On October 15, the 2024 China-Europe Talent Forum was successfully held in Beijing. With the topic of " Bridging Continents: Fostering Future-fit Talent Development" the forum invited Chinese and foreign politicians, representatives of international organizations, Nobel Prize winners, well-known experts and scholars, and corporate leaders for in-depth exchanges and discussions to jointly explore China-Europe talent innovation cooperation. Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee Yin Li attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin delivered a video speech, and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Yin Yong presided over the opening ceremony. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Li, Swiss Ambassador to China Bai Ruiyi, Director of the China International Publishing Group Du Zhanyuan, President of Peking University Gong Qiuhuang, and Chairman of the Board of Swiss Adecco Group Deng Jingxi, and other domestic and foreign guests made keynote speeches.

The forum's agenda included keynote speeches, project activities, results releases, and roundtable dialogues, and held six sub-forums around themes: Youth, Education, Science & Technology Talent, Culture, Economy and trade, and International Sports. Through various forms such as thematic speeches, special reports, and peak dialogues, the forum deeply discussed the key role of talents in the development of China-Europe relations and further promoted practical cooperation in the field of talents between all sectors of China and Europe.

2018 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, French physicist, Honorary Doctor of Peking University, and Professor at Peking University, Gérard Albert Mourou, delivered a keynote speech.

In the keynote speech session, 2018 Nobel Prize winner in Physics and French physicist Gérard Albert Mourou focused on sharing his research results. He pointed out that "chirped pulse amplification technology" is widely used in high-precision medical fields, has great potential in particle acceleration and clean energy production, and helps to solve space debris problems through high-density short pulses. Ultra-high-power laser technology will become a key force in promoting scientific and social development, bringing significant changes to medicine, energy, and space exploration.

Several important talent cooperation projects were launched or unveiled at the forum. The Beijing Municipal Talent Work Bureau, the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, and the China International Science and Technology Exchange Center jointly signed a memorandum of cooperation to support the landing of international science and technology organizations in Beijing, supporting the formation of an international science and technology organization cluster in Beijing, guiding high-level international science and technology exchange activities to be held in Beijing, strengthening service guarantees for international science and technology organizations and talents, and jointly promoting global science and technology talents to help build Beijing as an international science and technology innovation center. The Beijing Overseas Talents Center, relying on the "Connect Beijing · Global Innovation Service Network" platform, jointly established the "GNIS China-Europe Innovation Center" with Xicheng District, giving full play to the resource advantages of the New Power Financial Technology Center, the "Giant Port" National Specialized and Special New Small Giant Enterprise Service Platform, and the Putian Desheng Incubator, to build a broad stage for the innovation and entrepreneurship of young talents from both sides. The practice base of Peking University and the Swiss Adecco Group was officially unveiled, giving full play to the advantages of both parties, establishing a sound international talent training mechanism, and achieving a virtuous interaction between schools and enterprises through providing internship practice opportunities and professional internship guidance, career counseling, and other means, focusing on enhancing the global career development capabilities of outstanding young students.

The Adecco Group releases the "2024 Global Workforce Report"

Picture: Ian Lee, President of Geographic Regions of The Adecco Group

Zhang Tianyang, Executive Dean of the Beijing Institute of Talent Development Strategy, 

and Arnout Jacobs, President of Springer Nature Group in China,

 jointly release the "Global City Talent Retention Index 2024"

Roundtable Discussion (from left to right) 

Yang Rui, the moderator, Nick Campbell (Vice President of Academic Affairs of Springer Nature), Dominique Turpin (European Dean of China Europe International Business School), David Ferguson (Honorary English Editor of China Foreign Languages Press, winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award), Liu Qiao (Dean of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University), Barbara Dietrich (CEO of "Diplomatic World" magazine)