Academic Symposium on Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area: Economic Planning and Development

26 July 2018   |   09:00–18:00   |   Cho Yiu Conference Hall, CUHK

Speakers

Welcome Speeches

Prof. Fanny M. Cheung
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUHK; Co-Director, HKIAPS

Prof. Fang Cai
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


Keynote Speeches

Mr Andy S. F. Chan, JP   on   The Role of Hong Kong in the Economic Development of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area
Acting Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, HKSAR Government

Prof. Fang Cai   on   The Internal Logic of China to Further Open Development
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Thematic Discussion Sessions

Prof. Qunhui Huang

Director, Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Prof. Yongjun Chen

Deputy Head, Institute of China’s Economic Reform and Development, Renmin University of China

Mr Stephen Y. S. Wong

Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy Institute, Our Hong Kong Foundation

Prof. Miaojie Yu

Deputy Dean, National School of Development, Peking University

Dr Cheung-kwok Law

Senior Research Fellow, Global China Research Programme, CUHK

Dr Ben Y. F. Fong

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Family Medicine, CUHK

Prof. Xiangyang Li

Director, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Prof. Yuyan Zhang

Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Prof. Terence T. L. Chong

Executive Director, Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, CUHK

Prof. Yongzhi Hou

Director-general, Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council

Prof. Waiman Cheung

Director, Asian Institute of Supply Chains and Logistics, CUHK

Prof. Kam-fai Wong

Director, Centre for Innovation and Technology, CUHK

Moderators

Prof. Ying-yi Hong
Co-Convenor, Global China Research Programme, CUHK

Prof. Liugang Sheng
Director, Trade and Development Programme, Economic Research Centre, HKIAPS

Prof. Kalok Chan
Dean, CUHK Business School

Prof. Anthony Y. H. Fung
Co-Director, HKIAPS

Organizers

Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK
Policy Research @ HKIAPS
Office of Academic Links (China), CUHK

To understand development trends in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area, as well as scenarios for related research, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and CUHK held a joint symposium to enhance the public’s understanding of the subject and to establish a platform for the exchange of views between scholars from mainland China and Hong Kong.

To open the symposium, Prof. Fanny M. Cheung and Prof. Fang Cai delivered the welcome messages. Two keynote speeches were delivered by Mr Andy S. F. Chan and Prof. Fang Cai. Mr Chan spoke on the role of Hong Kong in the economic development of the BRI and the Bay Area. Prof. Cai examined the logic behind China’s efforts to further open the area for development.

The symposium consisted of four thematic discussion sessions, which attracted nearly 100 attendees. These sessions, which engaged 12 panellists, were aimed at facilitating academic exchanges. The panellists participated in frank and critical discussions on various topics and made key suggestions on specific aspects related to the BRI and the Bay Area, including strategy coordination, open development, policy directions, and system innovations. ■