On June 16, 2020, HUANG Renwei, a China Forum expert, Academic Committee Member of CISS, Tsinghua University, and Executive Director of Fudan Institute for Belt and Road Governance, attended the “Asia and COVID-19” webinar held by Australian National University Crawford Leaders Forum (ASLF). The webinar was chaired by Evelyn Goh, Professor of Australian National University. 

Experts focused on the Post-pandemic Eraand Asia’s future. They believed that COVID-19 pandemic has serious impacts on tourism, public health, cultural exchanges and economic development not only for Asian countries but also the whole world. They agreed globalization will be reshaped and countries should make adjustments to the transformed supply chain. Competition from trade to artificial intelligence between China and the US will be further intensified.

Professor Huang stressed the global supply chain is changing fundamentally, which will be more sufficient and sustainable. He’s optimistic about the future of Asia and observed "Asia is the best region in terms of pandemic control. It’s necessary that the U.S. and China cooperate fighting Covid-19. BRI is the only part of the world market that still keeps on growing during the early part of the year and public health will play an important role which will make BRI more efficient and sustainable."