About Shanghai Forum

Shanghai Forum, launched in 2005, is known as one of the most renowned international forums hosted by universities in China. Co-hosted by Fudan University and Chey Institute for Advanced Studies, and organized by Fudan Development Institute, the forum holds its annual conference in Shanghai. 

Shanghai Forum is dedicated to “explore pressing issues, bring together leaders, promote interactions, enhance cooperation and seek consensus”. It endeavors to build an interactive platform for multi-sided communication amongst academic, political, commercial, and press circles, so as to seek consensus on global governance, regional development, public security, culture & civilization, and scientific & technological innovation. 

Over the years, numerous political dignitaries, distinguished scholars, and business leaders have been invited to share their thoughts and insights at Shanghai Forum, including Han Zheng (Vice President, People’s Republic of China; Then-mayor of Shanghai), Chen Zhili (Former Vice Chairman of the NPC of China), Tang Jiaxuan (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of China), Sha Zukang (Former Under-Secretary-General for Economics and Social Affairs, United Nations), Wang Jiarui (Vice Chairman, National Committee of the 12th CPPCC), Cui Tiankai (Former Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America; Former Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China), Shamshad Akhtar (Then-Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations), Lee Kuan Yew (Former Premier and Minister Mentor of Singapore), Han Seung-soo (Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Former President of Indonesia), Enrico Letta (Former Prime Minister of Italy), Abdullah Gül (Former President of the Republic of Turkey), Dagfinn Høybråten (Former Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers), Ben. S. Bernanke (Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System), Robert Zoellick (Former President of World Bank Group), James Steinberg (Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State), Pascal Lamy (Former Director-General, World Trade Organization), Takehiko Nakao (Former President of the Asian Development Bank), György H Matolcsy (Former Governor of the Central Bank of Hungary; Former Minister of Economic Affairs of Hungary), Chey Tae-won (Chairman & CEO of SK Group), Svein Stølen (Rector, University of Oslo), Jeffrey Sachs (University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University; Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-Generals), Oliver Hart (2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics), Jean Tirole (2014 Nobel Laureate in Economics), Christopher Pissarides (2010 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science), and Robert Shiller (2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics), etc. 

Shanghai Forum welcomes sub-forums co-organizers from all over the world. Renowned enterprises, universities, think tanks, and media from both China and abroad are warmly invited to participate. With an open mind, and a strategic and global perspective, Shanghai Forum continues to promote the integration of the Chinese path with world civilization and contributes to paving the way to the common destiny of mankind.