As of Oct 19, 2016
Deepening Asian Economic and Financial Cooperation,
Promoting Regional Integrated Development Seminar
Provisional Agenda
International Economics and Financial Institute(IEFI), MOF, China
21 October 2016
Beijing, China
8:30–9:00 / Registration Beijing Tangla Hotel9:00–9:30
9:30–9:45 / Opening Session
Opening Remark:
Yaobin Shi
Vice Finance Minister, MOF China
Keynote Speech：
Luky Eko Wuryanto
Vice President and Chief Administration Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Qian Xiao
Director General of Department of Asian Affairs, MOFA China
Moderator:
Qiangwu Zhou
Director General of International Economics and Finance Institute, MOF China
Group Photo and Coffee Break
9:45–11:45 Session I Promoting Regional Financial Cooperation and Building up Financial Safety Net
In recent years, monetary policies in major economies are on diverging paths, capital markets become more volatile, and instability in the financial system increases. In responding to potential risks and challenges, on the regional level, the accessibility and effectiveness of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization (CMIM) should be further enhanced, and the functions of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) in regional macroeconomic monitoring, crisis management, policy dialogues and technical assistance should be strengthened. On the national level, financial regulation reform should be effectively pushed forward to monitor and orderly manage short-term capital flows, so as to guard against financial risks. This session will discuss how the international organizations as well as national regulatory authorities within the region could enhance their monitoring of regional macro economy, bring international organizations such as AMRO and IMF into full play, and build up a regional financial safety net in accordance with Asia’s practice, thereby better safeguarding financial stability in Asia.
Moderator: Fan He
Chief Economist, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies
Speakers: 1. Hongxia Li
Deputy Director General, International Economic Relations Department,
MOF China
2. Yasuto Watanabe
Deputy Director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office
3. Waikei Raphael Lam
Resident Representative for China, IMF
4. Jianxiong He
Former Director General of International Department, PBOC
5. Masahiro Kawai
Former Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, MOF Japan
Professor of University of Tokyo
6. Tao Guan
Senior Fellow of China Finance 40 Forum
7. Qiangwu Zhou
Director General of International Economics and Finance Institute, MOF China
11:45–13:00 Lunch
13:00–15:00 Session II Developing a more Diversified Financing Mechanism and Boosting Regional Connectivity
While Asia is the world’s most vigorous region, its infrastructure remains relatively poor and is in huge demand for investment. Overtime, MDBs such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have contributed tremendously to the regional infrastructure development, henceforth the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank would play a supplementary role. The public sector has always played a vital role in connectivity development by utilizing capitals and policy tools, while the private sector possesses both resources and the enthusiasm to invest in the infrastructure sector. In general, what the regional connectivity in Asia lacks, rather than capital, is a more diversified and inclusive investment and financing mechanism to integrate existing and potential resources, thus better meet the investment demand of regional infrastructure and connectivity. This session aims to discuss how the new and existing MDBs, public and private sector could strengthen their collaboration, in order to build up diversified financing mechanisms, boost regional connectivity, and lay a solid foundation for the mid-to-long term economic development in Asia.
Moderator: Yanqing Yang
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, YICAI Newspaper
Managing Director, YICAI Think Tank
Speakers: 1. Weihua Liu
Deputy Director General, International Financial Cooperation Department,
MOF China
2. Bert Hofman
Country Director for China, Mongolia and Korea in the East Asia and Pacific
Region, World Bank
3. Quan Zheng
Director General for Policy and Strategy, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
4. Virgil Nae
Head of European Investment Bank Representation to China
5. Akhmad Bayhaqi
Senior Analyst, Policy Support Unit of APEC Secretariat
6. Honghui Cao
Senior Economist and Deputy Chief, Asia Financial Cooperation Association
7. Cheng Ouyang
Director, Ali Cross-border E-commerce Research Center
8. Andrew Elek
Research Associate, Australian National University
15:15–17:15 Session III Accelerating the FTAs Negotiation and Promoting Asian Economic and Trade Integration
As an irresistible trend of times, the integrated development of regional economy serves the common interests of all Asian countries. At present, the upgraded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and ASEAN has been signed; the FTA negotiations between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are making steady progress; RCEP is expected to be completed before year end; TPP is undergoing domestic approval in its member economies. In general, the development of economic and trade mechanism in Asia has achieved certain progress, but the impact of RCEP and TPP to the economic and trade cooperation in the region as well as the substantial progress and future trend of the economic and trade integration in this region is worth studying. This session will discuss the existing economic and trade arrangements in Asia and their trends, explore how to build an open economic pattern in the region and advance the trade and investment facilitation as well as the regional economic integration, and probe into the possible path and key challenges of the Asian economic integration.
Moderator: Dongxiao Chen
President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Speakers: 1. Jiyao Bi
Director General, Institute of International Economic Research, National
Development and Reform Commission
2. Guanghui Li
Vice President, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic
Cooperation, MOFCOM China
3. Qi Zhang
Deputy Director General, Research Department of Foreign Economic
Relations, Development Research Center of the State Council of China
4. Zhizhong Yao
Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS
5. Yang Pyeong Seob
Director, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Beijing Office
6. Fan He
Chief Economist, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies
7. Haibing Zhang
Director, Institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS
8. Jona Widhagdo Putri
Professor from University of Indonesia
17:15–17:30 Wrap up and Closing remarks