In 2021, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In response, Tsinghua University developed and launched the graduate course, namely “China's Perspective on Global Development Initiative” for 2022 Autumn semester, presenting the latest development of China's society, economy, culture, and science and technology. This course will introduce the frontiers in research and relevant practices in China, focusing on digital economy, poverty reduction, COVID medication and vaccine, development financing, climate change and green development, interconnection, and other fields.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Digital Economy: The Chinese Perspective
- From Intelligent Vehicles to Smart Transportation: Trends, Driving Forces, and Case Studies
- Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality
- China’s Innovation System - Myth and Reality
- Chinese Companies Investing Abroad- Challenges and Capability Building
- Quality Education and the Development
- COVID-19 drugs and vaccines
- Probing the first stellar light in the early Universe
