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For Printing, click here for PDF version CHINA EMPLOYMENT FORUM (Beijing, 28-30 April 2004)
Tuesday, 27 April 8:00-20:00 Registration at Beijing Hotel
Wednesday, 28 April (DAY 1) Plenary session
8:30 Delegates take buses at the gate of Building A. 8:40-8:50 Entrance to the Great Hall of the People
9:10-10:00 Opening plenary ceremony (Venue: Small auditorium, the Great Hall of the People) Chair: Mr. Wang Dongjin, Vice Minister, MOLSS Opening remark: Mr. Huang Ju, Vice Prime Minister, China Keynote speech by Mr. Somavia, Director General, ILO (10:00-10:30 Tea/Coffee break)
10:30-12:00 1st Plenary session: Globalization, Restructuring and Employment Promotion (Venue: Small auditorium, the Great Hall of the People)
Chair: Mr. Hultin, Executive Director, ILO
- Mr. Zhu Zhixin, Vice Minister of State Development and Reform Commission, China
- Ms. Ma. Nieves R. Confesor, Dean of Institute of Management and former Secretary of Labour, Philippines
- Mr. Xu Zhenhuan, Vice President of ACFTU, China - Mr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Manpower and Minister of State for Education, Singapore
- Mr. Chen Lantong, Vice President of CEC, China
- Mr. Xiao Jie, Vice Minister of Finance, China - Mr. Murat Basesgioglu, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Turkey - Mr. Shao Ning, Vice Minister of State Asset Management Committee, China
- Ms. Wu Xiaoling, Deputy President of People’s Bank of China - Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice Minister of MOLSS, China 12:00-14:00 Adjourned, return to Beijing Hotel – Lunch. 14:00 - 16:00 2nd Plenary session: Panel Discussion on International Experience (Venue: Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building C, Beijing Hotel) Chair: Dr. Lu Mai, Commissioner, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization and Secretary-General of Foundation for China Development Studies
14:00 - 15:00 Sub-session I - Mr. A. P. Pochinok, the Former Minister of Labour and Social Development,
Russia - Ms. Christina Christova, Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria - Ms. Nguyen Thi Hang, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam - Mr. Rudolf Anzinger, State Secretary of Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Germany - Mr. Noberto Jose Ciaravino, Vice Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection, Argentina - Mr. Baleshwar Rai, Additional Secretary of Federal Ministry of Labour, India
15:00 - 16:00 Sub-session II - Mr. Kim Dae Hwan, Minister of Labour, Republic of Korea - Ms. Uraiwan Thienthong, Minister of Labour, Thailand - Mr. Markku Wallin, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Labour, Finland - Mr. Jan Gronlund, State Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications, Sweden - Mr. Jean-Luc Nordmann, Secretary of State (Director of Labour), State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland - Mr. Arnold Levine, Designated Representative of Secretary of Labour and Deputy Under Secretary of Labour, Department of Labour, USA (16:00-16:30 Tea/Coffee break) 16:30-18:00 3rd Plenary session: Globalization, Restructuring and Employment Promotion (Part II) (Venue: Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building C, Beijing Hotel) Chair: Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice-Minister, MOLSS. - Ms. Zhen Yan, Secretary of Secretariat of All-China Women’s Federation - Mr. Xie Boyang, Vice Chairman, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce - Mr. David Arkless, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Manpower, USA - Mr. Jacob NuwaWea, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Indonesia - Mr. Huang Jinhe, Executive Director, 1st Automobile Group Corp. of China - Mr. Jose Barreiro Alfonso, Vice Minister of Labour and Social Security, Cuba - Mr. Wang Ling, Chairman of Trade Union, Wuhan Iron & Steel Group - Mr. Roberto Maroni, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Italy
19:30-21:00 Reception Dinner (Venue: Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building C, Beijing Hotel)
Thursday, 29 April (Day 2) - Parallel panel sessions
Session A: Globalization and Restructuring 9:00 - 11:15 Session A1: Economic Policy and Employment (Multi-function Hall AB, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Ms. Lin Lean Lim, Deputy Director of Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), ILO - Mr. Hu Angang, Professor, Tsinghua University - Mr. John Evans, TUAC/OECD - Mr. Cai Fang, Senior Researcher, Chinese Academy of Social Science - Mr. Chen Huai, Senior Researcher, Development Research Centre of State Council - Mr. Yang Yiyong, Deputy Director-General of Economic Research Institute of State Development and Reform Commission - Mr. Sadegh Bakhtiari, Deputy Minister for Employment Planning and Policy-making, Ministry of Labour, Iran (11:20 - 11:40 Tea/Coffee break)
11:40 - 13:00 Session A2: Restructuring and Employment (Multi-function Hall AB, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Tian Xiaobao, President, Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security Studies
- Mr. Xin Changxing, Director-General, General Office of MOLSS - Mr. Emmanuel Julien, Deputy Director of Social Affairs, Employers Confederation (MEDEF), France - Mr. Mo Rong, Deputy Director-General, Institute for Labour Studies, MOLSS - Mr. Xiong Zhijun, Deputy Director-General, State Assets Management Commission - Mr. Jaromir Gottvald, Associate Professor, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech
14:15 - 15:15 Session A2 (continues)
(15:15-15:45 Tea/Coffee break) 15:45 - 18:00 Session A3: Labour Mobility and Employment (Multi-function Hall AB, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Wang Aiwen, Director-General, Planning and Finance Department, MOLSS
- Mr. Yu Faming, Director-General, Department of Training and Employment, MOLSS - Mr. Lu Yongjun, Deputy Director-General, Township and Village Enterprise Administration Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture - Mr. Li Qiang, Professor, Tsinghua University - Prof. Graeme Hugo, Director of the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Australia - Mr. Han Jun, Director-General, Rural Department, Development and Research Centre of State Council
Session B: Employment and poverty alleviation 9:00-11:15 Session B1: Flexible forms of employment and informal employment (Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Zheng Dongliang, Deputy Director-General of Institute for Labour Studies, MOLSS - Mr. Zhu Junyi, Director-General, Shanghai Municipal Labour and Social Security Bureau - Ms. Xue Zhaoyun, Specialist of ACFTU - Ms. Alena Nesporova, Chief of Employment Policy Unit, ILO - Mr. Yasutaka Suga, Executive Director of Working Conditions Department, JTUC-RENGO, Japan - Prof. Zeng Xiangquan, Professor of Renmin University - Mr. Aart Jan Bette, Directorate of General and Social Economic Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Netherlands
(11:20-11:40 Tea/Coffee break) 11:40-13:00 Session B2: Skills, training and employability (Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Andrew Treusch, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada
- Mr. Chen Yu, Director of CETTIC, MOLSS - Ms. Halimah Yacob, Assistant Secretary-General, Singapore National Trade Unions Congress - Dr. Paul Ryan, Fellow, King’s College, Cambridge, UK - Mr. Liu Kang, Deputy Director-General of Department of Training and Employment, MOLSS - Mr. Gary Rynhart, International Organization of Employers - Ms. Adrienne Bird, Deputy Director-General, Department of Labour, South Africa
14:15-15:15 Session B2 (continues)
(15:15-15:45 Tea/Coffee break) 15:45-18:00 Session B3: Environment, workplace and employment (Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Lin Yisheng, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation Department, State Administration of Work Safety - Mr. Huang Yi, Deputy Director-General, State Administration of Work Safety - Mr. Zhang Chengfu, Director-General of Labour Protection, ACFTU - Mr. Robin Stewart-Crompton, Chief Executive Officer, National Occupational Safety and Health Commission, Australia. - Mr. Wang Jiming, President of Sino-PEC (Petro-Chemical Corp.) - Mr. Jens Jensen, Director-General of Danish National Working Environment - Mr. Su Zhi, Deputy Director of Department of Legislation, Ministry of Health
Session C: Labour market functioning
9:00-11:20 Session C1: Social dialogue and employment promotion (Multi-function Hall BC, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Zhang Junfeng, Deputy Director-General of Institute for International Labour Studies and Information, MOLSS Panelists: - Mr. Qiu Xiaoping, Director-General of Labour and Wages Department, MOLSS - Ms. Maria Lado, Director-General of European Integration Department, Ministry of Employment and Labour, Hungary - Ms. Chen Ying, Deputy Director-General of CEC - Mr. Donald Dee, President, Employers Confederation of the Philippines - Mr. Liu Haihua, Deputy Director-General of Social Protection Department, ACFTU - Mr. Gilbert De Swert, Director of Research Department, CSC, Belgium
(11:20-11:40 Tea/Coffee break) 11:40-13:00 Session C2: Public employment services and employment protection for vulnerable groups (Multi-function Hall BC, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Ms. Ellen Hansen, Senior Specialist, ILO - Ms. Liu Danhua, Deputy Director-General of Training and Employment Department, MOLSS - Mr. Chris Pond, Vice Minister of Work and Pensions, UK - Mr. Gyula Pulay, Permanent State Secretary to the Prime Minister, Hungary - Mr. Sun Jiaxiong, Director of Macao Labour and Employment Bureau - Ms. Agneta Rostrom, County Director of National Labour Market Board, Sweden - Ms. Li Ran, Deputy Director-General of Qingdao Labour and Social Security Bureau, Shandong Province (13.00-14:15 Lunch)
14:15-15:15 Session C2 (continues)
(15:15-15:45 Tea/Coffee break) 15:45-18:00 Session C3: Social security and employment (Multi-function Hall BC, 1st floor of Building E) Moderator: Mr. Kastrissianakis, Director, Directorate-General Employment and Social Affairs, EC - Mr. Mao Jian, Director-General of Unemployment Insurance Department, MOLSS - Mr. He Ping, Director-General of Institute for Social Insurance Studies, MOLSS - Ms. Cathrine M. Levy, Sociologist and Research Fellow, National Centre of Scientific Studies, France - Mr. Zheng Gongcheng, Professor of the People’s University - Mr. Tine Stanovnik, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubijana, Slovenia
19:00-21:00 Evening: Ministerial dinner
Friday, 30 April (DAY 3)
8:30-9:30 4th Plenary session to report back from Day 2 (Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building C, Beijing Hotel) Chair: Mr. Hu Xiaoyi, Acting Director-General of General Office, MOLSS
9:30-11:00 5th plenary session: Gender and Employment Chair: Ms. Linda Wirth, Director, Bureau of Gender Equality, ILO - Ms. Jiang Yongping, Research Fellow of Policy and Law, Institute of Women’s Studies, All-China Women’s Federation - Ms. Ma Xiaohe, Director-General of Institute for Industrial Development Studies, State Development and Reform Commission - Ms. Constance Thomas, Senior Specialist, Equality and Employment Branch, ILO - Ms. Chen Ying, Director-General of CEC - Ms. Fan Jiying, Director of Women’s Work Department, ACFTU - Ms. Zhang Youyun, Special Advisor, ILO Beijing - Introduction to three project case studies for promoting females employment by representatives from Tianjin, Nanjing and Chifeng
(11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee break) 11:30-12:30 6th Plenary Session: Youth employment Chair: Mr. Allan Larsson, Member of High-Level Panel, UN Youth Employment Network - Mr. Chikara Sakaguchi, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan - Mr. Yuan Guiren, Vice Minister of Education, China - Mr. Matthew Zhang, Labour Commissioner, Hong Kong - Ms Rosanna Wong, Member of High-Level Panel, UN Youth Employment Network, Executive Director, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups - Mr. Wang Xiao, Secretary of Secretariat of All-China Federation of Youth
(12:30-14:00 Lunch)
14:00-15:00 7th Plenary session: The rural employment challenge Chair: Mr. Yu Faming, Director-General of Training and Employment Department, MOLSS - Mr. Chen Xiwen, Vice Minister of the Central Finance and Economics Office - Mr. Robert Ash, Professor of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK - Mr. Fan Xiaojian, Vice Minister of Agriculture - Mr. Abhijit Sen, Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India - Ms. Cui Yu, Director-General of Development Department, All-China Women’s Federation
15:10-16:00 Closing Plenary Session Chair: Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice Minister of MOLSS
- Read "Common Understanding of China Employment Forum of 2004" Speeches -Mr. Dong Li , Vice President of ACFTU -Mr. Chen Lantong, Vice President of CEC -Mr. Zheng Silin, Minister of MOLSS -Mr. Somavia, Director-General of ILO
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Updated by CG/MM. Last updated: 30 April 2004