The Twelfth Annual International Conference on the Chinese Economy – “The Next Phase of China’s Economic Development”

How will the Chinese Economy perform, and how would it be affected by the zero Covid policy, supply chain bottlenecks and property market reform? Leading experts will discuss the short-term challenges and long-term prospects of the Chinese Economy.

Please RSVP for the event by 21 November 2022.

Organiser:
• Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research

Agenda (Hong Kong time)

10:00a.m. – 10:45a.m.
Opening Remarks
• Eddie YUE, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Keynote Speech
“The Chinese Economy in the New Development Phase: Short-term Outlook and Long-term Prospect”
• WANG Yiming, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Academic Committee, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

11:00a.m. – 12:30p.m.
Panel Discussion
“The Recent Developments of the Chinese Economy, Prospects and Challenges”
- Zero COVID Policy
- Property Market
- Supply Chain Bottlenecks and FDI Prospects
- Structural Transformation and New Growth Engine
• SHAN Hui, Chief China Economist, Goldman Sachs
• ZHU Haibin, Chief China Economist, J.P. Morgan
• Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natixis
• LIU Jing, Chief Economist for Greater China, Global Research, HSBC

2:15p.m. – 3:45p.m.
<Digital Economy Development in China>
“Remodelling Digital Platform Economy: Innovation, Regulation and Prosperity”
• SHEN Yan, Deputy Director of the Institute for Digital Finance and Professor of Economics of National School of Development, Peking University

“Stabilizing Employment and Promoting Development: The Social Value of Digital Economy”
• GAO Hongbing, Vice President of Alibaba Group and Director of AliResearch

“How to Release the Growth Power of Digital Economy?”
• SHEN Jianguang, Chief Economist, JD.com

4:00p.m. – 4:50p.m.
<Tracking China’s Economic and Financial Vulnerability>
“Using Machine Learning to Measure Financial Risk in China”
• Martino RICCI, Senior Economist, European Central Bank

“Tracking China’s Economic and Financial Vulnerability in Real Time Using Big Data”
• XIA Le, Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific, BBVA

5:00p.m. – 5:50p.m.
<China’s Global Financial Linkage and Capital Flow>
“The Evolution of China’s Global Financial Linkages – Perspectives from a Multiplex Network”
• Sally CHEN, Regional Adviser, Bank for International Settlements

“A Fintech-based Monitoring and Early Warning Framework of Cross-Border Capital Flows and Currency Crises”
• SHANG Xinxin, Researcher, Foreign Exchange Research Center,
State Administration of Foreign Exchange