WANG Yiwei is Jean Monnet Chair Professor, Director of Institute of International Affairs at Renmin University of China. He is expert adviser of CCPIT Advisory Committee and Turkish TRT World Forum, the Council Member of China Center for International Economic Exchanges, CCIEE) and Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), Non-resident Senior Fellow of Center for China and Globalization (CCG) . He was formerly diplomat at Chinese Mission to the European Union (2008-2011) and distinguished professor at Tongji University (2011-2013), professor of Center for American Studies at Fudan University (2001-2008), visiting professor of Yonsei University (2005) and Fox Fellow of Yale University (2000-2001). His recent books include Comparative Studies on China’s and EU’s Multilateralism: From Diplomatic Practice to Diplomatic Philosophy, Global Meanings of Chinese Modernization，The Children’s BRI Stories, China's Answer to the Question of the Time: Building a Global Community of Shared Future，An Interconnected World: China and the Belt and Road Initiative, China Connects the World: What Behind the Belt & Road Initiative (translated into 20 versions), New World Press, April. 2017; The Belt & Road Initiative: What China Will Offer the World in Its Rise (translated in 20 versions, both book of year 2015, 2016), Haishang: Revelations of European Civilization (both in Chinese and English) and China NATO Studies Series. Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Belt and Road Studies. He is Elsevier 2020-2025 Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. He delivered keynote speech on BRI at UNESCO headquarter and side event of UN General Assembly.

Title: BRI in the 15th Five Year Plan: From High Quality Development to Spillover Effect

Abstract: China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) marks a strategic upgrade of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), shifting the core logic of cooperation from large-scale infrastructure expansion in the initial decade to systematic high-quality development. Centered on the three connectivities—hard infrastructure, rules and standards, and people-to-people bonds—the Plan clarifies new priority areas including green, digital, innovative, and livelihood-oriented cooperation. Beyond bilateral project gains, high-quality BRI cooperation generates multi-layered economic, industrial, institutional and public welfare spillover effects for partner countries, the Global South and global economic governance. This paper sorts out the policy deployment of BRI in the 15th Five-Year Plan, analyzes the connotation and implementation paths of high-quality BRI development, and systematically elaborates on the multi-dimensional spillover mechanisms and practical manifestations of the upgraded BRI framework.

 

Robert Davison joined the Department of Information Systems in July 1992 where he is currently a Professor. Professionally, Robert serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Systems Journal, Information Systems Practice Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. He is also the Chair of the IFIP TC9 ICT & Society. In 2019, he was recognised as a 'Fellow of the AIS'. Robert holds/has held visiting professor appointments at Loughborough University, the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. His current research focuses on applications of Action Research to knowledge exchange activities and guanxi in Chinese organisations. Robert is Programme Leader of the MSc in Digital Transformation and Technological Innovation, (formerly MSc E-Business and Knowledge Management).

Title: Research Ethics and Integrity Matter: A Journal Editor’s Perspective on Generative AI and other Issues

Abstract: In this seminar, I will explore in some depth the nature of research ethics and integrity, primarily from my perspective as a journal editor, and primarily with reference to Generative AI. Matters of integrity are always with us, especially in a research context where multiple stakeholders could be harmed if integrity is not upheld, yet also where there are many pressures acting upon us that might cause our integrity to slip. These include the now notorious publish-or-perish injunction, the desire to report something that didn’t actually happen (but should have happened), and the tendency to fabricate, even unconsciously, when writing fast. Less appreciated problems include inappropriate referencing (name dropping), and unfriendly reviewing. The current infatuation with Generative AI tools has added fresh fuel to the fire that threatens to consume our integrity and will accordingly be afforded more attention in this talk.