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CKGSB Economic Symposium gathers global governments, business and academic leaders annually to navigate the new global economy and explore China’s role in it.

About the Symposium

In an ever interconnected world, the importance of understanding China’s role in the global economy is undeniable. Since 2015, this annual flagship event focused on topic including China’s economic outlook, private businesses, consumption, industrial economy, climate change and global trade and business opportunities. Past co-organizers include Australia Victoria State Government, Institute of Directors, China Center for Globalization, British Chamber of Commerce, China-Britain Business Council, Swisscham China, and Canada China Business Council.

80+

Speakers from 6 countries

1.97M

Unique viewers online

1500+

Offline participants

1/2

Participants are director-level & above

4

Locations worldwide

Topics

The event has shed light on pertinent topics including:

New global economic order

China's growth drivers

Private business sentiment

Carbon neutrality

Impact investment

Consumption

Past Speakers

LIU Xiaoming

Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Korean Peninsula Affairs; Former Ambassador, the People's Republic of China to the UK

LONG Zhou

Consul General, Chinese General Consulate in Melbourne

Sir Douglas FLINT

UK Government’s Special Envoy to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Hon Daniel ANDREWS

MP, Premier, Victoria State Government of Australia

Tatiana KRYLOVA

Head of the Enterprise Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Gönül SERBEST

Chief Executive Officer, Global Victoria– State Government of Victoria, Australia

The Hon John BRUMBY

Premier, National President, Australia China Business Council

Tim DILLON

Commissioner to Europe and Israel, Victoria State Government of Australia

Stephanie FAHEY

Trustee of The Asia Foundation
Former CEO of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission

Malcolm SWEETING

Pro Chancellor and Chair at The Open University

XIANG Bing

Founding Dean, Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization, Vice Chairman of Board of Trustees, and Senior Advisor to the Dean
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Alberta

Ian HARPER

Dean, Melbourne Business School

Linda YUEH

Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University

Leslie YOUNG

Professor of Economics, CKGSB

LIU Jing

Professor of Accounting and Finance and Director of Investment Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia University

GAN Jie

Professor of Finance and Director of Center on Finance and Economic Growth, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

LI Haitao

Dean, Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, and Director of the Family Business Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Yale University

LI Wei

Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Center and Director of Big Data Economic Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Michigan

YU Yongding

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Member of Advisory Committee of National Planning of the National Development and Reform Committee of the People's Republic of China

Sir Danny ALEXANDER

Vice President for Policy and Strategy, AIIB

Yong GAO

Vice President, Bayer (China) Ltd

Shaoqing GUAN

Executive Vice President of Strategy at Mercedes-Benz Group China Ltd.
Sustainability Competence Officer of Mercedes-Benz Group China

LI Xuenan (Erica)

Professor of Finance and Director of China Industrial Policy Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD's, University of Rochester and University of Massachusetts, Amherst

John JOHNSON

Chief Executive Officer, CRU China

Xuzhi MAO

Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Communica- tions, Greater China Region of Hitachi Energy

Robert XIAO

Director, Beijing of The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network

XU Qiyuan

Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and Politics, Deputy Director of the Research Center for International Finance at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Eleanor OLCOTT

China Tech Correspondent, Financial Times (FT)

Ira ZAKA

Associate Director – Global Marketing and Communications
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Rachel TSANG

Managing Director at the British Chamber of Commerce in China

Martin WOLF

Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Louise LIU

Founder and CEO, Wusawa Advisory
Former Managing Director, The Economist Group, Greater China

Chris TORRENS

Managing Director of Greater China, APCO

WANG Guangyu

Founder and Chairman, China Soft Capital

Lucille LIU

Bloomberg News Beijing Bureau

ZHOU Chunsheng

Professor of Finance, Associate Dean for Executive Education Programs, Executive Academic Director for Executive MBA Program and Chairman of CKGSB Educational Foundation, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Princeton University

XU Lixin (Colin)

Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Chicago

Crystal HAN

General Manager, IQ Air China

WANG Naichen

CKGSB Alumnus, President, Chinnovates

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