Field: Fostering Endogenous Development Capacity
XuXiuli, Deputy dean of CISSCA;
-P4P in Zambia, WFP’s ICT-based technology application for Poverty Reduction
Dr. Zhao Bing, Global coordinator for Purchase for Progress Program
- The poverty alleviation mode of village level organic agriculture in Lingqiu County of Shanxi Province - An example of the village of chehe
Zhang Qiang, Party Secretary of Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province;
- Innovative practice on e-commerce poverty alleviation of JD Group
Yan Yan, Deputy director of JD Group CPC Office, officer in charge of poverty alleviation;
--Question & Answer
Tea break 14:50-15:10
15:10-16:45 / Session 3: Sharing and Innovation of Poverty Alleviation Mechanisms (10min/person)
Host: Dr. Akiko Terada-Hagiwara, Principal Economist of East Asia Department, ADB
-To boost seed industry, to benefit the world: advanced agricultural technology promotes poverty reduction
He Jiuchun, Senior economist and vice president of Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd.;
-Agricultural Internet + Pilot Project Innovation by Service Design--Collaborative course of Tsinghua University and FAO
Fu Zhiyong，Ph.D., Associate professor at Department of Information Arts and Design, director of Service Design Institute, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Think tank promotes poverty reduction in countries along the Belt and Road
XuYunfeng, Executive director of China Voices Think Tank, senior researcher from Institute of China’s Economic Reform & Development in Renmin University of China
-Poverty reduction through vocational training
Yaoli, Founder and president of BN Vocational School;
-LvJingfeng, Secretary General of the Belt and Road Fund in Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation.
-Poverty reduction through developing Public-Private-Producers Partnerships (4P)
Sun Yinhong, Country program officer of IFAD
-Question & Answer
16:45-17:00 / Forum conclusion
-Innovate the international poverty alleviation cooperation mechanism and join hands to achieve UN’s sustainable development goals
Maya Takagi, Deputy director of FAO Strategic Programme to Reduce Rural Poverty
-Share China’s experience in poverty reduction and contribute to poverty alleviation in the world
Zhang Guangping, Deputy Director General of IPRCC
17:00 / CIIC, IPRCC, World Bank（Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Lead economist of Poverty & Equity Global Practice Bureau in World Bank）, FAO, IFAD, WFP and ADB representatives to present gifts of a lucky draw, to attract more attention to the campaign; announce the closing of this forum and advances notice on Rome seminar in June