9.30-10.00 Welcome tea and registration of guests10.00-10.30 Keynote address Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council10.30-11.30 Session I  EUROPE AND CHINA: COOPERATION OR COMPETITION?   Cooperation between Europe and China is crucial in dealing with global challenges. Meanwhile, China’s moves to buy Eurozone debt and statements of confidence in the European single currency are a boon to the embattled leaders of Portugal, Greece and Spain. These are often obscured by discord and disagreement on questions like human rights, market access and China’s investment and intellectual property regimes.  What is China’s contribution to global growth strategies? (...)11.30-12:00 Tea break12:00-13.30 Session II OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION As China now shifts the focus from exports to domestic-demand- led growth, European firms are anxious to gain better market access while European banks and insurance companies are keen to extend their market share as China switches emphasis from manufacturing to the services sector. (...)13.30-14.30 Networking lunch14.30-16:00 Session IIIPERCEPTIONS AND MISPERCEPTIONS: HOW EUROPE AND CHINA VIEW EACH OTHER?   In Europe public perceptions of China have been declining over the past five years. China’s recent crackdown on dissidents has worsened European views on human rights, democracy and the rule of law in China. The wider Chinese public, meanwhile, is increasingly irritated by European public statements and demands on human rights. Can the recent EU-China focus on people-to-people exchanges? (...)16:00 End of SummitSpeakers Include  Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission and EU Commissioner for CompetitionLord Leon Brittan, Vice Chairman of UBS and Former Vice-President of the European CommissionViorel Isticioaia Budura, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, EEASChanghua Wu, Greater China Director of The Climate GroupKerry Brown, Head of the Asia Programme, Chatham HouseFor more information please visit our event webpage.