The 18th China-U.S.Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century Held Successfully
The 18th annual U.S.-China Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century was held on October 27 to 28，2021. This event was co-hosted by China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) and The Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS), conducted online and offline. The seminar discussed the changes and hot spots in the current economic and financial markets of China and the US from the perspectives of ESG investment, digital currency and technological innovation, sino-US economic relations and financial industry. More than 170 experts and scholars from regulatory authorities, financial enterprises and academic institutions of the two countries attended the seminar.
Long Guoqiang, Vice President of Development Research Center of the State Council, Xiao Gang, member of the CPPCC National Committee and former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and Liu Jun, President of the Bank of Communications attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Liu Fushou, chief Risk Officer of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Jiao Jinhong, General Counsel of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Zhou Chengjun, the Director General of the Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China participated in discussion.
Larry Summers, President Emeritus of Harvard University and Former Secretary of U.S. Department of Treasury, Wei Christianson, member of Morgan Stanley's management Committee and CEO of Morgan Stanley China attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Chinese and American professionals who participated in the seminar also included: Huang Zhaohui, CEO of China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), Huang Yiping, Director of Institute of Digital Finance (IDF) in Peking University, Qian Jun, Executive Dean at Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) in Fudan University, Angela BAI, CEO of SusallWave Digital Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. Founding Secretariat of China Alliance of Social Value Investment (CASVI), Heath Tarbert, Chief Legal Officer of Citadel Securities, Ken Bentsen, President and CEO of SIFMA, Jordan Bleicher, Senior Advisor in the Office of Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Andrea Blackman, Managing Director and Global Head of Moody's ESG Solutions and Moody's Corporation, Richard Lacaille, Global Head of ESG on State Street, Simon Gleave, Regional Head of Financial Services of KPMG Asia Pacific, Debbie Toennies, the Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Corporate and Investment Bank, J.P Morgan Chase, Nic Lardy, Senior Fellow of Peterson Institute for International Economics.
