| 10 January 2019 |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration and Welcome Coffee
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| 09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcoming Remarks
Norman TL Chan, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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| 09:10 – 10:00 |
Keynote Speech
Yiming Wang , Vice President (Vice Minister), Development Research Center of the State Council, China
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:30 – 12:30 |
Policy Forum: Financing for Economic Transformation
Chair:
Lillian Cheung, Executive Director (Research), Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Director, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Speakers:
Chengjun Zhou, Deputy Director-General, Research Bureau, the People’s Bank of China
Zhenyu Wu, Director General, Research Institute of Finance, Development Research Center of the State Council
Dong He, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
Tao Wang, Head of Asia Economics Research, UBS Investment Bank
Q&A
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| 12:30 – 13:40 |
Conference Luncheon (by invitation only)
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| 13:40 – 15:20 |
Session 1: Financial Institution Reform
Chair:
Giorgio Valente, Senior Economist, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Speakers:
Zhiwu Chen, Director, Asia Global Institute and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics, the University of Hong Kong
[Institutional Infrastructure for Financial Reforms]
Xiaoping Li, Deputy Director, International Department, the People’s Bank of China
[Further Opening-up of Financial Sector]
Commentator:
Gene Ma, Head of China Research, Institute of International Finance
Q&A
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| 15:20 – 15:50 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:50 – 17:30 |
Session 2: Local Government Debt and Deleveraging
Chair:
Adam Cagliarini, Senior Representative in China, Reserve Bank of Australia
Speakers:
Xiaojing Zhang, Deputy Director General, National Institution for Finance and Development
[From Deleveraging to Stabilizing Leverage]
Kebing Wang, Deputy Director General, Budget Department, Ministry of Finance, P.R. China
[Local Government Debt Management and Risk Prevention]
Commentator:
Tao Wang, Head of Asia Economics Research, UBS Investment Bank
Q&A
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| 18:00 |
Conference Dinner (by invitation)
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| 11 January 2019 |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration and Coffee
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| 09:00 – 10:40 |
Session 3: Bank Lending and Economic Transformation
Chair:
Elisa Sales, Representative in China, Bank of Italy
Speakers:
Chen Lin, Associate Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Hong Kong and Stelux Professorship in Finance, the University of Hong Kong
[The Real Effects of FinTech Credit]
Alex Cheng, Senior Economist, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
[Are SOE Reforms in China Going Anywhere? Evidence from Corporate Borrowing Constraints]
Commentator:
Huaiqing Zhang, Senior Economist, Research Bureau, the People’s Bank of China
Q&A
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| 10:40 – 11:10 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:10 – 12:50 |
Session 4: Driving Forces of China’s Innovation
Chair:
Hunter Clark, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Speakers:
Kang Shi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
[Innovation by Exporting: Evidence from Firm-level Patenting in China]
Xuan Tian, Associate Dean, Chair Professor of Finance, Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance
[Finance and Innovation: A New Framework]
Commentator:
Bohui Zhang, Presidential Chair Professor, Executive Associate Dean, School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Q&A
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| 12:50 – 14:00 |
Conference Luncheon (by invitation)
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| 14:00 – 16:00 |
Panel Discussion: Implications of Financial Reform on Economic Transformation: A Market View
Chair:
Jason Wu, Head of Economic Research, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Speakers:
Helen Qiao, Chief Greater China Economist, Head of Asia Economics Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Zhiwei Zhang, Chief China Economist, Deutsche Bank
Haibin Zhu, Chief China Economist, J.P. Morgan
MK Tang, Chief China Economist, Goldman Sachs
Q&A
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| 16:00 |
Closing Remarks
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