On January 8, 2024, the 46th Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy was broadcasted online under the theme of China's 2024 Economic Outlook. The biannual event was held inside the Weilun Building's main lecture hall on campus at Tsinghua University and hosted by the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), a research institute under the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University. Forum participants included David Daokui Li, Director of Tsinghu

On January 3, 2023, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “How Can the Chinese Economy Safeguard its Energy Security? Europe’s Recent Experience and Lessons.” This lecture was presented by Christof Rühl, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). The webinar represented the tenth installment in SAGE’s Lectures in Government and Economi

On January 2, 2023, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “The Russian Economy in Turbulent Times.” This lecture was presented by Vladimir Popov, Principal Researcher of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (CEMI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Professor Emeritus of the New Economic School in Moscow. The webinarrepresented the ninth installment in SAGE’s Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On October 25, 2023, SAGE hosted an online lecture entitled “Local Chinese government debt: Analyzing its dimensions, causes and impacts.” This lecture was presented by David Daokui Li, Director of Tsinghua University’s Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) and Co-President of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE). The webinarrepresented the eighth installment in SAGE’s Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On June 17, 2023, the 45th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy was held inside the Weilun Building’s main lecture hall on campus at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management. The biannual event was hosted by Tsinghua University’s Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) under the theme of “2023 Mid-Year Economic Outlook.”

Over the past several centuries, the size of governments around the world have undergone a dramatic expansion during the process of economic development, with the average share of government spending as a proportion of GDP having risen from around 10% to as much as 39% on average. This pattern of development is often referred to as Wagner’s Law. This lecture aims to explain the root causes of Wagner's Law and predict future changes in the size of governments.

On April 27, 2023, the Fifth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, co-hosted by the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) along with Tsinghua University's School of Social Sciences and the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Thought and Practice (ACCEPT), was broadcasted online.

On June 14, 2022, the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University held the 43rd Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy. The forum was held online, with the theme of “An Analysis of the Economic Situation in the Second Half of 2022.”

On April 26, 2022, the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University and the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) co-hosted the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics. The online conference invited speakers including Peng Gang, Vice President of Tsinghua University; Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Adams University Professor at Harvard University; Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate

On December 16, 2021, the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) and the Institute for Healthy China at Tsinghua University jointly convened the 42nd Forum of China and the World Economy on the theme of “Emerging from the Pandemic: Outlook for 2022.” Guests and speakers invited to the forum included: David Daokui Li, Director of ACCEPT at Tsinghua University; Liang Wannian, Director of the Institute for Healthy China and Executive Vice Dean of the Vanke School of Pub

Lecturs in Government and Economics No.2Topic: The Transformative Effects of Privatization in China: A Natural Experiment Based on Politician Career ConcernLecturer: Huang ZhangkaiTime:19:30 - 21:00, June 24thTencent Meeting ID:909 194 222, code:654321Professor Zhangkai HUANG is an Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University. He got his Ph.D. in Finance from Said Business School of University of Oxford in 2003, Masters in Finance from Universit

On June 6, 2021, the Tsinghua University Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) held the 41st Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy on the theme of "China and the World in the New Century." Forum participants included David Daokui Li, Director of ACCEPT; Ni Feng, Director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Li Xinchuang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Metallurgical Industry Planning and Re

The Third Annual Conference of Government and Economics was successfully held on May 22, 2021.

On May 22nd, the Third Annual Conference of Government and Economics and the Launch Ceremony for the Journal of Government and Economics were successfully held in Beijing. The events were jointly organized by the Tsinghua University School of Social Sciences, the Tsinghua University Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), and the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE).