2 hong kong -top of l.ivesmatter.city in 2020 because its tech youth are designing win-wins with mainland and asean and with anyone interested in sdgs - see this tour
3 aiib -see end of july zoom summit -footnote 2
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1 from coindeck China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) took a great leap forward by integrating with six public blockchains. Beginning Aug 10, Tezos, NEO, Nervos, EOS, IRISnet and Ethereum developers will be able to build dapps and run nodes drawing on bandwidth from BSN’s data centers.
The BSN is a toolbox for open source developers to build blockchain applications. Sometimes called the “digital belt and road initiative,” the BSN is an oxymoronic experiment in nation state-led decentralized tech development.
“This is part of China's plan to be the one and only infrastructure provider for blockchain firms around the world,” CoinDesk’s David Pan reports. A continuation of President Xi Jinping’s commitment to “seize” the blockchain opportunity, the BSN reveals lingering contradictions in China’s approach to open source crypto projects.
“The Chinese government and regulators are very cautious about decentralized public chains and try not to get involved in anything related to a public blockchain,” Hongfei Da, founder of NEO, said. “It is interesting to see BSN, which has a clear commercial purpose and is backed by entities with government background, is supporting such projects.”
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- Keynote Speech by the State Dignitary of the People’s Republic of China
Master of Ceremonies: Sir Danny Alexander, Secretary of the Board of Governors & Vice President, Corporate Secretary, AIIB

Confirmed Speakers
- Konstantin Limitovskiy, Vice President, Investment Operations Region 2, AIIB
- Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Author
- Daniel Ahn, Founder and Partner, Clearvision
- Manuel Etter, Vice President, Loon

Confirmed Speakers:

Confirmed Speakers:
- Gerard Sanders, General Counsel, AIIB
- Shi Yaobin, Chair of Budget Committee of National People’s Congress of China, and Chair of the Chief Negotiators Meeting for Establishing AIIB
- Natalie Liechtenstein, General Counsel for the Chief Negotiators Meeting on Establishing AIIB, China Studies affiliated Scholar, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
- Chris Legg, Former Dean of the AIIB Board of Directors (Moderator)
The architects and negotiators of AIIB drew on the accumulated experience of existing financial institutions to design a new kind of multilateral development bank. The management adopted recognizable financial products, best practices and operational models that have laid the foundations of multilateralism. In addition, AIIB negotiators focused on establishing an institution responsive to a new multilateralism and sealed Articles of Agreement that aims to institutionalize best practices and introduce innovative approaches.
On the occasion of AIIB’s fifth Annual Meeting, this event will bring together key figures in the negotiation process that led to the establishment of the Bank. Panelists will discuss the key aspects of AIIB governance that contributed to its success and the innovative features that make AIIB a modern and unique institution.

Confirmed Speakers:
- Joachim von Amsberg, Vice President, Policy, Strategy and Budget, AIIB
- Armida Salsiah Alisjahbanawas, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Rania Al-Mashat, AIIB Alternate Governor, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
- Haslinda Amin, Bloomberg Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia (Moderator)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created major economic and social disruption, compounding existing challenges to infrastructure investments, and encouraging people to consider not only the strengths, but also the weaknesses of the globalized economic system. While the economic forces of efficiency, economies of scale and comparative advantage that drove globalization and cross-border connectivity will remain, the pandemic is a unique opportunity to assess and re-envision the regional connectivity agenda.
At a time when many clients struggle to respond to the crisis, safeguarding the implementation of ongoing and new growth-enhancing programs is essential for a fast and sustainable recovery. With its mandate of fostering infrastructure financing, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can play a catalytic role in addressing both short- and long-term impacts and create opportunities for innovation.
This webinar will discuss how countries can get the most from regional connectivity projects and make them work in a post-COVID-19 era. It will also explore how economies can help to reconcile the needs with opportunities for innovation and adaptation created by the crisis.

Confirmed Speakers:
- Danny Alexander, Vice President and Corporate Secretary AIIB (Moderator)
- Zou Jiayi, AIIB Alternate Governor, Vice Minister of Finance, People’s Republic of China
- Yves Perrier, CEO, Amundi
- Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, and member of the AIIB International Advisory Panel
- Stefen Shin, Principal Investment Officer, AIIB