Ordinary meetings
Meeting of 13 December 2023
As main topic on the draft agenda there will be an exchange of views with Niclas Kvarnström, newly appointed Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, EEAS.
The meeting will be held in camera.
Meeting of 18 October 2023
The main Item on the agenda was an exchange of views on China's economic situation since the end of Covid-19 measures with
- Mr Jens Eskelund, President of the Executive Committee, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC)
- Mr François Godement, Special Advisor, Asia and America, Institut Montaigne
Meeting of 13 September 2023 jointly with D-US Delegation
The main Item on the agenda was an exchange of views with:
- Ryan Hass, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, and
- Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Meeting of 12 July 2023
The China Delegation (D-CN) held an ordinary meeting on Wednesday 12 July 2023 in Strasbourg.
At this meeting, a re-election of the 2nd Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN) took place and MEP Pernille WEISS (EPP, DK) was elected by acclamation as the China Delegation 2nd Vice-Chair.
Meeting of 22 May 2023
As main topic on the draft agenda there was an exchange of views on the outcome of the 2023 National People's Congress of China with
- Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Director of International Studies, Institut Montaigne, Paris, and
- Mr Nis Grünberg, Lead Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin
The meeting was webstreamed and the recording can be followed on: EP Live.
Meeting of 21 March 2023 in association with DROI
This meeting was held in camera.
Meeting of 6 March 2023
As main topic on the draft agenda there was an exchange of views on current developments in the Tibet Autonomous Region in the presence of:
- Ms Rigzin C. Genkhang, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the EU, Western Europe and the Maghreb, Bureau du Tibet, Brussels
- Professor Andrew M. Fischer, Professor of Inequality, Social Protection and Development, Institute of Social Studies (The Hague), part of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS)
- Professor Michael van Walt van Praag, Executive President of Kreddha and Senior Fellow at the Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies, Golden Gate University Law School, San Francisco
The meeting was webstreamed and the recording can be followed on: EP Live.
Meeting of 1 March 2023 in association with SEDE
The hearing was webstreamed and can be followed on: EP Live
Meeting of 16 February 2023 jointly with D-US Delegation
The China Delegation (D-CN) held an ordinary meeting jointly with the United States Delegation (D-US) on Thursday 16 February 2023 in Strasbourg.
The main Item on the agenda was an exchange of views on transatlantic dialogue and cooperation related to the policy stance on China with:
- Mr Brian Glynn, EEAS Managing Director for the Americas, and
- Mr Gunnar Wiegand, EEAS Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific.
Meeting of 1 December 2022
As main topic on the draft agenda there was an exchange of views on how to deal with China relations in European regions and municipalities held with:
- Mr Plamen Tonchev, MERICS European China Policy Fellow & Head of Asia Unit, Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER),
- Ms Ivana Karásková, Project Coordinator and AMO Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs (AMO),
- Mr Roderick Kefferpütz, Senior Analyst and Head of MERICS Lab, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), and
- Mr Thomas Schmidt, Mayor of city of Teltow
The meeting was webstreamed and the recording can be followed on: EP Live