The following is a summary of Lu Zhengwei's comments during a roundtable discussion at the 45th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on June 17, 2023. Lu is the Chief Economist of Industrial Bank.

The following is a summary of Li Wenjie's comments during a roundtable discussion at the 45th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on June 17, 2023. Li is the Senior Vice President of Beike Zhaofang and President of the Beike Research Institute.

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.

There's nothing to worry about China's drop in population as the decisive factors for the country's long-term economic growth lie in how to boost and take advantage of sufficient manpower rather than the total size of the population, leading Chinese demographers said one day ahead of Chinese Population Day, which falls on June 11.

​On June 5, 2023, David Daokui Li, Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking at Tsinghua University, and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, joined CGTN anchor Guan Xin for an in-depth discussion on “U.S. Debt and the Global Economy.”

Li Daokui, director of the Academic Centre for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking at Tsinghua University and a former adviser to the People’s Bank of China, said the central government should take over some of the local government debt burden.

On May 31, 2023, David Daokui Li attended a High-Level Seminar for the New Development Bank’s (NDB) 8th Annual Meeting under the theme of “Resource Mobilization for Connectivity in the Digital Era” where he delivered a keynote address. He introduced some of the key lessons from China's own experience with developing its digital economy, including a proposal for investing in digital infrastructure among NDB and BRICS member countries.