"China's Role in the Global Economy" – a Conversation with Dean Hongbin Cai, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and Damien Ma, Kellogg Adjunct Professor for GIM Greater China and Fellow, Paulson Institute.
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Yet, greater power always come with greater responsibilities. What's the expectation of the people domestically and in the world on China's role in global economy? How will the recent emerging market economic downturn impacts on China's economic prospect and creates new context for its trade and economic policies going forward? Please join KPPI and Public Policy Club for the candid conversation between China's top economist Prof. Hongbin Cai, Dean of Guanghua school of Management, Peking University and Damien Ma, Kellogg Professor for GIM Greater China and Fellow at Paulson Institute.
This event is also co-sponsored by Kellogg Emerging Market Club and 2016 Emerging Market Conference.The Emerging Market Conference this year will provide a rich discussion of four distinctive emerging markets in the theme of "Rediscovering Sustained Growth" with 50+ global executives and world-class scholars on May 7th at Kellogg. Registration available at http://emc.kellogg.northwestern.edu/emergingmarketsconference/register-now/.
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Jacobs Rm160
Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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Hongbin Cai
Dean of Guanghua Schoool of Management, Peking University
Hongbin Cai received his BA in Mathematics at Wuhan University in 1988, his M.A. in Economics at Peking University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University in 1997. He is currently Professor in Economics and Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He taught at University of California, Los Angeles before moving back to Peking University. He is a National Chang Jiang Scholar (awarded by Ministry of Education of China) and a National Outstanding Young Researcher (awarded by National Science Foundation of China). Professor Cai has published many academic papers in top international journals in economics and finance, in a wide range of areas including game theory, Chinese economy, industrial organization and corporate finance. He is elected as a Fellow and a Council member of the Econometric Society. Professor Cai is a member of the National PeopleÔÇÖs Congress, and a member of the Central Committee of China Democratic League and Vice Chairman of its Committee of Economic Affairs. He was the founding president of The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA, overseas).
Damien Ma
Kellogg Adjunct Professor for GIM Greater China and Fellow, Paulson Institute
Damien Ma is a Fellow at the Paulson Institute, focused on investment and policy programs and the Institute's research and think tank activities. He is the co-author of the book, In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define ChinaÔÇÖs Ascent in the Next Decade.
Previously, Ma was a lead China analyst at Eurasia Group, the political risk research and advisory firm. He specialized in analyzing the intersection between Chinese policies and markets, with a particular focus on energy and commodities, industrial policy, elite politics, US-China relations, and social policies. His advisory and analytical work served a range of clients from institutional investors and multinational corporations to the US government. Prior to joining Eurasia Group, he was a manager of publications at the US-China Business Council in Washington, DC. He also worked in a public relations firm in Beijing, where he served clients ranging from Ford to Microsoft.
In addition, Ma writes regularly for the Atlantic Monthly online and has published widely, including in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, and Bloomberg, among others. He has also appeared in a range of broadcast media such as the Charlie Rose Show, BBC, NPR, and CNBC. He also served as an adjunct instructor at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Ma is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was named a ÔÇ£99under33ÔÇØ foreign policy leader in 2012 by the Diplomatic Courier. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.