Conference on Economic Growth in China and Globalisation   Co-organised by Yang Yao, CCER, Peking University, and Linda Yueh, Department of Economics, LSE.

 

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