Stars Webinar series – "Staying in Dialogue with China" 2023

China’s Economic Policy Blueprint after the NPC

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mMfqmzC1TxuuTsGUJwLzSw

In our second conversation of this series, Markus HERRMANN, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); (Advisory) Board Member stars and SCCC, Zurich, will be talking to BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

At last year’s consequential 20th Party Congress, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterated that “development is our Party’s top priority in governing and rejuvenating China”, at the same time the party – against the backdrop of a confluence of domestic and international challenges – dropped the notion of “important period of strategic opportunity”, now characterizing it as a “period of development in which strategic opportunities, risks and challenges exist at the same time”. To address this new situation, the CCP leadership vows to better balance supply-side with demand-side policies and strengthen domestic demand going forward. As a result, in December, the CCP Central Committee together with the State Council jointly issued the Strategic Plan for Expanding Domestic Demand 2022 – 2035, a new economic blueprint guiding “high-quality development” in the decade ahead. What drives this policy shift? What can we expect from the new government and especially the new economic leadership? What does the government reshuffling mean for economic work? And how likely can China still achieve the goal to double 2020 GDP per capita by 2035?

Kindly note: All webinars of this series are held under Chatham House Rules and will not be recorded.

Stars Webinar series – "Staying in Dialogue with China":

With the decision to drop the strict Covid measures announced by China’s National Health Commission on 7th December 2022, and travel in and out of the country facilitated again, this year shall also bring to an end a 3-year spell for the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars) without holding a China symposium. Until then, and in light of the current infection waves on the ground as well as the upcoming ‘Two Sessions’ in March, we decided to follow-up on last year’s successful execution of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series with a new edition for 2023. This 2nd edition will bring you six webinars with China-based experts concentrated on the H1, between February and June 2023 – before we expect international travel into China to more significantly recover. In that, we are happy to cooperate with the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC), the Danish-Chinese Business Forum (DCBF), SwissCham China, the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and China Netzwerk Baden-Württemberg (CNBW) as well as with Caixin Global as media partner and the China Macro Group as knowledge partner. You can find an overview of the planned webinars here. 

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Dr. ChongEn BAI

Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Dr. ChongEn BAI

Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Prof. BAI is Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor and Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He earned his Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics and Economics from UCSD and Harvard University, respectively. Professor BAI’s research areas include Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Public Economics, Finance, Corporate Governance and Chinese Economy. He is a member of the executive committee of International Economic Association and of the Scientific Council of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Professor BAI is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the “14th Five-Year Plan” National Development Planning Expert Committee, the Chinese Economists 50 Forum, the China Finance 40 Forum, and Chinainfo 100. From 2015 to 2018, he was a member of the monetary policy committee of the People’s Bank of China.

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