Tuesday 15 April, 8:45am-6:00pm

Symposium

Venue: Grand Meeting Room, Building 2, Hongqiao State Guest House Hotel

8:45 – 9:30 am  Opening and Welcome

Chair: Chen Dongxiaon (President, SIIS)

Li Baodong (Vice Minister, MFA, China & China’s G20 Sherpa)

Heather Smith (PM&C , Australia & Australia’s G20 Sherpa)

9:30 -10:30 am  Session 1 – World economic outlook and new source of growth : strategic priority for G20 and APEC

Chair: Chen Dongxiao (SIIS, China)

Fang Xinghai (Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, China)

David Vines (Oxford, UK);

Ding Yifan (Development of Research Centre of the State Council, China )

This session will review developments in the global and regional economy and priorities in the G20 and APEC agenda and how they might be related.

11:00 - 12:30 pm  Session 2 – Structural reform and connectivity of APEC economies and its relevancy for G20

Chair: Li Kexin (China’s G20 Sous-Sherpa)

Jin Zhongxia (The People’s Bank of China)

Mario D’Elia (PWC)

Cai Penghong (SIIS, China)

Zaw Oo (MDRI)

This session will outline the initiatives in the G20 and APEC agendas which seek to elevate the mobilisation of private sector as well as public sector resources for infrastructure investment, including China’s infrastructure bank initiative.

2:00 – 3:30 pm  Session 3 – Investment and Infrastructure

Chair:  Yang Jiemian  ( President Emeritus, SIIS)

Andrew Elek (ANU)

Fan Yongming (Fudan University, China)

Rathin Roy (India)

Zhou Qiangwu (Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center, China)

This session will focus on the structural reform agenda and how it relates to the infrastructure for regional and international connectivity.

4:00 – 5:30 pm  Session 4 – Trade and resistance trade protect including RTAs and multilateral trade system

Chair: Peter Drysdale (ANU)

Xu Mingqi ( SASS, China)

Patrick Low (Fung Institute);

Chen Fengying (CICIR, China)

Philippa Dee (ANU)

This session will examine how to advance trade and investment growth in the G20. The discussion will encompass the growth of value chains trade and regional arrangements

5:30 – 6:00 pm  Wrap up and conclusion

Concluding Remarks: Yang Jiemian and Peter Drysdale



                                                                   Participants

Shiro ARMSTRONG, Head, East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU)

CAI Penghong, Professor, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

Joseph CARON, Honorary Professor at the Institute for Asian Research at the University of British Columbia

CHEN Dongxiao, President, SIIS

CHEN Fengying, Director, Institute for World Economy Studies,  China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

Philippa DEE, Adjunct Associate Professor, East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

Mario Rosario D'ElIA, Partner, Project Finance & Investment Banking, PWC

DING Yifan, Deputy Director, Institute of World Development Studies, Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), China

Wendy DOBSON, Co-Director, Rotman Institute for International Business,  Adjunct Professor of Business Economics, University of Toronto, Canada

Peter DRYSDALE, Head, Emeritus Professor, East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

Andrew ELEK, Research Fellow, East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

Sam GEROVICH, Ambassador for APEC, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

HUANG Maoxing, Vice President, School of Economics, Fujian Normal University

FAN Yongming, Director, Center for BRICS Studies, Fudan University

HUANG Yejing, Professor and Director, Center for Australian Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS)

JIN Zhongxia, Director-in-General, Research Institute, People's Bank of China (PBOC)

Jae Wan LEE, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

LI Baodong, Vice Minister, MFA, China & China’s G20 Sherpa

LI Kexin, Deputy Director-in-General, Department of International Economic Affairs, MFA, China & China’s G20 Sous-Sherpa

Joanne LOVEJOY, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Embassy Beijing

Patrick LOW, Vice President of Research, Fung Global Institute, Hong Kong

Robert MILLINER, B20 Sherpa, Australia

PANG Zhongying, Director, Center for Global Governance Studies, Renmin University of China

PENG Runzhong, Director, Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC), Ministry of Finance, China

Rathin ROY, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Heather SMITH, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Australia & Australia’s G20 Sherpa

TAN Jian, Senior Official for APEC, China

TIAN Huifang, Professor, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Adam TRIGGS, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Australia

David VINES, Professor, Oxford University

Lina WONG, Department of Treasury, Australia

XU Mingqi, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economy, SASS

ZHANG Haibing, Director, Institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS

ZHOU Qiangwu, Executive Deputy Director General, AFDC, Ministry of Finance, China  

 

                                                          Observers

Alice CAWTE, Consul General, Australian Consulate Shanghai

GUO Xuejun, Director, Department of International Economic Affairs, MFA, China

LIN Shoufu, School of Economics, Fujian Normal University

LIU Liqun, Deputy Director, Department of International Economic Affairs, MFA, China

SUN Zhiqiang, Secretary to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, China

Angus NICHOLSON, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, ANU

WANG Hu, AFDC, Ministry of Finance, China

YE Qing, Assistant President, SIIS

YE Yu, Institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS

ZHANG Chun, Deputy Director, Center for West Asia and North Africa Studies, SIIS; Editor-in-chief of the bilingual SIIS journal Global Review

ZHAO Xin, Department of International Economic Affairs, MFA, China

ZHOU Shixin, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, SIIS