Arctic Policy Development of China and Nordic Countries

China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC) aims to develop collaborations in Arctic research, to increase awareness of the situation in the Arctic and to create a platform that can assist sustainable development.

On January 13-14, CNARC Online Symposium​ 2022 will be held on the theme Arctic Policy Development of China and Nordic Countries in the New Geopolitical Landscape

Agenda

Thursday, 13th Jan 2022

ZOOM Meeting ID: 612 3964 6956

Chair: Dr. YANG Jian, Deputy Director, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies and Deputy Director of CNARC

08:30-09:00 (UTC Time)

Opening Session

• Ms. CHEN Danhong, Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC
• Dr. Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director, Polar Research Secretariat of Sweden
• Dr. SUN Bo, Deputy Director, Polar Research Institute of China
• Dr. Dieter Müller, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Umeå University, Sweden

09:00-10:30 (UTC Time)

Session I: Nordic and China Arctic Policy: Review and Outlook
The workshop will be conducted in English only. It is expected that each presentation should take no more than 15 minutes.

• Douglas Nord, Umeå University, Sweden’s New Arctic Policy
• Timo Koivurova, University of Lapland, Finland’s New Arctic Policy
• Andreas Østhagen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway’s Arctic Policy: still High North, low tension?
• Egill Thor Nielsson, Icelandic Center for Research, Icelandic New Arctic Policy
• *TBC, The Coming Danish Arctic Policy
• DENG Beixi, Polar Research Institute of China, China-Nordic Arctic Relations in a Rapidly Changing Arctic Geopolitics

10: 30-11:00 (UTC Time)

• Comments and Questions

Friday, 14th Jan 2022

ZOOM Meeting ID:658 4960 2034

Chair: Dr. Peter Sköld, Professor, Umeå University and Deputy Director of CNARC

08:30-10:00 (UTC Time)

Session II: China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation: Domains and Approaches The workshop will be conducted in English only. It is expected that each presentation should take no more than 10 minutes.

• XIA Liping, Tongji University, China’s Cooperation in Arctic Governance
• SUN Kai, Ocean University of China, China's Arctic Engagement in the New Geopolitical Situation
• Kjell Stokvik, Nord University, Prospect of Arctic Shipping form a Nordic Perspective 
• XUE Guifang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Arctic Biodiversity and Sustainability: Cooperation between China and Norway
• ZHAO Long, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies, New Reality and Agenda-setting for China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation in the Post-pandemic era
• Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg, Arctic Warming Revealed by Observations, Reanalysis, and Multiple CMIP6 Models

Commentators:

• Arild Moe, Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
• Timo Koivurova, Professor, University of Lapland, Finland
• Egill Thor Nielsson, Senior Advisor, Icelandic Center for Research

10:00-11:00 (UTC Time)

Informal Meeting of Member Institutes (Representatives ONLY)
Chair: Dr. YANG Huigen, Director of CNARC

• Next CNARC Symposium and Assembly Meeting
• New Membership Application
• Suggestion for the Post-pandemic Cooperation