Chinese Economic Reform: Past, Present and Future
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Chinese Economic Reform: Past, Present and Future - Part 1
While countless factors have contributed to China’s dramatic economic transformation, the groundbreaking economic reforms instituted by Premier Zhu Rongji from 1998 to 2003 were critical in setting the stage for China to become one of the world’s dominant economic powers. From combatting corruption and inefficient state-owned enterprises at home to engineering China’s ascension to the World Trade Organization, Zhu left behind a legacy on which successive administrations have sought to build. What similarities, differences or parallels can be drawn between Zhu’s time and today? And what lessons can China’s current leaders learn from Zhu’s reforms?
On January 9, the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution launched the second English volume of Zhu Rongji: On The Record (Brookings Press, 2015), which covers the critical period during which Zhu served as premier between 1998-2003. In addition to highlighting Zhu’s legacy, this event also featured public panel discussions outlining the past, present and future of Chinese economic reform and its impact domestically and internationally.
Agenda
The Zhu Rongji Era
Nicholas Lardy
Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Justin Yifu Lin
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, The World Bank
U.S.-China Trade and Investment: Opportunities and Issues
Wendy Dobson
University of Toronto
Lu Feng
Professor and Director, China Macroeconomic Research Center, National School of Development - Peking University
Peter A. Petri
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center
Jeffrey Schott
Peterson Institute for International Economics - Senior Fellow
Opening Remarks
Third Plenum Reforms: Achievements and Challenges
Huang Yiping
Jin Guang Chair Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean - National School of Development, Peking University
Arthur R. Kroeber
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Qin Xiao
Council Chairman - Boyuan Foundation
Break
Huang Yiping
Jin Guang Chair Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean - National School of Development, Peking University
Arthur R. Kroeber
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Qin Xiao
Council Chairman - Boyuan Foundation
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