A delegation headed by Mr. Mohammed Tawfik Mouline, IRES’ Director General, and composed of Mr. Said Moufti, Director of Research, and Hamza Safouane, researcher, conducted a working visit to China from March 3 to 11, 2012.
During this visit, which comes after the invitation to IRES by Mr. Yu Hongjun, Deputy Minister, International Department of the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party, several working meetings were held with Chinese think tanks both in Beijing and Shanghai, namely :
- The China Centre for Contemporary World Studies;
- The China Institute of International Studies;
- The Energy Research Institute, State Planning Committee;
- The Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai;
- The Shanghai Social Science Association;
The School of Political Science & International Relations. Tongji University.
These meetings focused on the progress made by Morocco in various fields, particularly with regard to the positive prospects associated with the new Constitution. Other important issues were subject to extensive discussions including the potential of Morocco and China relations, the recent developments in MENA region in the aftermath of the Arab spring and the mutations of the globalized system and its consequences in terms of accelerating the emergence of new global actors such as China.
Alongside this working visit, two lectures were delivered by Mr. Mohammed Tawfik MOULINE in Beijing and Shanghai respectively on the themes "Morocco in the global system: Issues and Challenges" and "transitions in the Arab world: Lessons from the Moroccan experience" . This conference, which is part of the Oriental Forum, was organized by the Association of Social Sciences of Shanghai, in collaboration with the CCCWS and Shanghai Municipality. Over 200 Chinese experts on international affairs took part to this conference.
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