The Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics

On May 23, 2026, the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics and the launch ceremony for the Chinese Journal of Government and Economics, co-organized by the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) in partnership with Tsinghua University’s School of Social Sciences and the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), were successfully held at Tsinghua University. The Deputy Secretary of the CPC Tsinghua University Committee, Guo Yong, delivered opening remarks, with Professor of Tsinghua University’s School of Social Sciences, Liu Taoxiong, and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tsinghua University Press, Shi Lei, also attending the unveiling ceremony for the journal launch as special guests.

Guest speakers participating in the conference included Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Adams University Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and Co-President of SAGE; Daron Acemoglu, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; Huang Hanquan, Director General and Senior Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research (CAMR); Dong Zhiyong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Peking University, Professor and Dean of the School of Economics at Peking University and Editor-in-Chief of Economic Science; Wu Xiaoqiu, Director of the National Academy of Financial Research at Renmin University of China and Director of the China Capital Market Research Institute (CCMRI); David Daokui Li, Co-President of SAGE and Director of ACCEPT; and Liu Peilin, Chief Researcher of ACCEPT. The proceedings of the conference were presided over by Li Ke’aobo, Executive Deputy Director of ACCEPT.