Advisory Board

The Honorary Chairmen of the conference are:


Internationally recognised leaders have joined the advisory board.
Confirmed members include:

  • Dr. Albert Bennett, President, China Europe International Business School
  • Ole von Beust, First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Group
  • Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission
  • Dr. Karl-Joachim Dreyer, President, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
  • Gu Xiulian, Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Chairwoman, All-China Women’s Federation, Honorary Chairwoman, CFIE
  • Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chief Executive Officer, BASF AG
  • Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minster, Luxembourg
  • Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State
  • Prof. Dr. Vaclav Klaus, President, Czech Republic
  • Lin Zongtang, Honorary President, China Federation of Industrial Economics
  • The Rt Hon John Major, former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Nan Cunhui, Presidium Chairman, CFIE, Chairman, Chint Group
  • Dr. Renato Ruggiero, Vice Chairman of Citigroup Switzerland (former Foreign Minister, Italy, and former Director General of WTO)
  • Nikolaus W. Schües, Shipowner, former President, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
  • Prof. Dr. h.c. Horst Teltschik, Chairman, Teltschik Associates
  • Prof. Dr. Bernhard Vogel, President, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (former Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate and of Thuringia)
  • Dr. Henning Voscherau, former Mayor of Hamburg
  • Capt. Wei Jiafu, President and CEO, COSCO Group
  • Xie Qihua, Presidium Chairman, CFIE, Chairwoman, Baosteel Group Corporation
  • Prof. Xu Kuangdi, Vice Chairman, CPPCC, Chairman, Academy of Engineering, Chairman, CFIE