SOE Reform in China

When:

June 27, 2017

Time:

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Category:

Lecture

Location:

N/A

Details:

SOE Reform in China: Ambition and Predicament

Presented by Bo Chen
27 June 2017
12:30 - 2:30pm
Sedgewick C168

China's Macroeconomic performance is apparently below the expectations of both investors and the government itself. Market oriented reforms are now called up again. Facing both internal and external challenges, reform on SOEs is once again a focus. Thus even though facing strong opposition, China's top leadership is still firmly pushing forward SOE reforms. From his speech, Dr. Chen is going to introduce the key proposals on SOE reform and analyze the major challenges in the reform. He will also provide views on the solutions to such challenges as well as the prospects on SOE reform.

Professor Bo CHEN received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University in 2008. Dr. Chen is a now full professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is also a Research Associate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. 

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) and China (Hubei) Free Trade Trial Zone. He was selected to give talks on Shanghai FTZ to senior officers at the Ministry of Treasury and the Ministry of Commerce. Furthermore, he is also a senior lecturer of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on the topics such as “One Belt, One Road” Initiative, SOE reforms, an China’s Macroeconomic Assessment.

Dr. Chen’s opinions about China’s economy policies appear in various mainstream media such as CCTV, BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal. Besides the central/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, the Deutsche Bank, BAML, the Asian Society, and the Rhodium Group.