The Twelfth Annual International Conference on the Chinese Economy

“The Next Phase of China’s Economic Development”

Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research

23 November 2022, Wednesday

Programme

Brief summary and video replays of the conference can be found here.

10:00 – 10:45 Opening Remarks
Eddie YUE, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Keynote Speech
“The Chinese Economy in the New Development Phase: Short-term Outlook and
Long-term Prospect”
WANG Yiming, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Academic Committee,
China Center for International Economic Exchanges
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion
“The Recent Developments of the Chinese Economy, Prospects and Challenges”
  • Zero COVID Policy
  • Property Market
  • Supply Chain Bottlenecks and FDI Prospects
  • Structural Transformation and New Growth Engine
SHAN Hui, Chief China Economist, Goldman Sachs [Slides]
ZHU Haibin, Chief China Economist, J.P. Morgan
Alicia GARCÍA-HERRERO, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natixis [Slides]
LIU Jing, Chief Economist for Greater China, Global Research, HSBC [Slides]
12:30 – 14:00 Break
14:15 – 15:45 <Digital Economy Development in China>

“Remodelling Digital Platform Economy: Innovation, Regulation and Prosperity”
SHEN Yan, Deputy Director of the Institute for Digital Finance and Professor of Economics of National School of Development, Peking University [Slides]

“Stabilizing Employment and Promoting Development: The Social Value of Digital
Economy”
GAO Hongbing, Vice President of Alibaba Group and Director of AliResearch

“How to Release the Growth Power of Digital Economy?”
SHEN Jianguang, Chief Economist, JD.com
15:45 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:50 <Tracking China’s Economic and Financial Vulnerability>

“Measuring Financial Risk in China using Textual Analysis” [Slides]
Martino RICCI, Senior Economist, European Central Bank 

“Tracking China’s Economic and Financial Vulnerability in Real Time Using Big Data” [Slides]
XIA Le, Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific, BBVA 
16:50 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 17:50 <China’s Global Financial Linkage and Capital Flow>

“The Evolution of China’s Global Financial Linkages – Perspectives from a Multiplex Network” [Slides]
Sally CHEN, Regional Adviser, Bank for International Settlements

“A Fintech-based Monitoring and Early Warning Framework of Cross-Border Capital Flows and Currency Crises”
SHANG Xinxin, Researcher, Foreign Exchange Research Center,
State Administration of Foreign Exchange