Green growth issues such as the climate agenda have increasingly become important components of international cooperation. With fast development of low-carbon technologies, the layout of industrial chain and supply chain is changing at a faster pace. Meanwhile, global trade demonstrates new trends of development. This topic will focus on the new opportunities and challenges that green development brings to global trade. Important guests from relevant fields will be invited to discuss the connotation and core of green development, outlook new prospects of international trade in the context of green development.

Health is the base for both the comprehensive development of mankind and the sustainable development of economy and society. The worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused public health to become an important issue that all the countries should face and coordinate together. The topic will provide dialogue opportunities for sustainable development and inclusive growth of the global economy, exchange ideas on public health cooperation of all countries and co-building a community of common health for mankind.

The rapid development of the digital economy has had a far-reaching impact on all countries' economic and social development, the global governance system, and the civilization progress of mankind. In post-covid era, the digital economy has become a new growth point of the whole economy and the main impetus of economic recovery. Meanwhile, all countries should reach a consensus and jointly deal with great data challenges such as cross-border data flow, open data and intellectual property protection, digital divide, data privacy and data security. This topic will focus on promoting the free flow of global goods, service and technology and enhancing the global economic vitality and industrial innovation ability in several aspects - sciences and technology, economy, trade, cities and sustainable development - in the digital economy era.

In recent years, consumption has gradually become the “main engine” of economic growth in China. The progress of promoting consumption upgrade and constructing a strong domestic market has accelerated. With the constant development of the people’s demand for a good life, how to accurately understand the consumption demand of residents and actively grasp the trend of consumption development has become an urgent problem to be solved. This topic will focus on the opportunities and challenges brought by new trends of consumption and how to accelerate the cultivation of new growth points, vigorously stimulate the growth potential of the domestic market, and help accelerate the construction of a new development pattern.

As a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is further promoted and the new-generation information technology application is accelerating currently, to develop intelligent manufacturing has become an important measure for all countries to seize the commanding height of global industrial development in the future. Centered on the new-generation information technology such as AI, quantum information, mobile communication, Internet of Things and blockchain, this topic will focus on strengthening international cooperation, taping the intelligent manufacturing potential, jointly promoting the development of intelligent manufacturing and helping economies improve quality and enhance efficiency.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the global agricultural supply chain to suffer severe threat, the market prices of international agricultural products to fluctuate greatly and the global foodstuff supply safety to be greatly impacted, thus many countries have adjusted their agricultural trade and support policies. The topic will discuss issues like agricultural development and cooperation, the stability and safety of agricultural supply chains, etc.

At present, our economy has entered a new normal and the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy has become the theme of the times. The innovative development needs a sound business environment that requires institutional support and legal safeguards for intellectual property protection. This topic will focus on the efforts and achievements of China in the enhancement of intellectual property protection and business environment optimization, strengthening confidence of the enterprises from various countries in trade and investment cooperation with China, which reflects China's responsibility as a major country to build a fair, transparent and open business environment.

The green circular economy is a necessary condition for the sustainable development of the global economy. To develop green finance is an important measure to promote green development. Green finance can provide a long-lasting impetus for green economy and social sustainable development through financial resources. Centered on the experiences and practices in green finance development of different countries, this topic will focus on the opportunities, paths and cooperation for further promoting global green economy and sustainable development on the strength of green finance in the post-pandemic era.

At present, the regional economic integration progress is on the rise, and free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership have been successively signed, which greatly accelerates the free flow of the regional commodity elements and the construction pace of the common market. The financial sector is an important part of the process of economic integration and also faces an unprecedented development window period. This topic will focus on the opportunities and challenges faced by financial openness and cooperation under the trend of regional economic integration.

Economic globalization is an irreversible historical trend. However, it is encountering the increasingly serious unilateralism and protectionism. There is an urgent need for countries to expand consensus on opening-up. On this conference, we will launch World Openness Report 2021 and the Index on openness for 129 economies since 2008. Our goal is to enlarge the economic "pie" by furthere opening-up, lead all parties in seeking the largest common divisor, offer feasible plans for the positive evolution of globalization and the healthy development of world economy, and contribute Chinese wisdom to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

The HUB Conference is a parallel session of the Hongqiao International Economic Forum. It will be held in Shanghai on November 5th 2021, while the 4th China International Import Expo unveils. The HUB Conference is co-sponsored by the National Reform and Development Commission, Ministry of Commerce of China and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, and organized by Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District Administration Committee.

The HUB Conference will focus on the theme “Hongqiao International Open Hub and Regional Integration”. Topics proposed for discussion are as follows: (1) The new roles of Hongqiao in the new global landscape; (2) The new dimensions of the Hongqiao blueprint, such as to building a first class international CBD, a new platform for the international trade center; a new transportation gateway connecting China with the world; a new channel of high-end global resources allocation; a new high standard living neighborhood for the international community; a new engine driving coordinated regional integration and development. (3) The new vision of Hongqiao as a critical link of “dual circulation” and regional integration. Hongqiao, Better Future, Better World.

Pudong was born out of reform and opening-up and has flourished because of it. Pudong received new major tasks following the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the “Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Development and Opening-up of Pudong” held on November 12, 2020 and the “Guideline to Support the High-level Reform and Opening-up of Pudong and Build Pudong into a Pioneer Area for Socialist Modernization” released by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on July 15, 2021. This sub-forum is dedicated to the new pivot, new positioning and new path of Pudong's development, with emphasis on further aligning with the new rules of international trade and economy, promoting high-level institutional opening-up, enhancing the ability to allocate global resources and exploring a new development pattern, so as to contribute wisdom to the development of an open world economy.