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China Week 2022

Program

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13:00-20:00Auditorium: Aulastraße 8, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
13:00-13:10VPS Prof. Dr. Christian Bohn: Greeting and moderation
13:10-13:30How to apply for Chinese Scholarships to study in China as a German student(in English)
Mr. HUANG Wei, Envoy-Embassy Counsellor for Education, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Germany
13:30-13:50Life and study in Chengdu (Online, in English)
Students from Sichuan University
13:50-14:10Exchange programs of the TU Clausthal "Going China"
Dr. Lara M. Gottfried, TU Clausthal
14:10-14:40Changing images of China in Germany from 1972 to 2022
Prof. Dr. Mechthild Leutner, FU Berlin
14:40-15:10Insight into the cooperation with Germany and the China competence program of Tongji University (online)
Mr. Thomas Willems, Vice Director CDHK Tongji
15:10-15:40Coffee break
15:40-16:25Why is China suddenly "uncool"? - A few very personal experiences from the last 40 years
Prof. Dr. ZHANG Weiqi, Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry at the University of Münster
16:25-16:50Qigong - Qi to join in
Mr. Martin Josuweit, TU Clausthal
16:50-17:40Quiz about China with prizes and small gifts for participants in attendance(online and offline)
Dr. Lara M. Gottfried and Dr. Hong Liu-Kiel, TU Clausthal
18:00-20:00

Evening cooking class in the Chinese restaurant "Ju Bin Lou" with a short lecture by Dr. Hong Liu-Kiel on Chinese food culture and subsequent production of "Jiaozi"

(Online registration required, up to 25 people)

Address: Schulstraße 47, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

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13:00-22:00

Auditorium: Aulastraße 8, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael Zhengmeng Hou, Head of the China Competence Center. TU Clausthal

13:00-13:10Opening music
13:10-13:20Welcome address
Prof. Dr. Joachim Schachtner, President of the TU Clausthal
13:20-14:00

Greetings
Prof. Dr. WAN Gang, Chinese Co-Chair DEUTSCH-CHINESISCH DIALOG FORUM and former MOST Minister, President of China Association for Science and Technology (online)

Ms. Annette Schavan, German Co-Chair DEUTSCH-CHINESISCHES DIALOGFORUM and former BMBF Minister (online)

14:00-16:00Keynotes
14:00-14:30Enhance Sino-German Universities Collaborations to Foster Competent Talents (Online, in English)
Prof. Dr. LI Peng, President of Zhengzhou University
14:30-15:00University cooperation in the field of tension between global challenges and system rivalry
Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, President of the TU Braunschweig
15:00-15:30Progress of Science & Technology in China and China-Germany STI Cooperation (in English)
Mr. CHEN Linhao, Counsellor-Envoy for Science and Technology, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Germany
15:30-16:00Quantum Business (Online in English)
Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling, University of Regensburg and acatech China Representative
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-17:45

Panel discussion: German-Chinese university cooperation against the background of global challenges and 50 years of relationsOnline quiz on China with small prizes 
Participants: Prof. Dr. Joachim Schachtner, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel (President of TU Braunschweig), Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling (University of Regensburg, acatech China Representative), Prof. Dr. CAI Jingmin (Senate President of Anhui University)

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael Zhengmeng Hou

18:00-22:00Evening event in the Chinese restaurant "Ju Bin Lou" with invited guests

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13:00-18:00

Auditorium: Aulastraße 8, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Heike Schenk-Mathes, VPN TU Clausthal

13:00-13:20

Greetings

Prof. Dr. Heike Schenk-Mathes, VPN TU Clausthal

Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, Chairman of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag (Online)

Dr. Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (video message)

13:20-13:50China's internal constitution and domestic political logic
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen
13:50-14:20The current digital ecosystem of the Chinese automotive market and the corresponding China strategy of CARIAD(Online)
Mr. CHANG Qing, CEO of CARIAD's subsidiary in China
14:20-14:50China on a distant stage - irony and distancing at the turn of an era
Prof. Dr. Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Director China Centrum Tübingen of the University of Tübingen
14:50-15:20My personal experience with innovations and start-ups: Positive influence through Chinese-German cooperation (Online)
Dr. ZHOU Xiang-Qian, Co-Founder of IWC/GIC
15:20-15:40Coffee break
15:40-16:10How dangerous is the situation in the Taiwan Strait? (online)
Prof. Dr. Gunter Schubert, University of Tübingen
16:10-16:40When will this finally stop - and how do we start? On the basis of a realistic image of China in the spirit of international understanding and cooperation in view of the current cascade of mistrust (Online)
Prof. Dr. Ole Döring, Foreign Studies College of Hunan Normal University, Changsha and Institute for Technology Futures at KIT
16:40-18:00

Panel discussion: International economic relations against the background of global challenges
Participants: Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich (Chairman of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag), Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Prof. Dr. Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Mr. ZHANG Hui (Group Vice President NIO), Dr. ZHOU Xiang-Qian (Co-Founder of IWC/GIC)

Moderation: VPN Prof. Dr. Heike Schenk-Mathes

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09:00-12:30Auditorium: Aulastraße 8, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
09:00-09:10Mr. Dr. Knut Kappenberg, EFZN (Energy Research Center Lower Saxony): Welcome Speech and Moderation
09:10-09:30Germany's Energy Transition: Lessons for China
Mr. Prof. Dr. Michael Z. Hou, TU Clausthal
09:30-09:50Multi-Vector Energy Network Infrastructure for Net-Zero Greener Energy Transition (Online)
Mr. Prof. Dr. DING Yulong, University of Birmingham, GB
09:50-10:10Competitive cooperation as key to common climate and environmental security goals
Ms. Arvea Marieni, Partner & Board Member, Brainscapital & Technical Director Regenerative Society, Foundation, Italy
10:10-10:30Advanced ventilation and COVID-19 airborne infection controlling (online)
Prof. Dr. LI Angui, Dean of School of Building Services Science and Engineering at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China
10:30-10:50Turmoil in the gas market - impact on energy markets and climate protection (online)
Mr. Dr. Ludwig Möhring, Managing Director and Member of the Board of the German Association for Natural Gas, Petroleum and Geoenergy (BVEG)
10:50-11:10Toward a Carbon-Neutral State: A Carbon-Energy-Water Nexus Perspective of China's Coal Power Industry
Mr. Dr. XIE Yachen, Chinese Academy of Sciences & TU Clausthal
11:10-11:30Coffee break
11:30-12:30

Panel discussion: Energy Transition and Energy Crisis in the Background of Russia-Ukraine War

Participants: Mr. Prof. Dr. Michael Z. Hou (TU Clausthal, Germany), Mr. Dr. Ludwig Möhring (BVEG, Germany), Ms. Arvea Marieni (Partner & Board Member, Brainscapital, Italy), Mr. LI Yu (CEO of a Sino-German Joint Venture in Berlin: INFRAMobility-Dianba GmbH)

Moderation: Mr. Dr. Knut Kappenberg

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09:00-12:15Auditorium: Aulastraße 8, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
09:00-09:10Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke, China representative of the nds. MWK: Welcome and moderation
09:10-09:30China activities of TU Clausthal during the pandemic
Prof. Dr. Michael Z. Hou, Head of the China Competence Center at Clausthal University of Technology
09:30-09:50The 15th Sino-German Symposium on Application-Oriented Higher Education from September 28-29, 2022 in Hefei - a conference report
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Lackner, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
09:50-10:30Social norms, ethics and morals: China, Germany and the world
Prof. Dr. Michael H. Breitner, University of Hanover
10:30-10:50Hybrid forms of academic cooperation between China and Germany
Prof. Dr. Georg Gesk, University of Osnabrück
10:50-11:15Coffee break
11:15-11:35Digital China - Health in the Middle Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke, China representative of the MWK
11:35-12:05Regulation instead of manipulation - the strength of TCM
Dr. rer. nat. ZHONG Wenjun, Managing Partner of HerbaSinica Hilsdorf GmbH
12:05-12:15Wrap up Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke, China representative of the MWK