The event, organized by the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) in partnership with Center for China Globalization and Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (AFFC), will discuss the contribution of local governments, think tanks and companies from Brazil and China on sustainable development and climate change. Its goals are to bring local governments, think tanks and businesses from Brazil and China closer together, seeking to contribute to the transition towards a low-carbon economy. To promote Sino-Brazilian discussions about crucial topics related to sustainability and climate change, such as food and energy security, the event is sponsored by Suzano, Vale, Sigma Lithium and JBS and ed by BOCOM BBM, Cargill, SIPIC Brasil and Syngenta. 6i1n38

14:00 - 14:15, Open Cerimony 39206g

Opening Remarks:

Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and former Counselor to the State Council of China

Marcos Caramuru de Paiva, Member of CEBRI's Executive Comittee

Shen Xin, General Director of the Department of American and Oceanic Affairs from AFFC

Keynote Speech:

Carlos Fávaro, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil

Tatiana Rosito, Secretary for International Affairs at de Ministry of Finance of Brazil

Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Special Advisor for International Relations of the Presidency of Brazil

14:15 - 15:15, Session "Business and local action" 1r1q56

Topic: Local and regional experiences in climate change and environmental preservation issues

: Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and former Counselor to the State Council of China

Participants:

Pablo Gimenez Machado, Executive Director Asia and President for China of Suzano

Gilberto Xandó, CEO of JBS Brasil

Alexandre D'Ambrosio, Executive Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs of Vale

Zhang Guofu, President of China Forestry Seed Group

Yao Jun, Chairman of Shanxi Changrong Agricultural Technology

Quan Taiyong, Commercial General Manager of Cargill

16:25 - 17:15, Session "Think tanks e universities in local action" 526o1c

Topic: Solutions to sustainable development and energy transition

: Larissa Wachholz, Senior Fellow at CEBRI

Participants:

Shengen Fan, Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University

China Ministry of Ecology & Environment Foreign Environmental Cooperation Office (FECO)

Liu Dehua, Director of the China Brazil Center and Professor at Tsinghua University

Karin Costa Vazquez, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Center at CCG and member of Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) program

Suzana Kahn Ribeiro, COPPE/UFRJ – TSINGHUA Center

Marina Piatto, Diretora Executiva, IMAFLORA

Fabiana Villa Alves, PhD, EMBRAPA Specialist in Low Carbon Agriculture from Brazil

Luiz Gustavo Nussio, PhD, USP/ESALQ

14:00 - 17:15, Closure 4e3736

Closing Remarks: 

Jorge Viana, President of APEX Brasil

Natália Dias, Managing Director of Capital Markets, Fund Raising and Investor Relations at BNDES

Karin Costa Vazquez, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Center at CCG and member of Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) program

Henry Wang, Presidente do Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Marcos Caramuru de Paiva, Member of CEBRI's Executive Comittee