Video Conference on “International Economy and Policy Forecast in the Second Half of 2013”

The Video Conference on the International Economy and Policy Forecast in the Second Half of 2013 was held by the CDRF on July 11, 2013. International financial institutions located in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, and the United States, including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and BNP Paribas, attended the video conference. Representatives of the World Bank and the Institute of International Finance delivered speeches at the conference and shared their global economic forecasts and their views on the impact of changes in the global economy on China and proposed recommendations.

Experts from the Office of the Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, the Research Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Development Research Center of the State Council and other organizations in related fields attended the conference and exchanged views with each other.

The CDRF began to hold the Video Conference on Global Economic Hotspots in 2007. So far, it has held 13 video conferences, aiming to gain insight into the global economic situation and hotspots to support policy making.