Overview
Inaugurated in 2008, FTChinese Annual Forum has been regarded as an excellent platform for sharing professional insights. The theme for this year is “Present & Prospect: Decision-making in Transformation”.
Financial Times and FTChinese.com will once again bring together world class economists, policy makers, influential entrepreneurs and media pioneers to review 2012 and to expect the prospects for the coming year.
Agenda
Friday, 2 November, Sofitel Wanda Beijing, China
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Remarks
09:00 - 10:30 Keynote Speech
Justin Yifu Lin, Former Chief Economist & Senior Vice President, World Bank
10:00 - 11:00 Debate on Global Economy?
We will discuss:
Will Eurozone crisis be worse?
The solutions
Predictions on 2013 World economy
Moderator:
Demetri Sevastopulo, Asia News Editor, Financial Times
Panelists:
Yongding YU, Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy & Politics, CASS
Weiying ZHANG, Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Duck-Koo CHUNG, former Minister of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea
Benhua WEI, former Deputy Administrator, SAFE, PRC
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:15 Panel Discussion 1: Exploring the New Sources of Growth
We will discuss:
Where are the new growth source?
How to take advantage of them?
What Kind of Changes We Can See?
Moderator:
Shengjun LIU, Deputy Director, CEIBS Lujiazui International Finance Research
Panelists:
Sebastian Wood, Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China
Isabel Hilton, Editor, Chinadialogue
Wensheng PENG, Chief Economist, CICC
Fang CAI, Director, Institute of Population and Labor Economics, CASS
Jianping MEI, Professor, Chueng Kong Graduate School of Business
Sen WEI, Vice President, School of Economics, Fudan University
12:15 - 14:00 Luncheon
14:00 - 15:10 Panel Discussion 2: Manufacturing Industry in New Evolution
We will discuss:
The Changing World Triggered by the Industrial Evolution
What’s the Industrial Evolution means to China
Financial Industry’s Opportunity in the Evolution
Moderator:
Yan KANG, Partner & Vice President, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Greater China
Panelists:
Hui QIN, Professor, Department of History, Tsinghua University
Yaqin ZHANG, Global Vice President, Microsoft
Rong WANG, Deputy President, Minsheng Financial Leasing
Changhui ZHAO, Chief Risk Analyst, Export-Import Bank of China
Bo Li, Chairman, Tianjin New Finance Investment
15:10 - 15:25 Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:40 Panel Discussion 3: Bottleneck of Chinese Enterprises’ International Path
We will discuss:
Bottleneck Faced by Chinese Enterprises When Going Globally
How to Deal with This?
The Leading Model We Can Learn From
Moderator:
Huiyao WANG, Director, Center for China & Globalization
Panelists:
Jun Feng, Founder & Chairman, Aigo
Hua XIA, Chairwoman, EVE Group
Danqing CHEN, Author, Commentator
Ke GONG, President, Nankai University
Yongqi ZHANG, Founder & CEO, Global Education & Technology Group
Lusheng WANG, Managing Director, Siegel+Gale China
16:25 - 17:25 Panel Discussion 4: Evolving in the New Media Era
We will discuss:
Challenges brought by self-media
Transformation of media industry
Journalistic professionalism
Moderator:
Danei XU, Columnist, FTChinese.com
Panelists:
Demetri Sevastopulo, Asia News Editor, Financial Times
Zhenxi GUO, Director of Finance Division, CCTV
Jinlin YANG, Vice President & Executive Director, HKSTV
Juhong CHEN, Editor in Chief, QQ.com
Steven Jiang, Producer, Beijing, CNN
17:25 - 17:30 Closing Remarks