On September 15th, the second SUFE Global EMBA Round-table Dialogue and Financier’s Club Annual Forum 2012 were successfully held at Waitanyuan No. 1, where the British Consulate was located. The overall theme of this activity addressed the present economic situation at home and abroad, such as the slow-down of China’s economic growth, economic structural adjustment and the third round quantitative easing monetary policy implemented in the U.S., and made in-depth analysis on whether the era of two-digit growth for China’s economy has ended and the future development.
Prof. Dai Guoqiang, Associate Dean of the College of Business, SUFE, Mr. Fan Jianping, Director of Economy Forecast Department of National Information Center, Prof. Liang Ping, Chief Economist with Bank of Communications, and Ms. Ye Tan, renowned finance commentator and columnist were invited as guest speakers of the dialogue. Dr. Jiang Hui, Director of EMBA Center addressed the welcome speech and Zhang Fan acted as the special host for the round-table dialogue. Students from SUFE Global EMBA program, members of the financier’s club and a few journalists also attended the activity to analyze the problems, share opinions and propose possible solutions with the guest speakers.
The guest speakers had a multi-angle analysis and discussion on such issues as the challenges brought by the global debt crisis to China, mutual-function of financial reform and real economy, the housing price game on keeping growing or maintaining people’s confidence, the next ten years of China’s economy, etc. The guest speakers emphasized that reform should be continued and the essential part of the reform was to break down monopolization.
The guest speakers also addressed topics on China’s stock market and implementation of the real property tax, answered questions from the audiences or discussed the issues with them. The forum, through analysis from different perspectives, i.e. academic, field research, government and financial institutions, brought a heated and thought-provoking discussion on China’s economic development to its participants and audiences.