María Zarraluqui, vice president of Global Development for Melia Hotels International Group.

About 30 politicians, academics, business leaders and other notable figures spoke at the China-Europe Forum on Reform and Globalization on November 22, 2018 in Madrid.

The forum is hosted by China Daily, in collaboration with China Institute for Reform and Development and ESADEgeo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics. Forum partners are Beijing Automotive Group Co., Melia Hotels International and El País.

The forum was attended by Irene Lozano, state secretary for global Spain and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, former prime minister of Spain, and over 150 representatives from the political, business and academic fields and members of the media.

The forum featured in-depth discussions across the topics of "China-Europe Partnership & Reform", "Sino-Spanish Strategic Relations and Common Prosperity" and "Economic Development and Globalization Process".