MBA Forum: China’s Economic Growth in New Cycle

Mar 27-2022   

The next 30 years will see China in its best development period in 1,000 years, predicts Prof. Yao Yang, Dean of the NSD. He believes that by 2030 the latest China will surpass the US to become the world’s largest economy, and by 2049 China’s per capita income will amount to over 45% of that of the US.

On March 27, the MBA Center at the NSD will, jointly with alumni associations of 20 overseas universities, present a forum featuring a lecture by Prof. Yao on China’s economic growth in new cycle.

Event Info

Topic: China’s Economic Growth in New Cycle

Organizer: MBA Center at NSD

Co-Organizers: Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Edinburgh, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Bath, Beijing and Shanghai Alumni Associations of the University of Bristol, China Alumni Association of the University of Warwick, Beijing Alumni Association of Coventry University, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Leicester, Beijing Division of the China Alumni Association of the University of Reading, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Leeds, Beijing Alumni Association of King’s College London, Beijing and Shanghai Alumni Associations of University College London, Beijing Alumni Association of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Beijing Division of the Alumni Association of the University of Manchester, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Southern Carolina, Beijing Alumni Association of Newcastle University, Beijing Alumni Association of New York University, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of Nottingham, Beijing Alumni Association of Purdue University, Beijing Alumni Association of the University of St Andrews, and Beijing Alumni Association of John Hopkins University

Time: 14:00-16:00, Sunday March 27, 2022

Format: Online

Speaker: Prof. Yao Yang (PKU Bo Ya Distinguished Professor, Dean of the NSD, Director of China Center for Economic Research, Executive Dean of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development at PKU)

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Agenda:

14:00-14:30 Introduction of MBA Programs at the NSD

14:30-15:30 Lecture: China’s Economic Growth in New Cycle

15:30-15:45 Q&A for Lecture

15:45-16:00 Q&A for MBA Applications

About Prof. Yao Yang

Yao Yang is PKU Bo Ya Distinguished Professor, Dean of the NSD, Director of China Center for Economic Research, Executive Dean of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, editor in chief of the Economics journal (quarterly), and a member of China Economy 50 Forum. He’s the winner of Sun Yefang Economic Science Award in 2008 and 2014, Pu Shan International Economics Award in 2008 and 2010, and Zhang Peigang Development Economics Award in 2008. He was voted Ten Best Teachers of PKU in 2006 and Ten Best Graduate Student Tutors in 2017. His research encompasses China’s institutional transition, China’s economic growth under reform and opening up, as well as rural development. He has published more than 100 papers in Chinese and international journals.