Lectures in Government and Economics | The Role of Government in the Digital Economy
Lectures in Government and Economics No. 27
On April 8, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) will host an online lecture entitled "The Role of Government in the Digital Economy." This lecture will be presented by Tian Lihui, Chair Professor of Finance at Nankai University. The webinar represents the twenty-seventh installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.
Topic: The Role of Government in the Digital Economy
Lecturer: Tian Lihui, Chair Professor of Finance at Nankai University
Moderator: Ke'aobo, Deputy Executive Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University
Organizers: Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) and Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT)
Time: April 8 (Wednesday), 20:00 - 21:30
Language: Chinese
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Speaker Bio:
Tian Lihui is a Tenured Chair Professor of Nankai University, having received his PhD in Finance from the London Business School at the University of London, and is currently a practicing lawyer. He is a recipient of the National-level Talent Program, the leader of the Tianjin ‘131’ Innovation Talent Team, a Bagui Scholar of the Guangxi Autonomous Region, a Junwu Scholar of Guangxi University, in addition to serving as a doctoral supervisor at Xiamen University, along with other universities.
He has presided over many important academic and consulting projects, including major projects for the National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC), international programs for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and key research projects for the Ministry of Education (MOE). His research in finance has garnered many awards both at home and abroad, including the MOE’s Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award on Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education Institutions, and is among the top 1% of highly cited scholars in China.
He also serves concurrently as an editorial board member for several academic journals as well as a corporate director. He has been a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore, the University of London, and the University of Michigan, as well as a visiting research fellow at the British Academy. He has taught long-term at Peking University, Yangtze University, and Xiamen University, in addition to teaching courses at Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, and Sun Yat-sen University. He was concurrently the vice president and standing committee member of the CPC University Council at Guangxi University; previously held responsibilities leading the strategic development of Nankai University, founded the university’s Institute of Finance and Development, and is currently the dean of the School of Continuing Education; having meanwhile also served as the deputy director of the National Academy of Chinese Modernization (NACM) under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
