{ "title": "Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture Series", "publication": "IMF News, June 24, 2016", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series", "overlayPath": "/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series/index.md", "summary": "Occasion: 2016 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, third edition of the lecture series named after Michel Camdessus.", "publishDate": "2016-06-24", "sections": [ { "heading": "Managing Director’s Welcoming Remarks (June 24, 2016)", "content": "- Occasion: 2016 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, third edition of the lecture series named after Michel Camdessus.\n- Speaker introduced: Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the 11th and longest-serving Governor of the People’s Bank of China.\n- Greeting to Chinese guests: 欢迎 [Huānyíng]." }, { "heading": "China’s economic scale and recent growth", "content": "- China accounts for about the same share of global output as all other emerging economies combined.\n- China is home to almost a quarter of the world’s workers.\n- China has 14 cities with more than 5 million people.\n- China represents 30 percent of global investment.\n- China houses 5 of the world’s largest 20 banks by assets.\n- In the context of global box office, 12 percent of its global takings came from China (reference to Batman vs. Superman).\n- Historical growth:\n - Growth averaged 10 percent since 1985.\n - Growth slowed to 9.2 percent at the height of the global financial crisis in 2009.\n- Recent output addition: Last year alone China added to its GDP the equivalent of a mid-sized economy like Sweden, Poland, or Turkey." }, { "heading": "Reforms, risks, and policy direction", "content": "- China is described metaphorically as reinforcing its hull and upgrading its rudder to become more nimble.\n- Monetary reforms:\n - Introduced more flexible interest rates.\n - Increased role for market forces in the exchange rate.\n - Governor Zhou credited with playing a crucial role.\n- Financial reforms:\n - Priority to make China’s financial system more open, safer, and more inclusive.\n - A deposit insurance scheme is in the plans.\n - Ongoing Financial Stability Assessment Program intended to help strengthen oversight of the increasingly large and interconnected financial system.\n- Structural shifts:\n - Moderately reducing speed, sailing at a more sustainable pace.\n - Shifting composition away from investment toward more consumption.\n - Movement from manufacturing toward more services and greater public services.\n - Environmental policy: In 2017, China will roll out the world’s largest emissions trading system.\n- International responsibilities: As China’s global role grows, its smoother domestic transition will benefit the global economy but can produce significant ripple effects for smaller economies." }, { "heading": "Governor Zhou Xiaochuan — profile and attributes highlighted", "content": "- Personal and professional traits emphasized:\n - Described as a reformer, central banker, internationalist, and multilateralist.\n - Fusion of global vision with characteristic Chinese wisdom; calm demeanor, world-class intellect, energetic personality, wide-ranging interests.\n- Personal background and interests:\n - Avid player of badminton and tennis — sports requiring stamina, agility, speed, precision, and strategic skills.\n - Electrical engineer by training.\n - Traveled the world; developed an appreciation for Western classical music and opera.\n - Co-authored in 1998 (as President of the Construction Bank of China) a book entitled “Journey of Musical Operas.”\n- Relationship with IMF Managing Director: Described as a friend; long-standing professional respect and admiration." }, { "heading": "Framing and closing", "content": "- China portrayed with dual metaphors: a \"mega\" container ship (by weight in the global economy) and an \"elegant speedboat\" (by speed of transformation).\n- Emphasis on deliberate navigation: reinforcing institutional “hull,” upgrading policy “rudder,” and learning to navigate a larger role on the global stage.\n- Formal welcome: Audience invited to warmly welcome Governor Zhou to deliver the lecture.\n\nManaging Director’s Welcoming Remarks, Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture Series, June 24, 2016 — IMF Communications Department\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Christine Lagarde\n- People's Republic of China and the IMF\n- Speeches\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series" } ], "bullets": [ "[Markdown version](/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series/index.md)", "[Structured JSON version](/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series/index.json)", "[Bundle manifest](/en/news/articles/2017/06/28/sp062817-michel-camdessus-central-banking-lecture-series/bundle-manifest.json)", "Published: June 24, 2016", "Occasion: 2016 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, third edition of the lecture series named after Michel Camdessus.", "Speaker introduced: Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the 11th and longest-serving Governor of the People’s Bank of China.", "Greeting to Chinese guests: 欢迎 [Huānyíng].", "China accounts for about the same share of global output as all other emerging economies combined.", "China is home to almost a quarter of the world’s workers.", "China has 14 cities with more than 5 million people.", "China represents 30 percent of global investment.", "China houses 5 of the world’s largest 20 banks by assets.", "In the context of global box office, 12 percent of its global takings came from China (reference to Batman vs. Superman).", "Historical growth:", "Recent output addition: Last year alone China added to its GDP the equivalent of a mid-sized economy like Sweden, Poland, or Turkey.", "China is described metaphorically as reinforcing its hull and upgrading its rudder to become more nimble.", "Monetary reforms:", "Financial reforms:", "Structural shifts:", "International responsibilities: As China’s global role grows, its smoother domestic transition will benefit the global economy but can produce significant ripple effects for smaller economies.", "Personal and professional traits emphasized:", "Personal background and interests:", "Relationship with IMF Managing Director: Described as a friend; 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