The annual US-China Hong Kong Forum will be held between November 15 and 17.
James Chau, president of the organisers China-United States Exchange Foundation, said dozens of speakers would be joining the event, including former vice foreign minister Cui Tiankai, members of the Nixon and Bush families from the US, and former Thailand prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
“Through this forum we also bring regional perspectives into the discussion,” Chau said.
“So we’ve got Asean, for example, represented by Thailand, but also by Singapore. The [Sino-US] relationship affects more than two countries, so there’s always that temptation to look at our work simply through the bilateral lens of China and the United States.
“I wish it was like that because it seems very tidy, neat and easy to follow. But, in fact, everything that these two countries do and don’t do, what they think and what they consider, is going to impact over eight billion people all around the world.”
More than 300 participants will take part in the open forum on the second day, including dozens of university students from around the world.
“Having young people in the room who are 18 to 25 years old who come from phenomenal schools of public policy and who would have spent part of the private sessions with us and then into the public sessions, we want them to ask the very first question during the audience Q&A to keep those leaders on the stage very sharp,” Chau said.
The Apec summit will be held on November 18-19 in Shenzhen.
