The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations took place on May 15, 2019 in Beijing. For this event, Chinese President Xi Jinping invited heads of state and government and high representatives from around the world. The Bridge Tank was invited to attend this event and to give a speech at the official Intellectual Forum of the Conference gathering prominent thought leaders.

The conference was inaugurated by Xi Jinping in an opening ceremony which took place at Beijing National Stadium.

During the Official Economic Conference organised as part of this forum, Joël Ruet, Chairman of The Bridge Tank was a keynote speaker in a session titled “Asian solutions to benefit the people.” The roundtable event was chaired by Wang Xiaohui, Editor-in-chief of the China Internet Information Centre. Among the other keynote speakers of this session were Li Daokui, Dean of the Institute for the Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking at the Tsinghua University, Hu Zhijian, President of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development, and Nakajima Atsushi, Chairman of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry.

During this discussion, Joël Ruet advocated for a « learning state » between Japan, China and India for technology dissemination and exchanged with the other panellists on the massification of green technologies in China.

During the official gala dinner, The Bridge Tank’s chairman also had the opportunity to exchange  with Chinese Vice-Minister of Education Du Zhanyuan. They were both at the official table with Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Yasushi Akashi, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.