| 08:00-20:00 |
Tuesday, 27 April 2004 |
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Delegates arrive and register at lounge
of Building A, Beijing Hotel |
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Day 1 - Wednesday, 28 April 2004 Plenary session |
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Delegates take buses at the gate of Building
A of Beijing Hotel to the Great Hall of the People |
| Entrance to the Great Hall of the People
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| 09:10-10:00 |
Opening plenary ceremony (Small auditorium, the Great Hall
of the People) |
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Chair: Mr. Wang Dongjin, Vice Minister,
MOLSS |
| Participation: All participants |
| Opening remark: Mr. Huang Ju, Vice Prime
Minister, China |
| Keynote speeches: |
| - Mr. Somavia, Diretor-General, ILO |
| - Mr. Zheng Silin, Minister, MOLSS |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:30-12:00 |
1st Plenary session: Globalization, Restructuring and Employment
Promotion (Part I) (Small auditorium, the Great Hall of the
People) |
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Chair: Mr. Hultin, Executive Director, ILO
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| Participants: All participants |
| - Remarks by the Chair |
| - Mr. Zhu Zhixin, Vice Minister of State
Development and Reform Commission, China |
| - Ms. Ma. Nieves R. Confesor, Dean of Institute
of Management and former Secretary of Labour, Philippines |
| - Mr. Xu Zhenhuan, Vice President of ACFTU,
China |
| - Mr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Manpower
and Minister of State for Education, Singapore |
| - Mr. Chen Lantong, Vice President of CEC,
China |
| - Mr. Xiao Jie, Vice Minister of Finance,
China |
| - Mr. Murat Basesgioglu, Minister of Labour
and Social Security, Turkey |
| - Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice Minister of MOLSS,
China |
| - Ms. Zhen Yan, Secretary of Secretariat
of All-China Women’s Federation |
| - Mr. Xie Boyang, Vice Chairman, All-China
Federation of Industry and Commerce |
| 12:00-14:00 |
Adjourned, return to Beijing Hotel, Lunch
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| 14:00-16:00 |
2nd Plenary session: Panel Discussion on
International Experience (Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building
C, Beijing Hotel) |
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Chair: Dr. Lu Mai, Commissioner, World Commission
on the Social Dimension of Globalization and Secretary-General
of Foundation for China Development Studies |
| Participation: All participants |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Sub-session I |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. A. P. Pochinok, the Former Minister
of Labour and Social Development, Russia |
| - Ms. Christina Christova, Minister of Labour
and Social Policy, Bulgaria |
| - Ms. Nguyen Thi Hang, Minister of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam |
| - Mr. Rudolf Anzinger, State Secretary of
Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Germany |
| - Mr. Noberto Jose Ciaravino, Vice Minister
of Labour, Employment and Social Protection,Argentina |
| - Mr. Baleshwar Rai, Additional Secretary
of Federal Ministry of Labour, India |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Sub-session II |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Kim Dae Hwan, Minister of Labour,
Republic of Korea |
| - Ms. Uraiwan Thienthong, Minister of Labour,
Thailand |
| - Mr. Markku Wallin, Permanent Secretary
of Ministry of Labour, Finland |
| - Mr. Jan Gronlund, State Secretary, Ministry
of Industry, Employment and Communications, Sweden |
| - Mr. Jean-Luc Nordmann, Secretary of State
(Director of Labour), State Secretariat for Economic Affairs,
Switzerland |
| - Mr. Arnold Levine, Designated Representative
of Secretary of Labour and Deputy Under Secretary of Labour,
Department of Labour, USA |
| Panel discussion among some of the attending
foreign Ministers around selected topics with relevance to the
employment challenges facing China. Possible topics for discussion
might include: |
| ● What are the emerging good practice and
experience internationally in the promotion of employment? |
| ● How to make employment a central policy
priority? |
| ● How to deal with public sector restructuring
while minimizing the negative social consequences? |
| ● How to reduce geographic imbalances in
growth in a general environment of rapid globalization? |
| ● How to address rural employment and migration
issues? |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Tea break |
| 16:30-18:00 |
3rd Plenary session: Globalization, Restructuring
and Employment Promotion |
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(Part II) (Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building
C, Beijing Hotel) |
| Chair: Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice-Minister,
MOLSS. |
| Participation: All participants |
| - Remarks by the Chair |
| - Ms. Wu Xiaoling, Deputy President of People's
Bank of China |
| - Mr. Shao Ning, Vice Minister of State
Asset Management Committee, China |
| - Mr. David Arkless, Deputy Chairman of
the Board, Manpower, USA |
| - Mr. Jacob NuwaWea, Minister of Manpower
and Transmigration, Indonesia |
| - Mr. Huang Jinhe, Executive Director, 1st
Automobile Group Corp. of China |
| - Mr. Jose Barreiro Alfonso, Vice Minister
of Labour and Social Security, Cuba |
| - Mr. Wang Ling, Chairman of Trade Union,
Wuhan Iron & Steel Group |
| - Mr. Roberto Maroni, Minister of Labour
and Social Affairs, Italy |
| Discussion |
| 19:30-21:00 |
Reception Dinner (Banquet Hall, 1st floor of Building C, Beijing
Hotel) |
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M. C.: Liu Xu |
| Toast: Mr. Somavia and Mr. Zheng Silin |
| Participation: All participants |
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Day 2 - Thursday, 29 April |
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Parallel panel sessions |
| Employment Promotion and Decent Work |
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Session A: Employment Promotion and Globalization |
| 09:00-11:20 |
Session A1: Economic Policy and Employment (Multi-function
Hall AB, 1st floor of Building E) |
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Moderator: Ms. Lin Lean Lim, Deputy Director
of Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), ILO |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Hu Angang, Professor, Tsinghua University
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| - Mr. John Evans, TUAC/OECD |
| - Mr. Cai Fang, Senior Researcher, Chinese
Academy of Social Science |
| - Mr. Chen Huai, Senior Researcher, Development
Research Centre of State Council |
| - Mr. Yang Yiyong, Deputy Director-General
of Economic Research Institute of State Development and Reform
Commission |
| - Mr. Sadegh Bakhtiari, Deputy Minister
for Employment Planning and Policy-making, Ministry of Labour,
Iran |
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Discussion |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Tea break |
11:40-13:00
14:15-15:15 |
Session A2: Restructuring and Employment (Multi-function Hall
AB, 1st floor of Building E) |
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Moderator: Mr. Tian Xiaobao, President,
Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security Studies |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Xin Changxing, Director-General, General
Office of MOLSS |
| - Mr. Emmanuel Julien, Deputy Director of
Social Affairs, Employers Confederation (MEDEF), France |
| - Mr. Mo Rong, Deputy Director-General,
Institute for Labour Studies, MOLSS |
| - Mr. Xiong Zhijun, Deputy Director-General,
State Assets Management Commission |
| - Mr. Jaromir Gottvald, Associate Professor,
Technical University of Ostrava, Czech |
| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch |
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Discussion under session A2 continued |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Tea break |
| 15:45-18:00 |
Session A3: Labour Mobility and Employment (Multi-function
Hall AB, 1st floor of Building E) |
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Moderator: Mr. Wang Aiwen, Director-General,
Planning and Finance Department, MOLSS |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Yu Faming, Director-General, Department
of Training and Employment, MOLSS |
| - Mr. Lu Yongjun, Deputy Director-General,
Township and Village Enterprise Administration Bureau, Ministry
of Agriculture |
| - Mr. Li Qiang, Professor, Tsinghua University
|
| - Prof. Graeme Hugo, Director of the National
Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems,
Australia |
| - Mr. Han Jun, Director-General, Rural Department,
Development and Research Centre of State Council |
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Discussion |
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Session B: Employment and poverty alleviation |
| 09:00-11:20 |
Session B1: Flexible forms of employment and informal employment
(Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building E) |
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Moderator: Mr. Zheng Dongliang, Deputy Director-General
of Institute for Labour Studies, MOLSS |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Zhu Junyi, Director-General, Shanghai
Municipal Labour and Social Security Bureau |
| - Ms. Xue Zhaoyun, Specialist of ACFTU |
| - Ms. Alena Nesporova, Chief of Employment
Policy Unit, ILO |
| - Mr. Yasutaka Suga, Executive Director
of Working Conditions Department, JTUC-RENGO, Japan |
| - Prof. Zeng Xiangquan, Professor of Renmin
University |
| - Mr. Aart Jan Bette, Directorate of General
and Social Economic Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and
Employment, Netherlands |
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Discussion |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Tea break |
11:40-13:00
14:15-15;15 |
Session B2: Skills, training and employability |
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(Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building
E) |
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Moderator: Mr. Andrew Treusch, Assistant
Deputy Minister, Canada |
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Panelists: |
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- Mr. Chen Yu, Director of CETTIC, MOLSS
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- Ms. Halimah Yacob, Assistant Secretary-General,
Singapore National Trade Unions Congress |
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- Dr. Paul Ryan, Fellow, King's College,
Cambridge, UK |
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- Mr. Liu Kang, Deputy Director-General
of Department of Training and Employment, MOLSS |
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- Mr. Gary Rynhart, International Organization
of Employers |
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- Ms. Adrienne Bird, Deputy Director-General,
Department of Labour, South Africa |
| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch |
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Discussion under session B2 continued |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Tea break |
| 15:45-18:00 |
Session B3: Environment, workplace and employment |
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(Multi-function Hall C, 1st floor of Building
E) |
| Moderator: Mr. Lin Yisheng, Deputy Director-General,
International Cooperation Department, State Administration of
Work Safety |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Huang Yi, Deputy Director-General,
State Administration of Work Safety |
| - Mr. Zhang Chengfu, Director-General of
Labour Protection, ACFTU |
| - Mr. Robin Stewart-Crompton, Chief Executive
Officer, National Occupational Safety and Health Commission,
Australia. |
| - Mr. Wang Jiming, President of Sino-PEC
(Petro-Chemical Corp.) |
| - Mr. Jens Jensen, Director-General of Danish
National Working Environment |
| - Mr. Su Zhi, Deputy Director of Department
of Legislation, Ministry of Health |
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Discussion |
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Session C: Employment promotion and labour market functioning
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| 09:00-11:20 |
Session C1: Social dialogue and employment
promotion (Multi-function Hall BC, 1st floor of Building E)
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Moderator: Mr. Zhang Junfeng, Deputy Director-General
of Institute for International Labour Studies and Information,
MOLSS |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Qiu Xiaoping, Director-General of
Labour and Wages Department, MOLSS |
| - Ms. Maria Lado, Director-General of European
Integration Department, Ministry of Employment and Labour, Hungary |
| - Ms. Chen Ying, Deputy Director-General
of CEC |
| - Mr. Donald Dee, President, Employers Confederation
of the Philippines |
| - Mr. Liu Haihua, Deputy Director-General
of Social Protection Department, ACFTU |
| - Mr. Gilbert De Swert, Director of Research
Department, CSC, Belgium |
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Discussion |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Tea break |
11:40-13:00
14:15-15:15 |
Session C2: Public employment services and employment protection
for vulnerable groups (Multi-function Hall BC, 1st floor of
Building E) |
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Moderator: Ms. Ellen Hansen, Senior Specialist,
ILO |
| Panelists: |
| - Ms. Liu Danhua, Deputy Director-General
of Training and Employment Department, MOLSS |
| - Mr. Chris Pond, Vice Minister of Work
and Pensions, UK |
| - Mr. Gyula Pulay, Permanent State Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Hungary |
| - Mr. Sun Jiaxiong, Director of Macao Labour
and Employment Bureau |
| - Ms. Agneta Rostrom, County Director of
National Labour Market Board, Sweden |
| - Ms. Li Ran, Deputy Director-General of
Qingdao Labour and Social Security Bureau, Shandong Province |
| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch |
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Discussion under session C2 continued |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Tea break |
| 15:45-18:00 |
Session C3: Social security and employment (Multi-function
Hall BC, 1st floor of Building E) |
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Moderator: Mr. Kastrissianakis, Director,
Directorate-General Employment and Social Affairs, EC |
| Panelists: |
| - Mr. Mao Jian, Director-General of Unemployment
Insurance Department, MOLSS |
| - Mr. He Ping, Director-General of Institute
for Social Insurance Studies, MOLSS |
| - Ms. Cathrine M. Levy, Sociologist
and Research Fellow, National Centre of Scientific Studies,
France
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| - Mr. Zheng Gongcheng, Professor of the
People's University |
| - Mr. Tine Stanovnik, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubijana, Slovenia |
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Discussion |
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Day 3 - Friday, 30 April 2004 Plenary Session |
| 08:30-09:30 |
4th Plenary session to report back from Day 2 (Banquet Hall,
1st floor of Building C, Beijing Hotel) |
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Chair: Mr. Hu Xiaoyi, Acting Director-General
of General Office, MOLSS Participants: 9 moderators from panels
will make brief presentations on main points from parallel session
on Day 2. |
| 09:30-11:00 |
5th plenary session: Gender and Employment |
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Chair: Ms. Linda Wirth, Director, Bureau
of Gender Equality, ILO |
| Participation: All participants |
| - Remarks by the Chair |
| - Ms. Jiang Yongping, Research Fellow of
Policy and Law, Institute of Women's Studies, All-China Women’s
Federation |
| - Mr. Ma Xiaohe, Director-General of Institute
for Industrial Development Studies, State Development and Reform
Commission |
| - Ms. Constance Thomas, Senior Specialist,
Equality and Employment Branch, ILO |
| - Ms. Chen Ying, Director-General of CEC
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| - Ms. Fan Jiying, Director of Women’s Work
Department, ACFTU |
| - Ms. Zhang Youyun, Special Advisor, ILO
Beijing |
| - Introduction to three project case studies
for promoting women employment by representatives from Tianjin,
Nanjing and Chifeng |
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Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Tea break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
6th Plenary Session: Youth employment |
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Chair: Mr. Allan Larsson, Member of High-Level
Panel, UN Youth Employment Network |
| Participation: All participants |
| - Remarks by the Chair |
| - Ms Wu Qidi, Vice Minister of Education,
China |
| - Mr. Matthew Zhang, Labour Commissioner,
Hong Kong |
| - Ms Rosanna Wong, Member of High-Level
Panel, UN Youth Employment Network, Executive Director, Hong
Kong Federation of Youth Groups |
| - Mr. Wang Xiao, Secretary of Secretariat
of All-China Federation of Youth |
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Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 |
7th Plenary session: The rural employment challenge |
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Chair: Mr. Yu Faming, Director-General of
Training and Employment Department, MOLSS |
| Participation: All participants |
| - Remarks by the Chair |
| - Mr. Chen Xiwen, Vice Minister of the Central
Finance and Economics Office |
| - Mr. Robert Ash, Professor of School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK |
| - Mr. Fan Xiaojian, Vice Minister of Agriculture
|
| - Mr. Abhijit Sen, Professor of Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| - Ms. Cui Yu, Director-General of Development
Department, All-China Women's Federation |
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Discussion |
| 15:10-16:00 |
Closing Plenary Session |
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Chair: Mr. Zhang Xiaojian, Vice Minister
of MOLSS |
| Participation: All participants |
| - Read “Common Understanding of China Employment
Forum of 2004” |
| - Speeches: |
| ■ Mr. Dong Li , Vice President of ACFTU
|
| ■ Mr. Chen Lantong, Vice President of CEC
|
| ■ Mr. Zheng Silin, Minister of MOLSS |
| ■ Mr. Somavia, Director-General of ILO |
