The Korea-China-Japan Forum was held in November 2003 as a joint initiative of JCIE, the Korea Foundation, the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, and the Japan Foundation Asia Center. This dialogue aimed to promote cooperation among the three countries in achieving stability in the Asia Pacific region and encouraging its further development. The forum provided an opportunity for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean opinion leaders from the fields of politics, government, business, academia, civil society, and the media to come together and discuss their respective countries’ domestic issues, as well as regional issues of mutual concern and possibilities for cooperation on those issues.
Approximately 37 opinion leaders from China, Korea, and Japan participated in lively discussions on topics such as the political and economic dynamics in each country, the role that each country should play with regard to the security situation on the Korean peninsula, and ways to strengthen exchange among the next generation of leaders in the three countries. The participants also had the opportunity to meet with Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yoon Young-kwan and Korean Minister of Unification Jeong Se-hyun.
November 26
Welcome Reception
Remarks:
Yoon Young-Kwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
November 27
Opening Ceremony
Remarks:
Lee In-ho, President of the Korea Foundation
Lu Qiutian, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs
Tadashi Yamamoto, President of the Japan Center for International Exchange
Session I: Current Political and Economic Dynamics in Korea, China, and Japan
Luncheon Meeting
Speaker:
Jung Se-hyun, Minister of Unification
Session II: The Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula and Major Power Responses
November 28
Session III: Prospects for Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia and the Role of Korea, China, and Japan
Concluding Discussion: Enhancing Exchanges Among Korea, China, and Japan
KOREAN PARTICIPANTS | |
LEE In-ho | President, The Korea Foundation |
GONG Ro-myung | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs;Chairman, Korea-Japan Forum |
KIM Young-hie | Advisor/Editor-at-Large, The JoongAng Ilbo |
KIM Han-kyu | Former Minister of Government Administration; President, 21C Korea-China Leaders Society |
Park Won-soon | Board of Director, The Beautiful Foundation; Former Secretary General of The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy |
PARK Won-hong | Member of the National Assembly |
PARK Jin | Member of the National Assembly |
SaKong Il | Chairman and CEO, Institute for Global Economics |
YOO Jay-kun | Member of the National Assembly |
LEE Dong-hwi | Dean of Research, Institute of Foreign Affairs & National Security (IFANS) |
RHEE Sang-woo | President, Hallym University |
CHUNG Ku-chong | President, donga.com |
JUNG Ku-hyun | President, Samsung Economic Research Institute |
CHUNG Jae-ho | Associate Professor, Seoul National University |
CHO Woong-kyu | Member of the National Assembly (The Grand National Party) |
CHU Mi-ae | Member of the National Assembly (Millennium Democratic Party) |
CHINESE PARTICIPANTS | |
LU Qiutian | President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA); Member of the 9th National Committee of the CPPCC |
HE Dongcai | Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Vice President of the China Institute of Radio & Television, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television |
MA Shengrong | Vice President of the Xinhua News Agency |
SHENG Jueren | Vice President of the China Institute of Promotion for Investment and Development, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation |
LI Fenglin | President of the Chinese Society of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Former Ambassador to Russia |
HAN Yongwen | Director-General of the Comprehensive Department of National Economy, National Development and Reform Commission |
JIANG Lifeng | President of the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science |
ZHANG Tingyang | Vice President of the China-ROK Friendly Association, Former Ambassador to ROK |
TAO Bingwei | Senior Researcher of the China Institute of International Studies |
GAO Haikuan | Former Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Association for International Friendly Contact |
LU Kejian | Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Commerce |
TIAN Peiliang | Council Member of the CPIFA, Director of the Department of Asian, African and Latin American Affairs |
JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS | |
KONO Taro | Member, House of Representatives (Liberal Democratic Party) |
OHASHI Hideo | Professor, Department of Economics, Senshu University |
OKONOGI Masao | Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University |
SHIBUSAWA Masahide | President, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation |
TAKASUGI Nobuya | Chairman and CEO, Fuji Xerox Korea. Co., Ltd |
TOMODA Seki | Professor, Asia University |
YAKUSHIJI Katsuyuki | Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun |
YAMAMOTO Isao | Research Fellow, Yomiuri Research Institute |
YAMAMOTO Tadashi | President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
