Seminar & Lecture Series

ADB Private Sector Green Carpet Awards Ceremony 2022

9 May 2022 Zoom

ADB VP Ashok Lavasa and PRC MOF DG Cheng Zhijun on 9 May jointly presented the inaugural Private Sector Impact Green Carpet Awards. The awards honored 8 projects which promote global public goods, pandemic response, food safety, inclusive finance, and multiplication of development impact through co-financing. PSOD DDG Christopher Thieme chaired the ceremony, which was also attended by EARD DG M. Teresa Kho, and PRCM CD Yolanda Fernandez Lommen. The ceremony was co-organized by RKSI.

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Inclusive Finance Award:

Chongho Bridge Management Ltd.

Wang Xingzui, Vice President

Rural Pandemic Response Award:

Far East Horizon Co., Ltd.

Wang Mingzhe, Executive Director and CFO

Regional Cooperation Award: 

Kunming Hasfarm Flowers Ltd.

Tim Scalongne, Managing Director

Sustainable Value Chain Award: 

New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd.

Liu Chang, Chairwoman of the Board

Blue Ocean Award: 

China Everbright Environment Group Limited.

Wang Tianyi, Chairman of the Board

Catalyzing Cofinance Award: 

China Water Environment Group Limited.

Hou Feng, Chairman of the Board

COVID-19 Response Award:

Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

Liu Zhaonian, Vice Chairman of the Board

Resilience Award: 

China Water Affairs Group Limited.

Duan Chuanliang, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Wang Xingzui, Vice President

Chongho Bridge Management Limited

Mr. Wang Mingzhe, Executive Director and CFO

Far East Horizon Co., Ltd.

Mr. Tim Scalongne, Managing Director

Kunming Hasfarm Flowers Ltd.

Agenda:

DateProgram
Session I: Opening Ceremony
15:00 – 15:15Welcome Remarks, Syed Shakeel Shah, Director, CAREC Institute (5 minutes)
Keynote Address, Eugenue Zhukov, Director General, Central and West Asia Department (CWRD), ADB (5 minutes)
Group Photo (5 minutes)
Session II
15:15 – 17:00 Moderator: Lyaziza G. Sabyrova, Principal Regional Economist, CWRD, ADB

Economic Overview of the CAREC Region: Setting the Context for Economic Corridors (15 minutes)
Hans Holzhacker, Chief Economist, CAREC Institute

Economic Corridors as a Vehicle for Economic Growth (20 minutes)
Evgeny Vinokurov, Deputy Executive Director, Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) and Chief Economist, Eurasian Development Bank, Moscow, Russia

Overview of CAREC and BRI Corridors
1. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor (ABEC) (15 minutes)
Xinglan Hu, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, CWRD, ADB

2. Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor (15 minutes)
Bahodir Ganiev, Senior Advisor, Center for Economic Development, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

3. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (15 minutes)
Khalid Mansoor, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Q&A/Discussion (25 minutes)
Session III
17:10 – 18:10 Spatial Planning and Policy Incentives for Developing ECs: Asian Perspectives

Moderator: Dingding Tang, Academic member, International Finance Forum (IFF), Beijing, the PRC

1. Greater Mekong Sub-Region (15 minutes)
Pawat Tangtrongjita, Managing Director, Socio-Economic Consultants, Pvt, Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

2. South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) (15 minutes)
Prabir De, Professor, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India

3. Insights from an Inter-State Economic Corridor Development Program: The Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) in Malaysia (15 minutes)
Suresh Narayanan, Professor, School of Social Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia

Q&A/Discussion (15 minutes)
18:10 – 18:20 Day 1 Wrap-Up, Iskandar Abdullaev, Deputy Director Two, CAREC Institute
DateProgram
Session IV
15:00 – 16:00Exploring Spin-Offs
Moderator: Abid Qayyum Suleri, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan

1. Cross-border Transport along CAREC Corridors (20 minutes)
Ian Greenwood, Infrastructure Consultant, Greenwood Associates, Auckland, New Zealand

2. Tourism Potential along CAREC Economic Corridors (20 minutes)
Sanjay Saxena, Managing Director, Total Synergy Consulting Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India

Q&A/Discussion (20 minutes)
Session V
16:00 – 16:45 Mapping out the Role of Think Tanks in Economic Corridors Development (15 minutes)
Moderator: Tamar Sulukhia Director, ISET Policy Institute, International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Economic Corridors and South-South & Triangular Cooperation (10 minutes)
Denis Nkala, Regional Coordinator and Representative, UNOSSC Asia and the Pacific Office

CAREC Think Tanks Network Stocktaking and Roadmap (10 minutes)
Ziqian Liang, Deputy Director, CAREC Institute

Q&A/Discussion (20 minutes)
16:45 – 17:00 Wrapping up and Closing Remarks, Syed Shakeel Shah, Director, CAREC Institute

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