Shanghai Forum 2013 Concluded Successfully

On the morning of May 27, Shanghai Forum 2013, which lasted for two days and a half, successfully concluded at Fudan University. More than 500 guests from politics, business, academia all over the world gathered together at Fudan University and held heated discussions around the theme of "Asia’s Wisdom: Seeking Harmonious Development in Diversity ". Sub-forum seminars and roundtables were arranged in various forms on political, financial, political, legal, urban, social, environmental, energy and other issues in the context of economic globalization. Clash of ideas and blend of wisdoms were aimed at how to seize the strategic opportunities and to achieve the rise of Asia. Insights of the guest would definitely help Asia's prosperity and development.

On the closing ceremony, Andreas Löschel (Chairman, Commission of Experts for Monitoring Energy Transformation, German Federal Government; Professor and Head of Department, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW); Professor of Economics, University of Heidelberg) and Hélène Rey (Professor of Economics, London Business School; Fellow of the British Academy) delivered keynote speeches. Park In-kook (President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies) and Lin Shangli (Vice President, Fudan University) gave addresses. Feng Xiaoyuan (Vice President, Fudan University) presided over the closing ceremony on the day.

Shanghai Forum Consensus 2013 was also officially released on the closing ceremony. The Consensus points out that the developed countries are facing a hard time in economic recovery and China and other emerging countries are facing a downward pressure on economic growth. Continuous challenges and risks have provided Asia with fresh opportunities.We should gain experience from history and reality and make full use of our unique wisdom and cultural strengths, to overcome all obstacles and difficulties lying ahead and to pursue coexistence and harmonious development despite our differences. It is stated in the Consensus that the core of Asia’s wisdom lies in inclusion in promoting unity and harmony in creating prosperity. We should spare no effort to deepen the regional economic and trade cooperation and advance the regional economic integration, so that the interests and benefits are extended to all the countries and regions, the scientific and technological progresses and economic fruits cover all the people, and sustainable economic and social development is achieved. The Consensus suggests that Asia needs to be more forward-looking in leading technological innovations; more scientific and rational in promoting economic recovery and development; more proactive and prudent in exploring institutional changes; more patient in promoting regional cooperation; and more flexible in promoting regional peace and stability. The Consensus concludes that in facing up to crises sweeping in from the West, Asia is playing an increasingly important role in the world. History proves that if we want to turn Asian dynamics to the real rise ofAsia, Asian countries must be united in seeking consensus from diversity and achieving development in harmony. Asian countries should fully respect the differences between each-other, coordinate their positions and carry out pragmatic cooperation, thus achieving win-win situations in the economic, political, social, cultural and environmental aspects. Asia’s wisdom is the wealth of all the people inAsia. It is the ideological cornerstone of Asian countries to achieve harmonious development in diversity.”