​The following is a summary of Dong Zhiyong's keynote address to attendees at the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on May 23, 2026. Dong Zhiyong is 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.

The following is a summary of Yuval Noah Harari's keynote address to attendees at the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on May 23, 2026. Yuval Noah Harari is Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.”

The following is a summary of Eric S. Maskin's keynote address to attendees at the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on May 23, 2026. Eric S. Maskin is a 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Adams University Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

The following is a summary of David Daokui Li's keynote address to attendees at the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on May 23, 2026. David Daokui Li is Co-President of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE), Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) and Professor of Economics at Tsinghua University.​

The following is a summary of Wang Hongwei's keynote address to attendees at the Eighth Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on May 23, 2026. Wang Hongwei is Vice President and Member of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University.

On May 26, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled The Four Major Transitions of China’s Economy and Their Implications for Macroeconomic Policies. This lecture was presented by Feng Xuming, Director of the Division of Macroeconomic Policy Research at the Institute of Quantitative & Technological Economics (IQTE) under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The webinar represented the thirty-first installment in SAGE's Lectu

On May 20, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled Government, Taxation, and the Market. This lecture was presented by Fan Ziming, Dean of School of Public Economics and Administration at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The webinar represented the thirtieth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.