6th European China Conference

The European China Conference has established itself as a leading forum for policymakers, researchers, academics, civil society representatives, and industry leaders to discuss the most pressing challenges related to China and explore appropriate responses.

This year, the program covered the topics most relevant to understanding key developments and dynamics, including Europe’s geoeconomic challenges and strategy, economic and technological competition, critical raw materials, cybersecurity, China's new foreign policy, Beijing's relations to Russia and the Global South, and the road to the CCP's 21. Party Congress.

MERICS hosted the European China Conference in cooperation with prominent partners including the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the European China Knowledge Network (E-CKN), the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum (DCDF), GIGA Hamburg, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF).

Participation was by personal invitation only.