CIGI'08 China Session

China Policy Forum

Venue: Wenjin Hotel, Tsinghua Science Park, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Date: October 26, 2008

Concurrent event organized by John Whalley, CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Professor at the University of Western Ontario; and Yu Yongding, CIGI IBG Member and Director-General of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

 

7:30am                          Welcoming and Introduction of CIGI's Activities in China

7:45-8:15am                Video Conferencing to CIGI'08 in Waterloo

• Announcement of strategic cooperation initiatives
• Introduction of CIGI's Chinese partners
  

8:15-8:30am                 Coffee Break

8:30-9:00am                 Invited Speech: Sustainability of China's Growth

• Yu Yongding (CIGI IBG member, Director of World Economy and Politics Department, CASS)
• Li Shantong (Researcher, Development Research Center)
  

9:00-10:00am               Session 1: Poverty and Inequality

• Li Shi (Beijing Normal University) 
• Lu Ming (Fudan University)
• Yue Ximing (Renmin University)
  
  

10:00-10:10am            Coffee break

10:10-11:10am             Session 2: Energy and Environment

• Liang Yangchun (Researcher, Industry Economy Department of DRC)
• Wei Weixian (University of International Business and Economics)
• Dong Yan / Tian Huifang (CASS)
  
  

11:10-12:10am             Session 3: China and Global Finance

• Wang Yuan (Director General of Department of Foreign Affairs of China Development Bank)  
• Wang Li (CASS)
• Cai Yuezhou (CASS)
  
  

12:10pm                       Lunch