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Sino-US Trade Cooperation


Geng Xiao and James Lambright speak at the roundtable

Save to My Portfolio Opportunities and Challenges in Sino-US Trade Cooperation

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
12:00 PM to 12:00:00 PM
Beijing, China

The Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted James Lambright, Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, for a roundtable discussion to explore the possibility of international cooperation between Chinese and foreign financial institutions. Read More

China, China's Economy, Economic Development, Asia

Reforming China’s Healthcare System


Reuters/Jianan Yu - A patient receives medical treatment at a clinic on the outskirts of Fuyang

Save to My Portfolio China's Healthcare System: Market Relationships and the Role of International Organizations

Wednesday, May 09, 2007
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Beijing, China

The Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted the first meeting of its Reforming China’s Healthcare System roundtable series. David de Ferranti, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Lincoln C. Chen, President of the China Medical Board, and other experts evaluated the current state of China’s healthcare system and discussed strategies to improve the scope and quality of medical coverage. Read More

China, Health Care, China's Economy

sustainable development


Jeffrey Sachs speaks at the inaugural event of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center

Save to My Portfolio The Challenge of Sustainable Development in Asia

Thursday, March 08, 2007
12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
Beijing, China

In its inaugural event and as part of its Sustainable Development of China and the World lecture series, the Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted noted economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs for a presentation. Read More

China, Development, Developing Countries, Asia, China's Economy

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Inflation First, Appreciation Second: China’s Practical Choice

Geng Xiao, July 30, 2007

In response to China’s growing global current account surplus, Chinese policymakers should focus first on raising the inflation rate and then allow for currency appreciation, argues Geng Xiao. Read More

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Brookings scholars work with colleagues at Tsinghua University in Beijing on topics as diverse as Chinese macro-economic policy; the challenges China confronts in building a modern statutory and regulatory legal infrastructure; energypolicy;and the modernization of China’s health care, pension and social security systems. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio China's Exchange Rate Policies and External Economic Imbalances

Geng Xiao, April 25, 2007

Geng Xiao argues that the answer to China’s current account imbalance lies not in exchange rate adjustment, but in a fundamental reform of China’s financial system to reduce transaction costs and better use capital and labor to promote balanced trade and proper currency appreciation. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Can Hong Kong Maintain its Competitiveness?

Geng Xiao, June 08, 2007

Geng Xiao argues that Hong Kong must work closely with its neighbors in China to attract foreign investment and reduce factor and trading costs if the city is to maintain its competitive edge in the future. Read More

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The Brookings-Tsinghua Center, a project of the John L. Thornton China Center, is operated in partnership with Tsinghua University. The Center brings together Chinese and American scholars to sharpen thinking about, research on, and understanding of public policy issues raised by China's emergence.

Recent Research and Commentary

China Classification and Statistical Reconciliation of Trade in Advanced Technology Products: The Case of China and the United States

Michael Ferrantino, Robert Koopman, Zhi Wang, Falan Yinug, Ling Chen, Fengjie Qu, Haifeng Wang, Spring 2008

China Fiscal Reforms Should Focus on the People's Livelihood

Geng Xiao, November 05, 2007

China Appreciation, Inflation, and China's Competitiveness

Geng Xiao, September 22, 2007

China China: The Correct Sequence Should be Inflation First, Appreciation Second

Geng Xiao, August 30, 2007

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