In response to the growing interest in Europe's relations with the emerging power China (PRC), the College of Europe, with the financial support of the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund, in 2008 established a part-time Chair focusing on EU-China relations. The InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations is based in the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies in Bruges.

Professor Jing MEN has been appointed as the first Chairholder of the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations. Her work is supported by a part-time Research Assistant.

The Chair offers courses on EU-China relations at the College of Europe, organises guest lectures and workshops and promotes multidisciplinary research on the EU's relations with China. It grants an award for the best Master's Thesis on EU-China relations.

In the framework of the Chair, the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund offers a full scholarship for postgraduate studies at the College to a Chinese student (PRC). The College of Europe finances a second full scholarship for a Chinese student.

International Conference on "The EU, the US and China: Towards the New International Order?" (22-23 April 2011)

International Conference on “The EU and China: Partners or Competitors in Africa?” (4-5 February 2010).

International workshop on Prospects and Challenges for EU-China Relations in the 21st Century: The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (3-4 April 2009)

Besides the organisation of international conferences, the Chair is also focused on publishing academic research material. Thus far, the Chair has published the following books:

• MEN, Jing and BARTON, Benjamin (eds.), China and the European Union in Africa: Partners or Competitors?, Farnham: Ashgate. More information.
• MEN, Jing and BALDUCCI, Giuseppe (eds.), Prospects and Challenges for EU-China Relations in the 21st Century: The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Brussels: P.I.E. Peter LANG. More information.

EU-China Observer
The InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations publishes an electronic journal EU-China Observer. It provides a platform for scholars and practitioners interested in exchanging ideas on current topics of EU-China relations in an interdisciplinary perspective.

 

Contact

InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations
EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies
College of Europe
Dijver 11
BE-8000 Bruges
Fax: +32-50-477250

Chairholder:
Professor Jing MEN, Ph.D.
jing.men@coleurope.eu
Tel: +32-50-477.258

Research Assistant:
Benjamin BARTON
benjamin.barton@coleurope.eu
Tel: +32-50-477.257