Beyond Clichés – China’s Political and Economic Strategies
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheFor many people, the image of China as an “extended workbench” of the West is paramount. However, China is passing through a differentiated development. What strategies for dealing with inequality is China deploying, both within its own borders and in the global market? How can the EU and China cooperate strategically and profitably?
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Marie SO
Founder, the GO corporation, Hong Kong, Zurich
| 1995-2005 | Merrill Lynch, Lutron Electronics , Procter and Gamble |
| 1998-2000 | BSC Economics; Engineering & Management Science, Northwestern University |
| 2000-2002 | Business Development Manager, Procter and Gamble, Hong Kong |
| 2002-2003 | MIPA, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong |
| 2002-2004 | Senior Project Manager, Lutron Electronics, New York, China |
| 2005 | Advisor, Government of Dubai, Dubai Development and Investment Authority, Dubai, Hong Kong |
| Consultant, United Nations Development Program, Suva | |
| 2004-2006 | MIPA, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| 2005-2006 | Course Teaching Assistant, Advanced Microeconomics, Harvard University |
| 2009 | INSEAD, Social Entrepreneurship Executive Program |
| 2006-2012 | Co-Founder; Chief Executive Officer, Shokay Internationanl Group, Hong Kong |
| 2012-2013 | Senior Consultant, Center of Social Initiative Promotion, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 2013 | Co-Founder, the GO corporation, Zurich |
Marc SZEPAN
Senior Policy Fellow for China's Political Economy, MERICS - Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin
| 1990-1994 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Middlebury College, Vermont, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Vice President, Aircraft Overhaul Lufthansa Technik Philippines, Inc., Manila, Philippines |
| 2001 | Project Manager, Aircraft Overhaul & VIP Jet Services Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2005-2010 | Senior Vice President, Airline Operations Solutions Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt a.M./Raunheim, Germany |
| 2008-2009 | Master of Busniess Administration (M.B.A), Duke University, USA |
| 2010-2011 | Regional Studies-East Asia, Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
| 2011-2015 | Doctor of Philosophy, Management Studies, University of Oxford, UK |
| since 2015 | Senior Policy Fellow for China's Political Economy, MERICS - Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin, Germany |
Sitao XU
Partner, Chief Economist, Deloitte China, Bejing
| 1995 | Economist for Indonesia, Korea and Thailand in Singapore, Working for MMS International of Standard and Poor's Group |
| 1996-2001 | Regional Treasury Economist, Standard Chartered Bank |
| 2001-2002 | Societe Generale's Chief Economist for Asia |
| 2003 | Head of Economics, ICBC Asia |
| 2004-2014 | Various Positions, The Economist Group |
| since 2014 | Chief Economist, Partner, Deloitte China, Beijing |
Dipl.-Betriebsw. (DH) Axel KÜHNER
Chief Executive Officer, Greiner Holding AG, Kremsmünster
| 1994-1995 | Trainee, Daimler AG, Stuttgart |
| 1995-1998 | Assistant to CFO, Daimler AG, NDL Rostock |
| 1998-1998 | Head of Controlling, Daimler AG, NDL Bielefeld |
| 1998-2001 | CFO, Daimler AG, NDL Bielefeld |
| 2001-2005 | CFO, Daimler AG, NDL Weser-Ems, Bremen |
| 2005-2008 | CFO, Daimler AG, NDL München |
| 2008-2009 | CEO, Daimler AG, NDL Regensburg |
| 2009 | Member of Executive Board, Greiner Holding AG, Kremsmünster |
| since 2010 | CEO, Greiner Holding AG, Kremsmünster |
MA Verena NOWOTNY
Partner, Gaisberg Consulting, Vienna
| Master’s degree in Political Management; George Washington University, Washington DC | |
| 1988-1996 | Journalist, "Profil", Cash Flow, News, Vienna |
| 1996-1998 | Spokesperson, Austrian Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hannes Farnleitner, Vienna |
| 2000-2001 | Consultant, crisis management, Control Risks, Berlin |
| 2001-2006 | Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Vienna |
| 2007-2008 | Head, China office, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Shanghai |
| 2009-2010 | Spokesperson for Austria's non-permanent membership, UN Security Council, New York |
| since 2011 | Partner, Gaisberg Consulting, Vienna |
