17th GW China Conference
Thursday, December 11, 2025
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
17th annual conference on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations
“Global Impacts on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship”
Thursday, December 11 | HKU iCube, Two Exchange Square, Central, HK
You are cordially invited to the 17th Annual Conference on China's Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations -- for the first time to be held in Hong Kong. The conference theme is "Global Impacts on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship." The conference features leading scholars from the U.S., China, and other countries, who present research on a wide range of issues.
The day-long conference will take place on Thursday, December 11, at the University of Hong Kong's iCube conference facilities. The conference is co-organized by GW's Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), HKU's Asia Global Institute (AGI), and HKU's Centre for Contemporary China and the World (CCCW). The official conference airline is United Airlines. The conference is proudly supported by Regal Hotels and HKU's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center.
The day-long conference will take place on Thursday, December 11, at the University of Hong Kong's iCube conference facilities. The conference is co-organized by GW's Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), HKU's Asia Global Institute (AGI), and HKU's Centre for Contemporary China and the World (CCCW). The official conference airline is United Airlines. The conference is proudly supported by Regal Hotels and HKU's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center.
Conference Keynote speakers:
- Warwick McKibbin (Peterson Institute for International Economic Policy; Australia National University; McKibbin Software Group)
- Shang-Jin Wei (N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia University; former Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank)
- Danny Quah (Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore)
- Kellee S. Tsai (Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University)
- Cheng Li (Professor of Political science, HKU; Founding director of the Centre on Contemporary China and the World (CCCW))
Conference speakers:
- Yan Bai (Rochester)
- Greg Chin (York)
- Chang-Tai Hsieh (Chicago)
- Yi Huang (BIS)
- Wolfgang Keller (UC-Boulder)
- Mary Lovely (Peterson Institute for International Economic Policy)
- James Raymo (Princeton)
- Keyu Jin (HKUST)
- Binzhen Wu (Tsinghua)
- Yanhui Wu (HKU)
Agenda
More information to follow.
Welcome Remarks
Keynote Address by Warwick McKibbin on "The International Economic Implications of Trump's Economic Policies"
Panel 1: "Rewiring Globalization: U.S.-China Trade in Transition"
Panel 2: "Rival Systems, Shared Markets: The U.S.-China Financial Nexus"
Keynote Address by Shang-Jin Wei on "Industrial Policies and Beyond: Rethinking China's Current Account Surpluses"
Panel 3: "Aging, Inequality, and Adaptation in East Asia"
Panel 4: "The AI Productivity Revolution: Both Promise and Peril"
Concluding Keynote Panel: "Competing Visions: U.S., China, and the New Rules of the Game"
Closing Remarks
Conference Organizing Committee
GWU: Steve Suranovic, Maggie Chen, Stephen Kaplan, Chao Wei, Barbara Stallings, Kyle Renner
HKU: Heiwai Tang, Cheng Li
HKU: Heiwai Tang, Cheng Li