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Time2016-10-12 | 09:30 - 11:10
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Venue:European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204
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Fee:Members: 300 RMB |
Non Members: 600 RMB
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What will be the Implications of Granting China Market Economy Status?
China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, and with that began its 15-year interim period. China has promised to carry out Economic reforms during this period with the aim to become a Market Economy. However, since 2004, China has not met all of the criteria set by the European Commission, which the country must meet before it can be granted the Market Economy Status. China says it is automatically entitled to obtain Market Economy Status globally at the end of this year under World Trade Organization rules. Supporters of the move say that awarding the status would boost investment between Europe and China. But opponents fear such a move would open the floodgates for ultra-cheap Chinese imports. In December 2016, the European Union will make a decision on whether China should join the “exclusive club” of countries with market economy status.
The European Chamber is delighted to welcome an esteemed panel to discuss the implications and consequences of granting China Market Economy Status.
Agenda
9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome Remarks by Dr. Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter
9:40 – 11:00 Panel discussion moderated by Ms. Mary Boyd, Director at The Economist
- Dr. Gary Liu, Executive Deputy Director, CEIBS Lujiazui Institute of Intl’ Finance
- Mr. Jim McGregor, Greater China Chairman, APCO
- Mr. Andrew Gilholm, Partner, Control Risks
11:00 –11:10 Closing Remarks by Dr. Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter
* Note: The content of this event is the sole responsibility of the panelists and any opinions expressed therein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
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Speakers
Dr. Shengjun Liu (Dr Gary Liu)
Dr. Shengjun Liu (Dr Gary Liu)
Dr. Liu Shengjun is an independent economist well known for his research on China’s economic and financial reforms. He is currently founder of China Financial Reform Institute. As a KOL, his microblog has more than 1600,000 followers and his WeChat has nearly 170,000 subscribers. He was a member of Global Agenda Council, World Economic Forum (2012-2014). In 2014, he was invited to a policy-consultation meeting chaired by the Chinese Premier LI Keqiang. Dr. Liu is a columnist for FTChinese.com, cn.WSJ.com and Caixin.com. Dr. Liu was elected Person of Year 2012 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek China, 2013 Chinese Young Economist by Beijing Newsand Person of Year 2016 of New Finance by Hurun Report, top 10 financial writers by TOUTIAO. His publications include the popular book The Next Decade of China. Dr. Liu has been invited to speak frequently by chambers of commerce and consulates, multinationals, universities and governments.
Mr. James McGregor
Mr. James McGregor
James McGregor is Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide, and author of two highly regarded books: No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism, published in October 2012, and One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, published in 2005. He was a veteran reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and prior to joining APCO he was founder and CEO of a China-focused consulting and research firm for hedge funds. He also held previous roles as a senior advisor for Ogilvy Public Relations China and the China managing partner for GIV Venture Partners, a venture capital fund that focused on technology and Internet investments in China and India. In 2014, he received a SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement from The Holmes Group.
Mr. McGregor was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight-Ridder newspapers during the Reagan administration. After serving as the Taiwan bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal from 1987 to 1990 and China bureau chief from 1990 to 1994, he spent seven years building Dow Jones’ media business in China as CEO of Dow Jones’ China. During this time, he established CNBC in China and created the Chinese language Web site of wsj.com, Dow Jones’ Chinese-language newswires, Chinese stock-market indexes and the first weekly business-television show in China. He was also a Series A investor in Sohu.com and served on the Sohu board for several years. After successfully preventing Xinhua News Agency from obtaining a monopoly on financial information in China, he received the Barney Kilgore award, Dow Jones’ highest employee accolade.
Mr. McGregor is a professional speaker, regular television and radio commentator and a contributor of essays and opinion articles for a variety of publications. He has lived in China for more than two decades, and can speak and read Chinese. He was an active member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham) for nearly a decade and served as chairman in 1996. He is currently chairman of the U.S. Government Relations Committee for AmCham. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council, a Global Council member of the Asia Society, a board member of the U.S.-China Education Trust and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Mr. Andrew Gilholm
Mr. Andrew Gilholm
Andrew oversees Control Risks’ political and regulatory analysis across Asia. He also heads political risk consulting in China and Korea, having spent ten years as the company’s senior Northeast Asia analyst. Andrew has 14 years of experience as an Asia analyst in the political risk industry, and has delivered more than 150 threat and risk assessments for leading multinationals and government agencies. He has worked in China for most of the period since 2001, and also worked in Control Risks’ London, Singapore and Seoul offices.
Before joining Control Risks in 2005, Andrew was China analyst at Oxford Analytica, a political and economic consultancy, where he analysed politics and policy for foreign businesses and governments. He was previously a communication specialist with Microsoft China, and East Asia analyst at a consultancy advising clients in the political risk insurance industry.
Andrew’s comments on regional issues have appeared in the China Economic Quarterly, the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Affairs, The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Time Magazine, and he is a regular commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg television. He has a Master’s degree with Distinction in East Asian Politics and International Relations, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.
Ms. Mary Boyd
Ms. Mary Boyd
Mary Boyd is responsible for programme development and client servicing in Shanghai. She also provides research and conceptual support on China for Economist Corporate Network programmes.
Before joining the Economist Group Mary Boyd was in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, serving on assignment in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and China (in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing).
Since leaving government service she has researched and published on economic development and governance issues in China, and has undertaken consultancy work for the World Bank and other international institutions, as well as multinational companies. She has written for a number of Economist Intelligence Unit publications, including Country Report, China Hand and Business China. She co-authored the Economist Intelligence Unit report Taking on the Competition: Domestic Companies in China.
Ms Boyd has an MA (area studies) and an MSc (public policy and management) from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and has also completed language studies at Nanjing University. Her research interests include local governance and decentralisation policies and public-sector reform.
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