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Dong Zhiyong: Local elevator installation program offers insights into government and market interrelations
The following is a summary of Dong Zhiyong's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Dong is a 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 the journal Economic Science.
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Ma Haitao: Latest round of fiscal and tax system reforms needs to consider issue of unified planning for fiscal resources
The following is a summary of Ma Haitao's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Ma is President of the Central University of Finance and Economics and Secretary-General of the Applied Economics Discipline Evaluation Group under the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council.
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Huang Xianhai: An “enabling” industrial policy represents a third major layer for macroeconomic policymaking
The following is a summary of Huang Xianhai's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Huang is Vice President of Zhejiang University and Executive Director of the Research Center for Regional Coordinated Development at Zhejiang University.
2024-04-29 -
Eric S. Maskin: “Soft budgetary constraints” a decisive factor for determining an economy’s success or failure
The following is a summary of Eric S. Maskin's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Maskin is a 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Adams University Professor at Harvard University, and Co-President of SAGE.
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David Daokui Li: Getting incentives and institutional configurations right goes to core of government and economics
The following is a summary of David Daokui Li's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Li is Co-President of SAGE and Director of ACCEPT.
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Jane Kabubo-Mariara: Access to adequate information a crucial mechanism for promoting constructive government behavior
The following is a summary of Jane Kabubo-Mariara's keynote address to attendees at the Sixth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on April 27, 2024. Dr. Kabubo-Mariara is the Executive Director of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi.
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China has ample policy room and advantages to boost economy despite challenges
Currently, there are two main categories of concerns regarding the Chinese economy overseas. The first is whether the Chinese economy has peaked. The second is how China is handling various pressures and challenges. First and foremost, it is crucial to understand that China's economy has by no means reached its peak, as the per capita income in China is only about 25 percent of that in the US, whereas in the 1990s, Japan's per capita income had already reached around 80 percent of the US level.
2024-03-21