On June 6, 2024, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled Incentives, Information and Governance: China's History in Economic Perspective. This lecture was presented by Zhangkai Huang, Associate Professor of Finance at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management and Managing Editor of the Journal of Government and Economics. The webinar represented the twelfth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On April 27, 2024, the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, co-hosted by the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE), together with Tsinghua University's School of Social Sciences and the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), was successfully convened. The Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, Yang Bin, and Dean of the School of Social Sciences of Tsinghua University, Wang Tianfu, both delivered welcoming remarks. In

On March 21, 2024, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled Bounded Rationality and the Research Paradigm for Chinese Economics. This lecture was presented by Zonglai Kou, Professor and Deputy Dean of Fudan University's School of Economics and Executive Dean of the Fudan-Toulouse Institute of Innovation and Digital Economy. The webinar represented the eleventh installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

​In this Discussions with Nobel Laureates, held on January 11, 2024, Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and McVickar Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Columbia University, joined the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) for a candid talk on the topic of "Uncovering the Secret for Making Economic Growth More Dynamic." The webinar was the latest discussion with a Nobel laureate in economics in what has become a regular event for SAGE.

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