The Trilateral Commission Pacific Asia Group will hold its first
China conference in Beijing scheduled for November 25 through to
27, which will focus on the growing importance of the world's
biggest developing country and on building mutual trust among
nations wary of China's rise.
Around 50 guests including officials, scholars and entrepreneurs
from North America, European Union countries and Asian-Pacific
countries will attend the conference.
Topics to be discussed include "Common Regional Challenges and
Joint Responses", "Road map for east Asia community building." But
the main topic for discussion is "The Rise of China and Its Global
Implications".
"The commission members want to discuss China's growth directly
with Chinese elites from every field," said Dr. Qin Yaqing, vice
president of the China National Association for International
Studies.
He also said: "The rise of China attracts global attention.
That's why the commission decided to hold a regional conference in
China for the first time."
"The Beijing regional conference is to serve as a platform for
China to show its peaceful progress," Qin said, adding that it is
also an opportunity to make the country's peaceful rise known to
the international community.
The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens
of Japan, European Union countries, United States and Canada to
foster closer cooperation among these core democratic
industrialized areas of the world and to share leadership
responsibilities in the wider international system.
Over the past three decades, it has exercised influence on
government policies in countries of the three regions.
The commission has long proposed to expand the G7 mechanism to
include regional powers such as Russia, China, India and Brazil
with the principle of sharing leadership responsibilities.
(Xinhua News Agency, China Daily November 24, 2005)