4th Seminar Brazil-China Dialogue
Belt and Road & Brazil: Rules and Coordination
Dates: October 18th to 22nd, 2021
The Center for Brazil-China Studies of the Getulio Vargas Foundation's School of Law in Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) was established in October 2017 to develop research and studies on Sino-Brazilian relations, as well as on Chinese legal culture and its consequences on the legal-diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
In 2019, the Center launched the Belt and Road & Brazil (BR&Br) Project, which refers to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an abbreviated form to mention the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, proposed by Xi Jinping in 2013. In that year, the Center held the Seminar “One Belt, One Road and One Rio”, which was attended by presidents of Chinese companies in Brazil and China's Ambassador in Brazil, Mr. Yang Wanming. The BR&Br Project aims to study legal issues in the context of the bilateral relations, taking into account the five axes which structure the BRI: policy coordination, connectivity through infrastructure, financial integration, free trade, and people-to-people exchange.
The 4th Seminar "Brazil-China Dialogue" – Belt and Road & Brazil: Rules and Coordination, in 2021, aims to deepen the discussions on the New Silk Road and map out ways to strengthen the Sino-Brazilian relations.
AGENDA
October 18th at 10:00 am (Beijing Time: 9:00 pm)
Topic: Opening Ceremony: Policy Coordination and the Strengthening of Brazil-China Relations
Moderator
Evandro Menezes de Carvalho (Coordinator of the Center for Brazil-China Studies of FGV Direito Rio)
Speakers
Yang Wanming (Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Brazil)
Sérgio Guerra (Director of FGV Direito Rio)
Eduardo Paes (Mayor of the City of Rio de Janeiro)
Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso (Partner at Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados)
October 19th at 9:00 am (Beijing Time: 8:00 pm)
Topic: Building Better Connectivity through New Infrastructure
Moderator
Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves (President of the Brazil-China Business Council – CEBC)
Speakers
Patrícia Sampaio (Professor of Administrative Law at FGV Direito Rio)
Chen Litong (Senior Partner at Dentons Law Firm)
Zhao Jianqiang (Chairman of China Three Gorges Brasil Energia Ltda)
Francisco Queiroz Cavalcanti (Professor and Director of Recife's Faculty of Law – UFPE)
October 20th at 9:00 am (Beijing Time: 8:00 pm)
Topic: The Role of Financial Integration in Development Initiatives
Moderator
Sergio Quadros (Former Manager of Bank of Brazil in Shanghai)
Speakers
Song Xiaoyan (Director of the Faculty of Law of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Yin Ying (Lawyer and Partner at Guantao Law Firm)
Sergio Suchodolski (President of the Minas Gerais Development Bank – BDMG)
Carlos Ragazzo (Professor at FGV Direito Rio)
October 21th at 9:00 am (Beijing Time: 8:00 pm)
Topic: Trade and Dispute Resolution: Rules, Perspectives, and Intercultural Challenges
Moderator
Márcio Guimarães (Coordinator of the Center of Business Law and Arbitration of FGV Direito Rio)
Speakers
Li Hu (Vice-Chairman of China Maritime Arbitration Commission – CMAC)
Carrie (Shu) Shang (Professor at California State Polytechnic University)
Leonardo de Campos Melo (Arbitrator and former Professor of Arbitration at the Graduate Program of PUC-Rio)
Natália Lamas (Arbitrator and Master of International Trade from the University of Paris I)
October 22th at 9:00 am (Beijing Time: 8:00 pm)
Topic: Digital Silk Road as a Promoter of Closer People-to-People Ties
Moderator
Sofia Chang (Researcher at the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro in the CyberBRICS project and LL.M. candidate at Peking University)
Speakers
Fred Arruda (CEO at C.E.S.A.R.)
Shen Yi (Director of the Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University)
Lin Baihe (Business Manager at China Mobile International Brazil)
In Hsieh (Co-Founder of Chinnovation and Former Head of E-Commerce for Latin America at Xiaomi)
