Industrial Policies & Beyond: Rethinking China’s Current Acct. Surpluses - Shang-Jin Wei

Описание: This presentation was recorded at the 17th GW China Conference on December 11, 2025 at the University of Hong Kong.

About the Speaker
Shang-Jin Wei, N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs. Full bio: https://business.columbia.edu/faculty...

About the Conference
The 17th GW China Conference on China’s Economic Development and U.S.–China Economic Relations was hosted for the first time in Hong Kong on December 11, 2025. The conference theme, Global Impacts on the U.S.–China Economic Relationship, reflected the growing importance of China–U.S. economic interactions in a changing global environment. The program brought together leading scholars from the United States, China, and other countries to present research on a broad range of economic issues, including trade, macroeconomics, finance, and development.

The conference was co-organized by GW’s Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), HKU’s Asia Global Institute (AGI), and HKU’s Centre on Contemporary China and the World. The official conference airline was United Airlines. The conference was proudly supported by Regal Hotels, the Wong Endowed Fund for U.S.-China Collaborative Relations, the Ning Li Family Endowment, and HKU’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center.

0:00 Topic One
25:36 Topic Two
38:29: Topic Three
48:35 Q&A