China’s President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have emphasized several times that the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ) should accelerate reforms, especially financial reforms, and replicate them elsewhere in China as soon as possible. Thus, the undergoing reforms in Shanghai FTZ are indeed the future macroeconomic policies in China. As a senior government consultant, Dr. Bo Chen gives an in-depth analysis on the reforms and China’s economic perspectives that are of particular interest to international observers and investors.
About Dr. Bo Chen
Professor Bo Chen received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2008 from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Besides his current appointment at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE), Dr. Chen is also a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Since June 2013, Dr. Chen has served as the Executive Director of the Research Centre on Free Trade Zone and participated in the consultation for the establishment of China (Shanghai) Free Trade Trial Zone. He was selected to give talks on Shanghai FTZ to senior officers at the ministries of treasury and commerce. He was also appointed to give lectures to senior executives of central State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Dr. Chen remains a key consultant to both the Chinese central government and Shanghai municipal government on various ongoing macroeconomic reforms, especially on the policies on trade, investment, and state-owned enterprises.
His insight about China’s economy policies appear in various mainstream media, including CCTV, BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and Lianhe Zaobao. Besides the federal governments of China, Canada, and Australia, Dr. Chen has also given keynote speeches on China Macroeconomic Policies and Reforms to many leading business groups and think tanks such as the Goldman Sacks Group, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Asia Society, and the Rhodium Group.
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Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research, Institute of Asian Research
By: Dr. Bo Chen, Assistant Professor and Associate Depatment Chair School of International Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Type: Seminar
