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2025 AIIB Annual Meeting Public Seminar Promoting High-Quality Cross Border Infrastructure: Experiences and Lessons from IFI Practices
2025 AIIB Annual Meeting Public Seminar Promoting High-Quality Cross Border Infrastructure: Experiences and Lessons from IFI Practices
26 June

2025

TIME: 26 June 2025, 14:45 – 16:00 (GMT+8)

LOCATION: Beijing, China

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DESCRIPTION

Cross-border connectivity infrastructure in transport, energy and digital sectors holds transformative potential for multiple dimensions of sustainable development, making it a thematic priority of AIIB. However, the scale and complexity of these projects means that this potential is not fully realized.

To address this, the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) was established to support cross-border connectivity projects in line with International Financial Institution (IFI) standards and best practices. Recognizing their importance, the G20--under the Presidencies of Brazil and South Africa--has also commissioned reports, co-led by AIIB, on exploring solutions to overcome the challenges these projects face. 

This session will feature a distinguished, high-level panel of speakers from governments and international financial institutions (IFIs) around the world to explore key questions about cross-border connectivity. Learn about the types of projects that have been transformational in the past and those poised to shape the future, how to ensure high-quality cross-border infrastructure initiatives are effectively prepared and implemented, and the critical role that IFIs and the MCDF can play in supporting these efforts and addressing associated challenges.

MCDF’s two flagship Connectivity Infrastructure Reports will also be launched at the event titled, ‘Bridging Central and West Asia and the World’, and ‘Catalyzing Connectivity in Southeast Asia’.

AGENDA
Speakers
Zhongjing Wang
Zhongjing Wang
Chief Executive Officer MCDF
Liao Min
Liao Min
Vice Minister of Finance China
Xianbin Yao
Xianbin Yao
Senior Adviser MCDF
Juzhong Zhuang
Juzhong Zhuang
Senior Adviser MCDF
Murtaza Syed
Murtaza Syed
Head of Ecosystem AIIB
Hon. Sulton Rahimzoda
Hon. Sulton Rahimzoda
Chairman of the State Committee on Investments and State Property Management Tajikistan
H.E Mr. Soulivath Souvannachoumkham
H.E Mr. Soulivath Souvannachoumkham
Deputy Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance, Lao PDR
Gianpiero Leoncini
Gianpiero Leoncini
Executive Vice President CAF - Development Bank of Latina America and the Caribbean
Manuela Ferro
Manuela Ferro
Vice President World Bank
Jang Ping Thia
Jang Ping Thia
Lead Economist and Manager of Economics Department AIIB
AUDIENCE

On-site participants will consist of AIIB Annual Meeting delegates from AIIB’s 110 member countries, other invitees from IFIs, emerging market and developing country governments, the private sector, and registered media for the AIIB Annual Meeting.

FORMAT

This 1 hour and 15-minute session will be held in Room 243, China National Convention Center, Beijing.

Discussions will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Chinese.

Presentations and related knowledge products will be uploaded on MCDF’s website and JIGSAW platform.

ORGANIZING PARTNERS
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
  • Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance
CONTACT

If you would like to learn more about this seminar, please contact MCDF’s Jenny Lou Fernandez (jenny.fernandez@themcdf.org).