我回来了！意大利原经济发展部副部长米凯莱 · 杰拉奇回归宁诺授课

Please scroll down for the English version -Former Italian Undersecretary returns to teach at UNNC.

今天，我们收到重磅消息：意大利前经济发展部副部长米凯莱·杰拉奇已经回到中国，目前正在隔离。新学期他将恢复在宁波诺丁汉大学的教职，作为金融学教授讲授一门新的选修课程——《中国与全球经济》。

杰拉奇于2012年加入宁诺，2018年曾被提名为意大利总理，后出任意大利经济发展部副部长，负责国际贸易与投资。任职期间，他曾领导意大利经济发展部的“中国特别工作组”，推动意大利加入“一带一路”倡议，并且作为主要官员起草了“一带一路”合作备忘录。今年疫情暴发后，他第一时间在意大利为中国加油，倡导意大利学习“中国经验”，助推中意携手抗疫。

杰拉奇教授在CCTV的采访中分享他的观点：中国的经济结构和体制有助于中国经济回暖。

将推动畅通专家学者

建言献策渠道

从巴黎飞抵上海，经历数小时的各项检验检疫抵达隔离点，杰拉奇的亲身感受是：“中国的抗疫措施是我见过最严格的！实际上，我几乎没有与任何人接触，除了穿着防护服的机场工作人员，直达到了隔离酒店。”

他说，此次横跨大洋选择回归，是因为他迫切希望推动专家学者与政府机构的交流，继续深化中国-意大利-一带一路合作。“就像在新型冠状病毒肺炎期间我们看到的那样，意大利医学专家来到中国交流信息，这是非常有益的合作。”

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我在中国的十年一直致力于政策研究，我试图为中国的政策制定者提供建议，也为意大利和西方国家的政府提供帮助，但这并不容易。当我上任后，我成立了中国特别工作组，旨在研究中国经济及其挑战和机遇，以便我们的意大利企业能够更好地与中国开展经贸合作。我呼吁整个意大利学术界贡献他们的观点和分析。

现在我回到中国，我希望我的政府工作经历能帮助专家学者们，尤其是外籍专家学者，让他们的更多研究成果和意见建议能更广泛地被政府所倾听和接纳。

按照计划，在接下来的秋季学期，他将建立研究团队和专家网络，并在第二学期尽他所能将他们的政策研究成果提供给决策者。

将为学生带来独一无二的课程

此外，杰拉奇此次重归校园，还特别针对高年级学生开设了选修课程——《中国与全球经济》。他介绍，这门课程汇集了许多要素，学生将学习宏观经济，解读经济政策，甚至以政策制定者的视角来模拟政策制定。

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每周，我会带领学生们关注世界各地影响中国和世界经济的新闻，例如中美贸易、货币政策、科技和5G，当然还有‘一带一路’。学生还将深入了解各国政府是如何做出经济决策的以及政策的局限性，包括为什么我认为意大利应该加入‘一带一路’。学生将听到第一手的故事。

杰拉奇说，遗憾的是，这门课只有一个学期，他觉得实在太短了。

他表示，教学一直是他的热情所在，他希望能够帮助学生们在知识的海洋中找到自己的价值。杰拉奇说，“我很荣幸也很高兴能回到我工作生活了六年的宁诺上课。我期待能够搭建起平台，让来自意大利、中国和世界其他地区的年轻朋友们能够展开真正广泛的合作。”

随着形势和政策变化，像杰拉奇一样因疫情无法回校工作的教师预计将在接下来的一个月内陆续到岗。早在疫情暴发之初，宁诺的许多教师就第一时间从世界各地千方百计赶回学校，三月底时就已经有80%的学术教师到岗，为线上线下教学做好准备。正是教师们的责任感和担当作为，使得宁诺成为疫情期间中外合作大学里唯一一所全面复学复课的大学。

今日恰逢教师节，我们也借此机会向全体宁诺教职工致以崇高的敬意。祝节日快乐！

Former Italian Undersecretary returns to teach at UNNC

Michele Geraci, Former Undersecretary of State at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, has returned to China and will resume his teaching post as Professor of Practice in Economic Policy at UNNC. In the upcoming fall term, he will teach a new module named China and the Global Economy.

Michele first joined UNNC in 2012. He was appointed as Undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and took leave from UNNC in 2018. He was also nominated as a candidate for Prime Minister of Italy in 2018. During his tenure, Michele was one of the key officials drafting the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding and helped to push Italy to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Early in 2020, he urged the globe to “stand together” in the face of the pandemic and boosted international collaboration between China and Italy.

While speaking of the motivation to return to China, Michele said that in his view the government needs to be in closer contact with academic institutions to get input from their research and policy advice, and he hopes to bridge this gap and be a channel.

“I worked on practical and policy-oriented work during my ten years in China. I tried to feed not only into Chinese policymakers but also to the Italian and Western governments, but it was not easy. When I took on my role (as the Italian Under-Secretary for Economic Development), I also set up a working group aimed at studying the Chinese economy so that our Italian companies could be better placed to do business with their Chinese counterparts.

Now, starting this semester, I invite all colleagues and students who are interested in offering their contributions to Italy's development and Italy-China relations to get in touch with me as soon as possible.”

In addition to this, Michele decided to return to campus because teaching has always been one of his passions. He hopes that the new module China and the Global Economy will unite many diverse elements.

“Every week we will look at news that impacts China and the world economy, for example, the US-China trade tensions, the role of the RMB in the international markets, technology, 5G and of course the Belt and Road, and why I decided that Italy join the Belt and Road. Students will get first-hand stories,” he said.

Michele Geraci is one of the numerous academics that overcame various difficulties caused by COVID-19 and still decided to come back to campus.

Despite the impact of the pandemic, UNNC academic teachers display a strong dedication and commitment.

Happy Teacher’s Day!

文字来源 | Lily Su, Elena Yang

图片来源 | 米凯莱·杰拉奇

视频来源 | CCTV

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