On June 10th, NWIM RANEPA, a partner of BAI, organized an online Russian-Chinese Expert Round-Table, named “Public governance in COVID-19 pandemic. Experience of Russian and China.” This was the first round-table among series of Russian-Chinese partners’ on-line events held by NWIM RANEPA, dedicated to the tackle the grave challenges we meet together. The Russian partner also invited Tsing Hua University, Shanghai Administration Institute, Guangdong Administration Institute, etc.

Dr. Vladimir Shamakhov, the Director of NWIM RANEPA, delivered an opening speech, followed by inspiring presentations by both Chinese and Russian experts. The Chinese experts were Dr.  Zhu Xufeng and Dr. Lu Xiaoli from the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) of Tsinghua University. The Russian expert was Mikhail  Priadilnikov, PhD (Harvard university), deputy director of Analytic Centre by the Russian Government (Moscow).

Then all the participants actively discussed the impact of the epidemic and countermeasures. The topics of their discussions included: The dilemma between saving the economy and protecting public health. Is there anything specific to China? The role of regional diversity and different levels of government in quarantine and pandemic control. Ma Xiangdong, Associate professor of BAI, answered the question “How does China structure its economic stimulus policies? What are the priorities and the logic behind them?”, and Chen Cong, deputy director of International Cooperation and Exchange Department of BAI, shared his view on international cooperation in pandemic world. The Russian experts were very pleased with their sharing.

The working language of the conference was English. Simultaneous interpretation to Russian was provided on SpeakUs platform. The IT department provided technical support. Thanks to carefully orchestrated preparation, the round-table yielded wonderful outcome.

Written by Tang Jie