The following is a summary of Lin Zhouchen's remarks at the 50th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and broadcasted online on January 13, 2026. Lin is a Professor at Peking University's School of Information Science and Technology.

The following is a summary of Vincent Tianquan Mo's remarks at the 50th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and broadcasted online on January 13, 2026. Mo is Managing Director of the China Index Academy, Chairman of Pukai Energy, and Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Fang (SouFun) Holdings Ltd.

The following is a summary of Wei Shaojun's remarks at the 50th Tsinghua University Forum on China and the World Economy held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and broadcasted online on January 13, 2026. Wei is a Professor at Tsinghua University's School of Integrated Circuits.

In the afternoon of January 13, a Spring Festival symposium was held for academicians from two schools and senior professors of humanities and social sciences at Tsinghua University. Qiu Yong, secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University, partook in the symposium and delivered a speech, with the university’s President Li Luming presiding over the event. Guo Yong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University, and Wang Hongwei, the university’s vice president, along wi

The economist explains why local governments’ debt woes are the key to China’s economic issues, and why the country could do with more Taylor Swift concerts.

On January 6, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "The Fiscal Future." This lecture was presented by N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. The webinar represented the twenty-fourth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On December 26, 2025, Henan Normal University successfully held an unveiling ceremony to inugurate its Research Center for Government and Economics, in addition to convening the university's first academic seminar on government and economics. Experts and scholars from several of China’s renowned domestic universities and research institutions gathered together to exchange and share their latest research outcomes concerning collaborations in academic research, joint efforts in talent training, an