Introducing CCWE – the Center for China in the World Economy

A Crucial Challenge

Over the past two decades, China has experienced a period of unprecedentedgrowth and investment which has fundamentally altered the country’s role in the world economy. The impact of China’s economic transformation is one of the most crucial issues facing scholars, policymakers, and businesspeople today. Foreign investors in China have a long-term interest in promoting innovative scholarship on this question, in order to understand the effects China’s changes will have on business activity both in country and globally.

A Collaboration for Understanding

BP has long enjoyed a research partnership with Tsinghua University, China’s preeminent institution for the study of science, math, economics, and engineering. In 2004, BP approached Tsinghua’s International Advisory Board with the idea of creating a new research institute dedicated to studying China interface with the global economy and changing world role.

Together, BP and Tsinghua’sSchool of Economics and Management(TSEM)canvassed Advisory Board members, foreign and Chinese economists, and other experts for suggestions. TSEM reached out to its alumni network for new ideas and talent, and BP pledged $3.2 million toward the center’s founding, faculty development, and initial operations.

The result is the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE). Located on the TSEM campus and drawing on a staff of internationally-renowned resident research fellows and guest scholars, CCWE is focused on providing:

  • research initiatives, lectures, and conferences connecting TSEM with influential think tanks and policy institutes across the world;
  • white papers and policy briefing workshops contributing constructively to government deliberations from a global perspective;
  • executive training and research for multinationals operating in the Chinese market.

CCWE has assembled a team of research fellows including some of China’s most promising economists and policy analysts. The Center’s Director, Professor David Li, andits senior Research Fellows ProfessorYingyi Qian and ProfessorChongen Bai have all published widely on China’s economic development and reform, and bring with them a wealth of experience teaching and training in the US, Hong Kong, and mainland China.

Examples of CCWE’s Activitiesto Date

Since the Center’s “soft launch” in 2004, activity highlights have included:

  • “China in the World Economy Public Lecture Series” – an ongoing program featuring guest speakers from Harvard, MIT, and other leading institutions;
  • “China and World Affairs”: CCWE’s flagship publication – a quarterly journal of economics, policy analysis, and international opinion;
  • Successful international conferences on comparative economic development (for example, “China and India”; “ChinaRussia”);
  • Biannual reviews of China’s macroeconomic performance based on CCWE’s unique models;
  • Policy briefing session for government and companies, such as an urban land policy workshop

For further information, please contact CCWE at(8610)6279-6901 or