Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
2nd Annual Conference on China's Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations
George Washington University presents their annual conference on U.S-China economic relations that will include discussions of current issues.
Where
Schedule:
Continental breakfast from 8:00 AM
9:00 AM: Welcome and overview of the conference
Stephen C. Smith, Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy and Professor of Economics and International Affairs, The George Washington University
9:15-10:00 AM: Opening address and charge to the conference
Harry Harding, Dean, Batten School of Public Policy, University of Virginia and former Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs
10:00-10:30 AM: Coffee break
10:30-12:30 PM: Session 1: Transformations and Emerging Challenges in the Economy of China
Bruce Reynolds, Professor of Economics, University of Virginia
Loren Brandt, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
John Giles, Associate Professor of Economics, Michigan State University and Senior Lab Economist, World Bank
Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Lixin Colin Xu, Senior Economist, World Bank
12:30-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-1:45 PM: Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Fred Bergsten, Founder and Director, Peterson Institute of International Economics
1:45-2:00 PM: Coffee Break
2:00-4:00 PM: Session 2: Crisis, Emergence of the G2 Relationship, and Future Challenges
Zhu Caihua, Associate Professor of International Economics, China Foreign Affairs University
Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Margaret Pearson, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Bruce Dickson, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University
Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to iiep@gwu.edu.
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