I.          About Shanghai Forum

The “Shanghai Forum”, held each May in the city of Shanghai since 2005, is an international economic forum hosted by Fudan University and sponsored by Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. We take as our principal goals attention on Asia, focus on the most topical events, the gathering together and interaction of elites and strengthening of cooperation and striving for consensus between all our partners. The principal question we seek to address is that of “Economic Globalization and Asia’s Choice” - which demands that we organize year by year new interactive platforms between academic, political and business fields and strive to achieve a jointunderstanding that can provide new suggestions and decisions affecting the overall development of Asia in economic, political and societal realm.

Many Chinese and foreign senior dignitaries have attended the Forum and delivered keynote speeches, chaired by presidents from prestigious universities both at home and abroad. World-class scholars, including Nobel Prize laureate and numerous business elites have delivered keynote speeches as special guests.

With continuing exploration and development, Shanghai Forum has been held successfully for seven years, more than 2300 people have attended Shanghai Forum, laying its foundation as one of the most influential international academic forums in China.

II.        Highlighted Guests and Topics of Shanghai Forum 2013

"Shanghai Forum 2013" will be staged on May 25 - 27, 2013 in Shanghai, with this year’s theme of Asia’s Wisdom: Seeking Harmonious Development in Diversity.

The Forum will open at Shanghai Hall, in Shanghai International Conference Center. Robert Mundell, the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Robert Zoellick, the Eleventh World Bank Group President, Michael Merson, Interim Vice President of Duke University, Fang Yongming, Director of Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University, and other renowned scholars, will deliver keynote speeches on the grand opening ceremony.

The Forum consists of four sub-forums: ECONOMICS & FINANCE, POLITICS & LAW, URBANOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY and ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY. In-depth discussions will be held around these 10 panels: After the Asian Miracle: Problems, Challenges and Choices; How Does the World Economy Recover without Safe Assets?; The Integration of Regional Economy in Asia: Target, Path and Policy; Asia's Wisdom: Approaches to Disputes; Asian Legal Wisdom: Diversity and Unification; Global Governance and Asia's Wisdom; Innovation-driven Urban Development in Asia; How to Assure Health for 4 Billion People in Asia?; Emerging Asian Renewable Energy: From New Technology and New Industry to a New Market; Climate Change and Environmental Protection: The Focus of Human Attention.

Four high-end roundtables will also be held during the Forum, bringing together experts and scholars from the world-class think tanks, universities and financial institutions:Global Safe Assets Deficiency: A Puzzle to be Revealed; Think Tanks Dialogue: New Global Opportunities, New Leadership, Renewed Responsibility, New Policy?; Sustainable Public-Private Partnership: New Opportunities and Challenges of Public Governance in Asia; Fudan University China Financiers Club Roundtable.

II．Contact

Media and Press registration: Mr. Tao, Phone: 6564 2268, email: 13917663600@139.com

 Media Registration Site: SICC, 8:00-9:00, May 25.

 Official Website: www. .shanghaiforum. org