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Sixth Annual NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy |
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June 30-July 3, 2004 |
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Organizers: Justin Lin and Yang Yao (CCER) |
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Martin Feldstein and
Shang-Jin Wei (NBER) |
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Conference Site: China Center for Economic Research, New
Building [MAP] |
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Residence for NBER
participants:
Da Yuan (No. 1, Fu Yuan Men, Hai Dian District, Beijing China, 100091,
Tel:62561115, Fax:62566344) |
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For logistical help,
please contact CCERs Office Manager, Ms. MA Xiaoping, |
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tel: (86-10) 6275 3098 or
6275 7375; fax: (86-10) 6275 4719 or 6275 1474 |
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For emergency help, please
call 1370-114-2170 (cell phone of Professor Yang
Yao) |
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Or 1360-129-7019 (cell phone of Ms.
XING). |
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June 30 |
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8:
30 noon |
(optional)
A walk in the Forbidden City with Shang-Jin Wei |
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noon
1 pm |
(optional)
Lunch at South Beauty (俏江南)
Sichuan style restaurant |
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Oriental Plaza (东方广场)
Lower Level 1 BB88 |
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Tel: 8518-6971, or 8518-6972 |
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4:30 pm |
Check out and move to Da Yuan near the conference
site |
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[CCER will send a van or a mini-bus to pick up
NBER delegates from the front |
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entrance of the Grand Hyatt] |
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6:30
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Reception
at the CCER |
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July 1 |
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9:00-
9:15 |
Opening
Remarks: Justin Lin and Martin
Feldstein |
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9:15
10:30 |
Inflation and deflation |
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Chair:
Martin Feldstein (NBER & Harvard) |
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Justin Lin (CCER): .Is the Chinese economy
overheated? |
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Michael Bordo (NBER & Rutgers University): Deflation in Historical Perspective |
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10:30-10:45 |
Coffee/tea
break |
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10:45
12:00 |
Public
Finance and Old-age Pension |
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Chair:
Yang Yao (CCER) |
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Martin Feldstein: Public finance and social
security issues |
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Yi Zeng: Aging and related issues |
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12:00
1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30
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Exchange
Rates |
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Chair: Sebastian Edwards (NBER & UCLA) |
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Shuqing Guo (China State Foreign Exchange
Administration): |
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Exchange rate regime in China |
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Shang-Jin Wei (NBER & IMF): A Prism into the Purchasing Power Parity
Puzzles |
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2:45 3:00 |
Coffee/tea
break |
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3:00 4:15 |
Labor and social protection |
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Chair:
Ling Li (CCER) |
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Yaohui Zhao (CCER): The
impact
of labor migration on urban wage differentials |
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Robert Moffitt (NBER & Johns Hopkins):
Labor Supply |
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6:
15 |
Dinner
(Old Summer Palace --Yuanming Yuan) - tentative |
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July 2 |
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9-10:15 |
Financial
Sector Issues 1 |
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Chair:
Justin Lin (CCER) |
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Mingkang Liu (China Banking Regulatory Commission):
Banking regulation in China |
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Sebastian Edwards (NBER & UCLA): Capital flows |
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10:15-10:30 |
Tea/coffee
break |
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10:30-11:45 |
Environment |
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Chair: Shang-Jin Wei (NBER & IMF) |
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Don
Fullerton (NBER & Texas Austin): Environmental economics |
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Angang Hu (Tsinghua University): Water right
trading and Yellow River conservation |
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12-
1 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15-5:00 |
Company
visit |
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7:00 |
Dinner |
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Oasis (Chinese name: 静颐洲Jing4 Yi2 Zhou1)
Shanghai-style restaurant |
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Dongchen
District, 29 Dongzhong Jie, Donghuai Guangchang B 2nd floor). Tel: 6418-1072 |
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Comment:
The best Shanghai-style restaurant in town. |
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July 3 |
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9:00 10:15 |
FDI and multinational firms |
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Chair: Feng Lu (CCER) |
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Xiaojuan Jiang: China as a world factory |
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Mehir Desai (NBER & Harvard Business School):
Multinational firms |
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10:15-10:30: |
coffee break |
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10:30 11:45 |
State-owned
firms and financial sector reforms |
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Chair:
Michael Bordo (NBER & Rutgers) |
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Xin Zhang (China Securities Regulatory Commission):
Financial sector reforms in China |
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Yang Yao (CCER): SOE restructuring in China |
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11:45 12:00 |
Concluding remarks: Martin Feldstein and Justin
Lin |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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1 pm |
Adjoin |
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NBER
Delegation |
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Speakers: |
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Michael Bordo (Rutgers), Deflation
in Historical Perspective |
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Mehir Desai (Harvard Bus Sch), Multinational Firms |
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Sebastian Edwards (UCLA), Capital Flows |
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Martin Feldstein, Taxes |
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Don Fullerton, Environmental Economics |
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Robert Moffitt
( Johns Hopkins), Labor Supply |
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Shang-Jin Wei, A prism into the purchasing power
parity puzzles |
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NBER
Observers: |
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Douglas Almond
(Columbia University) |
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Elizabeth Baily (Wharton, and Vice Chairman of
NBER) |
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Alejandra Cox-Edwards (California State
University) |
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Mischa Feldstein (Harvard University) |
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Brian Murray (AIG) |
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Ying Qian |
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6/2/04 |