The conference is part of the EU-China Civil Society Dialogue Program on Participatory Public Policy (2011-13). This three year dialogue and delivery initiative is supported by the European Union and implemented by the University of Nottingham and its six consortium partners.
During this two-day event in Beijing, about 100 participants from Europe and China discussed how civil society actors contribute to policy innovation in the PR China. Policy innovation is defined as a process involving activists and civil society organisations influencing policy decisions of existing institutional actors on behalf of the collective interest.