China’s Economic Reform and Growth Potential

As China, the world’s largest economy in terms of purchasing power, slides into its slowest annual expansion in 24 years, the country’s growth is closely watched by everyone in China and around the world. With the significant drop of the RMB against the US dollar, the equity market bubble and rising debt levels, doubts and anxiety are rising around China’s economic development and its implications globally. How do Chinese firms and business leaders view the country’s economic situation? Are they positive about the prospects ahead? Do multinational companies share their sentiment?  

Drawing on CKGSB Professor Li Wei’s Business Confidence Index (BCI)—a unique index launched in 2011 that measures the business sentiment of Chinese executives about China’s macro-economic environment—and expertise from globally renowned economists, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) will host China Economic Symposium in Beijing at 11:30-14:30 on Monday, 21 September 2015, to shed light on the prospects of and confidence level in China’s economic outlook.

Agenda

Language: English and Chinese (with simultaneous interpretation)

Venue: Classroom 9-10, Oriental Plaza, Tower E2, 20/F, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, 1 East Chang An Ave., Beijing

Registration: Please RSVP to Candy Han at yhan@ckgsb.edu.cn or by phone +86-10-8518-8858 ext. 3264

About the speakers:

Li Wei
Professor of Economics
CKGSB

Dr. Li Wei is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Case Center at CKGSB. He formerly served as a professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia.

Previously, he was a research associate at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Studies and taught at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Gao Zhanjun
Managing Director 
CITIC Securities

Mr. Gao is Managing Director at CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. Mr. Gao received his Ph.D. Degree in Economics and Postdoctoral Degree in Finance from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Joining CITIC Securities in 1997, Mr. Gao has held senior positions in Investment Banking Division, Capital Markets Department and Fixed Income Department. Mr. Gao has extensive experiences in providing financing services for large enterprises and financial institutions, including debt/equity origination and fixed income products sales, and also is well experienced in capital management. Mr. Gao has in-depth knowledge in macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, capital markets, market participants behaviors and all kinds of financial products and derivatives.

Rob Koepp
Beijing  Director
Economist Corporate Network

Rob Koepp is the Beijing Director of the Economist Corporate Network. In this role, he provides senior executives of global organizations with insight and advice on the future of China’s development and role in the global economy.

Rob brings extensive hands-on managerial experience, coupled with economic analysis and industry insights. He began his career in the IT and energy sectors before branching into economic research, finance, and strategic advisory also covering the media, agribusiness, healthcare, FMCG, and sports sectors. He has held senior positions as a manager or consultant to companies and government agencies operating in the US, Singapore, Japan and China.

Rob has authored Clusters of Creativity: Enduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe’s Silicon Fen (Wiley, 2002) and Betting on China: Chinese Stocks, American Stock Markets, and the Wagers on a New Dynamic in Global Capitalism (Wiley, 2012). The 2013 Chinese version of Betting (赌注中国) rose to number one in sales on amazon.cn in the category of Finance and Economics.