David Gosset

Dec 1 2016, David Gosset invited in Istanbul to discuss the New Silk Road strategy

David Gosset was born in Paris. He is known in China as 高大伟(pinyin : GAO DAWEI).[1] He can lecture or write in French, English or Chinese.[2]

As a sinologist David Gosset writes on the Chinese world’s economic, socio-political, cultural, strategic transformation, its impact on 21st-century Asia and the global village.[3]

He studies the notion of the "Chinese Renaissance".[4] In his approach of China (中国 - ZHONG GUO) he insists on the importance of the notion of centrality 中-(ZHONG): "Zhong -- 中, or centrality -- is one of the most ancient and common Chinese characters and, in an analogy which sheds a light on China's global modus operandi, its polysemy in the Chinese historical and cultural context mirrors three important measures of centrality in the field of graph theory".[5]

What he calls the "Xi Jinping Decade"[6] is an important moment of the "Chinese Renaissance". The Chinese dream, a key element of the Xi Jinping Decade, is approached by Gosset in the following terms: "Concept and project, definition and positioning of a nation in a century of change, Xi Jinping's China Dream can be presented as a triptych, the visions of "Modern China," "Global China" and "Civilizational China."[7]

In 2001 David Gosset established the Academia Sinica Europaea[8] at CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) and, one year later, he founded the Euro-China Forum, the oldest process of its kind. The 9th Euro-China Forum was organized with the UNESCO.[9]

In order to study but also support the New Silk Road, he established the New Silk Road Initiative (NSRI) in January 2015.[10]

In 2016, under the framework of the New Silk Road Initiative he contributed as a curator and advisor to the major exhibition "From the Ancient to the New Silk Road" at the Presidential Palace of the Italian Republic.[11]

In 2018, he published Limited Views On The Chinese Renaissance, a book that he presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair.[12]

Both his TED Talk and Talks at Google, the latter held in October 2019, have received attention.

From 2020, he started a series interviewing programs "A Time of Resilience" "A Time of Collaboration" with international politicians, scholars and experts, the directors of the programs are Lin Keyao and Jiaxing Liu.[13][14][15]

In 2021, as the founder, he established the China-Europe-America Global Initiative, of which the C.E.A. Net-Zero Transition Platform gained recognition.[16][17][18]

In 2021, he started the C.E.A. Youth Program. In January 2022, the China-Europe-America Youth Program International Communication Challenge was held.[19]In January 2023, the second Challenge under this framework was held..[20]

In 2021, he started the C.E.A. Museums Cooperation Initiative. The first dialogue of the China-Europe-America Museums Cooperation Initiative was held in May, 2021.[21] The second dialogue under this framework was held in May, 2022.[22]On May 18-19, 2023, the third dialogue took place in Tianjin. [23]

In 2021, he started the C.E.A. Philanthropy Cooperation Initiative. On September 8, 2021, the First Dialogue under this framework was held..[24]

In 2022, he started the C.E.A Think Tank Cooperation Forum. "A Special Roundtable on China and the World after the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)" was held on December 14 2022.[25]

In 2022, The second dialogue of the China-Europe-America Net-Zero Transition Platform was held online on November 8 and 9. More than 40 speakers from 15 nationalities participated this event. [26]

On Sep 15th, 2023, he participated the 2023 Beijing Cultural Forum and delivered a speech.[27]

David Gosset was awarded the "Cross of the Civil Order" in 2005 by the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, for his work with the Academia Sinica Europaea[28][29] He also received an honorary distinction from the Republic of Bulgaria for the establishment of the Euro-China Forum.

By a presidential decree on Dec 31 2014 he was nominated Knight of the Legion of Honor (Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur).[30]

In September 2015 he received the Friendship Award from the Tianjin Municipality.[31]

In June 2021, following the proposition of the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, the Italian President Sergio Mattarella conferred to David Gosset the honor of Knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Republicca Italiana.[32]