The Inaugural Conference of China Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum

The rapid economic growth since 1978 has transformed China in many aspects. China’s economy has overtaken Japan and become the second largest in the world; China became the largest exporter by surpassing Germany in 2009; and its official foreign exchange reserve now exceeds US$ 2.4 trillion, the largest in the world for many years. Now China enters a stage of transition from an emerging economy to a new developed economy. At the beginning of this new stage, China faces new challenges: firstly the very successful export-led growth strategy up to now might not sustain fast economic growth in future, China needs to change its growth mode; secondly, huge amount of private capital has been accumulated as a result of fast economic growth, which has not been utilized efficiently in the industrial development. To explore the role of financial industry and macroeconomic policy in promoting the transformation of China’s economy from export-led growth mode to those of developed countries led by domestic demand, especially how to utilize private capital in promoting economic growth and accelerating industrial restructuring and at the same time generate optimal returns. Ningbo Municipal Government, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the University of Nottingham will organize jointly the Inaugural Conference of Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum with the theme “Private Capital and Road to Developed Economy”. The forum consists of two parts, key-note speeches and academic meeting. The key-note speeches (6 September) will be delivered by internationally well-known academics, business leaders and officials from governments and regulatory authorities for high level strategic analysis and policy proposals; the academic meeting is for academics and practitioners to present, exchange and discuss their research results and experiences in finance and macroeconomic policy from specific projects and practical issues.

Ningbo Municipal Government, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the University of Nottingham would like to invite all academics, practitioners and government officials working in finance and economic research and management to participate in the Inaugural Conference of China Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum and present their research, experiences and opinions. It will be held in Ningbo, China, 6-7 September, 2010. The working languages of the forum are English and Chinese with simultaneous interpretation for all plenary sessions.

Ningbo, the dynamic economic centre in the southern wing of Yangtze delta and the second largest port in China, was the birthplace of Chinese modern banking industry. Two of the five most important mountains in Chinese Buddhism, Putuo and Siming mountains, are in the vicinity of Ningbo. Ningbo is also a city with long history starting from Neolithic ages, and rich business and cultural tradition. Shanghai, the largest city and the finance centre of China, is within two and half hour travel by car across the longest transoceanic bridge in the world. Hangzhou, one of the most popular cities for tourists, is also within one hour travel by train.

SPONSORS:

Ningbo Municipal Government

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

University of Nottingham

ORGANIZERS:

Financial Affairs Office, Ningbo Municipal Government

Institute of Finance and Banking, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Centre for Global Finance/International Finance Research Centre, UNNC

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

Senior officials from Chinese financial regulatory authorities, British government or financial supervision authorities, senior managers from British financial industry, senior well-known academics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the University of Nottingham and other academic institutions will give speeches on the following topics:
1. The future of private capital: investment channels and risk management;
2. The role of private capital in China’s transition to a developed economy and its economic restructuring: how to guide it to invest in industry, its operational modes in financial sector, professional development and service standardization of private capital;
3. The UK experience in opening up state owned monopoly markets and the impact of introducing competition on the sectors and the economy;
4. Investment banking service and support to industry by British financial industry.
5. Policies to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in UK
6. Financial supervision and financial crisis.

ACADEMIC PAPERS

Theoretical and empirical studies on the key-note speech topics and on the role of financial industry and macroeconomic policy on the economic development and industrial restructuring as well as on topics listed below are invited for presentation at the Inaugural Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum,
1. Asset pricing and investment strategy
2. Housing market analysis and forecasting, government housing policy
3. The role of social welfare system in the economy of developed countries, pension policy and investment portfolio strategy for pension funds
4. Finance centre and financial industry development strategy.
5. The role of tax, fiscal policy and government action in economic development.
6. Foreign exchange policy, foreign exchange rate, and exchange rate hedging
7. Corporate finance and SME financing

The Chinese Review of Financial Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will publish papers presented at the forum that meet the requirement of the journal. Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum will also publish the presented papers in Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum Research Papers Series Volume one.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

Two papers will be selected for China Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum Best Paper Award (US$1000 each)

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Authors are invited to submit initially an abstract of at least 250 words, but no more than 400 words before 15 August, 2010. The organizing committee will inform the authors of selected abstracts before 20 August, 2010 to submit their full papers. Please submit the abstract and full paper in electronic format (PDF files only) to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please indicate on the cover paper of your paper whether you would like to have your paper considered for publication in Chinese Review of Financial Studies or China Ningbo-Nottingham International Finance Forum Research Papers Series Volume one. The deadline for full paper submission is 30 Auguest, 2010.

REGISTRATION:

Please register by 30 August 2010 using the registration form (see attachment)

CONTACT

Judy JIN , the Centre for Global Finance, AB253, the University of Nottingham Ningbo, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315100, China

Tel/Fax: +86(0)57488180031
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Registration Form can be downloaded here.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )

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