Time: July1-July 3, 2004
Conference Site: China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
July 1
9:00- 9:15 Opening Remarks:
Justin Lin and Martin Feldstein
9:15 – 10:30 Inflation and deflation
Chair: Martin Feldstein (NBER & Harvard)
Justin Lin (CCER): Is the Chinese economy overheated?
Michael Bordo (NBER & Rugters University):
Inflation and deflation in the world history
10:30-10:45 Coffee/tea break
10:45 –12:00 Exchange Rates
Chair: Sebastian Edwards (NBER & UCLA)
Shuqing Guo (China State Foreign Exchange Administration):
Exchange rate regime in China
Shang-Jin Wei (NBER & IMF):
A Prism into the Purchasing Power Parity Puzzles
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 Public Finance and Old-age Pension
Chair: Yang Yao (CCER)
Martin Feldstein (NBER & Harvard): Public finance and social security issues
Yi Zeng (CCER): Aging and related issues
2:45 – 3:00 Coffee/tea break
3:00 – 4:15 Labor and social protection
Chair: Ling Li (CCER)
Yaohui Zhao (CCER):
The impact of labor migration on urban wage differentials
Robert Moffitt (NBER & John Hopkins): Assistance to low-income families
July 2
9-10:15 Financial Sector Issues 1
Chair: Justin Lin (CCER)
Minkang Liu (China Bank Regulatory Commission):
Banking regulation in China
Sebastian Edwards (NBER & UCLA): Capital flows
10:15-10:30 Tea/coffee break
10:30-11:45 Environment
Chair: Shang-Jin Wei (NBER & IMF)
Don Fullerston (NBER & Texas Austin): Environmental economics
Angang Hu (Tsinghua University):
Water right trading and Yellow River conservation
12- 1 pm Lunch
1:15-5:00 Company visit
(1:15 pm Departure by bus from Dayuan or CCER)
July 3
9:00 –10:15 FDI and multinational firms
Chair: Feng Lu (CCER)
Xiaojuan Jiang (CASS): China as a world factory
Mehir Desai (NBER & Harvard Business School): Multinational firms
10:15-10:30: coffee break
10:30 – 11:45 State-owned firms and financial sector reforms
Chair: Michael Bordo (NBER & Rutgers)
Xin Zhang (China Securities Regulatory Commission):
Financial sector reforms in China
Yang Yao (CCER): SOE restructuring in China
11:45 – 12:00 Concluding remarks: Martin Feldstein and Justin Lin
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1 pm Adjoin
