## HANDBOOK — IMF SHANGHAI CENTER OPENING CEREMONY & RESEARCH SEMINAR ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [HANDBOOK — IMF SHANGHAI CENTER OPENING CEREMONY & RESEARCH SEMINAR](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/about/center/shanghai-center/research-seminar-handbook.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/about/center/shanghai-center/research-seminar-handbook.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/about/center/shanghai-center/research-seminar-handbook.pdf.json) --- ### Opening ceremony (Moderated by Johannes Wiegand, Director of IMF Shanghai Center) - Event: RIBBON CUTTING by Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Governor PAN Gongsheng, and Mayor GONG Zheng - Time: 9:00-9:10 - Opening Speeches - Time: 9:10-9:40 - Speakers: - PBC Governor PAN Gongsheng - Shanghai Mayor GONG Zheng - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva - Keynote Speech - Time: 9:40-10:00 - Speaker: Dr. ZHOU Xiaochuan, Former Governor of the People’s Bank of China - Program facilitation: CAO Li (Deputy Director of IMF Shanghai Center) leads through the Program ### Research seminar program — "RESEARCH SEMINAR ON TRENDING ISSUES IN ASIAN MACROECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH" - Overall structure: - Opening Ceremony - Panel and three sessions: Session 1 (Structural Transformation and Growth), Session 2 (Innovation and Artificial Intelligence), Session 3 (Finance and Payments) - Reception and Luncheon with keynote - Panel Discussion: "Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Research – is Asia Different?" - Time: 10:30-11:40 - Panelists: - XUAN Changneng, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China - Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counselor and Director of Research Department (RES), IMF - Krishna Srinivasan, Director of Asia and the Pacific (APD), IMF - PAN Jun, Professor of Finance and SAIF Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University - Danny Quah, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, National University of Singapore - Moderator: Johannes Wiegand, Director of IMF Shanghai Center - Break: 11:40-11:50 ### Session 1 — Structural Transformation and Growth - Chair/Moderator opening remarks - Time: 11:50-11:55 - Moderator: Krishna Srinivasan, IMF Director of APD - Paper 1 - Time: 11:55-12:15 - Presenter: Prof. Henry Chen (HK University) - Title: Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China - Paper 2 - Time: 12:15-12:35 - Presenter: Dr. Chikako Baba (IMF APD) - Title: Asia-Pacific’s Structural Transformation: The Past and Prospects - Open Discussion - Time: 12:35-13:00 - Participants: Krishna Srinivasan, Dean ZHANG Jun (Fudan University), Henry Chen, Chikako Baba - Luncheon: 13:10-14:30 - Keynote Speaker: Dr. ZHU Min, Former Deputy Managing Director of IMF - Keynote Title: China+N: The New China Globalization Strategy ### Session 2 — Innovation and Artificial Intelligence - Opening Remarks and moderation - Time: 14:30-14:35 - Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF Economic Counselor and Director of RES - Paper 1 - Time: 14:35-14:55 - Presenter: Prof. LU Yi (Tsinghua University) - Title: How do Workers Adjust to Robots? Evidence from China - Paper 2 - Time: 14:55-15:15 - Presenter: Dr. Marina Mendes Tavares (IMF RES) - Title: Working Paper The global impact of AI - Open Discussion - Time: 15:15-15:40 - Participants: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Dean CAI Hongbin (HKU), LU Yi, Marina Mendes Tavares - Break: 15:40-15:50 ### Session 3 — Finance and Payments - Opening Remarks and moderation - Time: 15:50-15:55 - Moderator: PAN Jun, SAIF Chair Professor, SJTU - Paper 1 - Time: 15:55-16:15 - Presenter: Dr. HU Jiayin (Peking University) - Title: FinTech as a Financial Liberator - Paper 2 - Time: 16:15-16:35 - Presenter: Dr. Alexander Copestake (IMF RES) - Title: Integrating Fragmented Networks: Interoperability in Money and Payments - Open Discussion - Time: 16:35-17:00 - Participants: PAN Jun, HUANG Haizhou (Tsinghua University), HU Jiayin, Alexander Copestake - Reception for University Deans and Professors: 17:00-18:00 ### Key speakers — roles, tenures, and academic credentials (selected highlights) - Dr. ZHOU Xiaochuan - Longest-serving central bank governor in China (2002-2018) - Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2013-2018) - Vice Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia (2018-2025) - PhD in system engineering in economics from Tsinghua University - Dr. ZHU Min - Former Deputy Managing Director at the IMF (2011-2016) - Chairman of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University (2017-2022) - PhD and M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University; M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University; BA in Economics from Fudan University - Dr. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas - IMF chief economist since 2022 - Professor of Management at the University of California, Berkeley - Prize for the Best Young Economist of France (2008) - Dr. PAN Jun - Professor of Finance and SAIF Chair Professor, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Over 20 papers in international top-tier academic journals including Econometrica, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics - Dr. Danny Quah - Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, National University of Singapore - Research on multilateralism, economic growth, and social mobility - Dr. Krishna Srinivasan - Director of the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD) - Editor of IMF book Global Rebalancing: A Roadmap for Economic Recovery - PhD in International Finance from Indiana University - Dr. CAI Hongbin - Dean of the HKU Business School; Chair Professor of Economics - PhD in Economics from Stanford University (1997) - Dr. HUANG Haizhou - Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China - Distinguished professor, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University - Dr. ZHANG Jun - Dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University; Director, China Economic Research Center - Selected as "Changjiang Scholar" Professor (2006) and leading talent in the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" (2014) - Dr. Henry Chen - Political economist, Business School of the University of Hong Kong - PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich - Dr. Chikako Baba - Senior Economist, Regional Studies Division, IMF APD - PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison - Dr. LU Yi - Chair Professor, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University - Recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in economics in 2024 and 2025; RePEc ranks among the top 5% of economists globally over the past decade - PhD in economics from the University of Hong Kong - Dr. Marina M. Tavares - Senior Economist, Climate Change Structural Reforms Division, IMF Research Department (RES) - PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota - Dr. HU Jiayin - Assistant Professor of Finance, National School of Development, Peking University - PhD in Economics from Columbia University (2019) - Dr. Alexander Copestake - Economist, Macro-Financial Division, IMF Research Department - BA, MSc, and PhD degrees from the University of Oxford - Dr. Johannes Wiegand - Director of the IMF Shanghai Center since May 2025 - Over 25 years at the IMF; PhD from University College London - Ms. CAO Li - Deputy Director of the IMF Shanghai Center since September 2025 - Over 28-year career with senior positions including Deputy Director General at the People’s Bank of China - Master’s degree in international finance from the Tsinghua-PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University ### Venue and contact - Venue: No. 777, Zhongshan South Avenue, Huangpu, Shanghai - Tel（电话）: 0086-21-63666908 --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/about/center/shanghai-center/research-seminar-handbook.pdf_