Venue: China Center for Economic Research, Beijing University
Time: August 22-23, 2005
August 22, 2005
10.15-10.30 am Introduction by Yang Yao and Linda Yueh
10.30 am-12.00 pm Panel on globalisation, trade, and development
Chair: Linda Yueh, LSE
Speakers:
Danny Quah, Economics, LSE
How is the economy actually new?
Feng Lu, CCER
China’s long-term real exchange rate
Xinqiao Ping, CCER
Outsoursing and China''s Trade Structure
12.00-2.00 pm Lunch
Luncheon speaker:Professor Justin Lin, CCER
2.00-3.30 pm Panel on China’s economic growth prospects
Chair: Yang Yao, CCER
Speakers:
Xiaojuan Jiang, State Council Research Office
Trade, FDI, and China’s growth prospect
Justin Lin, CCER
Is China’s growth real and sustainable?
Linda Yueh, Economics, LSE
Gradualism and economic growth in China
3.30-4.00 pm Coffee break
4.00-5.30 pm Panel on key areas of reform in China and the effects of globalisation
Chair: Justin Lin, CCER
Speakers:
Ping Chen, CCER
Transition economies as social experiments
Chenggang Xu, Economics, LSE
Law and finance vs. administrative governance: The case of Chinese financial markets
Yang Yao, CCER
Impacts of privatisation on firm performance in China
6.30 pm Conference dinner, keynote speaker: Professor Fan Gang, National Economic Research Institute
How to develop with globalisation: The case of China
August 23, 2005
9.30-10.30 am Panel on China’s impact on the regional economy
Chair: Chenggang Xu, LSE
Speakers:
Fan He, CASS
After the CMI: The future of Asian monetary cooperation and China’s Role
Razeen Sally, International Relations, LSE
China’s trade policies in wider Asian perspective
10.30-11.00 am Coffee break
11.00-12.30 pm Roundtable discussion panel on China’s prospects and growing influence in the international system. Speakers: Bert Hofman, World Bank, Justin Lin, CCER, Yang Yao, CCER. Chair: Linda Yueh, LSE.
12.30-12.45 pm Closing, including timeline for publication and plans for distribution to the policy community.
12.45-2.00 pm Lunch