13:45-17:30, July 4th, Siyuan Hall, 30th Floor, Guanghua Tower
Moderator: Ginger Zhe Jin (Professor of Economics at Maryland, Former Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics)
The role of globalization as a key driver of world economic growth remains solid, but three emerging factors seem to redefine it. First, the new geopolitical landscape is reshaping the rules and boundaries of globalization. Second, the emerging multipolarity characterized by multipolar growth is becoming increasingly salient. Third, digital technologies, especially AI, are bringing unprecedented new opportunities to globalization. Against this backdrop, changes are occurring in supply chain coordination, international trade, the flow of capital, technology, personnel, the financial system, and the degree of corporate globalization. What, then, are the most important features of global economic growth and globalization in this era? Which aspects will be most affected? How should countries and enterprises embrace this new wave of globalization?
Session 1: A New Landscape of Globalization (13:45-16:00)
· Haizhou Huang (Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of PBC; Special-term Professor at PBCSF, Tsinghua University) - "Global Growth: Divergence and Drivers"
· Yuanchun Liu (President of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) - "A New World Economic Landscape Driven by Divergent Growth"
· Jun Zhang (Dean of School of Economics at Fudan University, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Fudan) - "How to Think About the Prospects for Global Growth Today?"
· Erik Berglöf (Chief Economist at AIIB) - "Dancing with Elephants: Catching Up in the New Phase of Globalization"
15:05-15:20 Coffee break
· Kaifu Zhang (Vice President of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group) - "AI-Empowered Global Commerce: The Alibaba experience"
· Amelia Santos-Paulino (Senior Economist at UNCTAD) - "Investment Facilitation and Digital Government"
Panel Discussion (16:00-17:20): Haizhou Huang, Yuanchun Liu, Jun Zhang, Erik Berglöf, Kaifu Zhang and Amelia Santos-Paulino
Concluding remarks (17:20-17:30): Ginger Jin (Professor of Economics at Maryland, Former Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics)
