International Financial Forum and SAIS China Forum

Joint Workshop on

The Chinese Economy at Crossroad
and

Launching of the IFF China Report 2015

Tuesday June 9, 2015

Rome Auditorium, SAIS

1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20036

China stands at a crossroad where ambitious reforms in multiple domestic and international fronts have been implemented in 2015. The IFF China Report 2015 provides not only a concise update on the latest development of China’s economic growth and reform, but also introduces insights and opinions from 20 of China’s top policy-makers. The report is organized into four sections, including:

• Transforming China’s growth model through structural reforms
• Financial deepening and capital market development
• International trade, investment and cooperation
• The Renminbi and the international monetary system

The International Finance Forum (IFF) is a non-governmental and nonprofit independent international organization dedicated to advancing the dialogue on economic globalization and financial cooperation. Founded in 2003, the IFF has served as a platform for global leaders and financial experts to come together and offer insights and solutions for the world’s most complex and pressing issues.

The lead authors of the four overviewing sections include XIAO Geng, Director of the IFF Institute, WANG Yan and CUI Li, Deputy Directors of the IFF Institute. 

The report is a joint publication by IFF and Central Banking Publications (www.centralbanking.com)

Agenda

8:30    Registration

9:00    Welcome remarks

• Professor David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

9:15   Introduction

• Professor Pieter Bottelier, former head of World Bank Resident Mission in Beijing

9:20-10:00  Presentations on the IFF China Report 2015

·         XIAO Geng, Director of the IFF Institute, Senior Fellow and Vice President for China of Fung Global Institute, and Professor of Practice in Finance and Public Policy at the University of Hong Kong

·         WANG Yan, Deputy Director of the IFF Institute and former Senior Economist at the World Bank

10:00-11:00  Discussions Moderated by Professor Pieter Bottelier

• Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute of Int’l Economics
• Zhongxia Jin, Executive Director for China, IMF
• Dan Wright, President and CEO of GreenPoint Group and former Executive Director for US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue at the US Treasury
• Ted Chu, Chief Economist, the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Olin L. Wethington, Chairman, Wethington Int’l LLC and former Chairman of the AIG in China

11:00 -11:30   Q and A

11:30    Workshop Adjourn