The latest development trend and theoretical exploration of "the Belt and Road Initiative"
Lecture | May 18, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. | International Meeting Hall in Zeng Xianzi Science Center

Speaker: Liang Hai-ming, China Silk Road iValley Research Institute
Sponsors: Publicity Department of Party Committee, Cultural Quality Education
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ABOUT LIANG HAI-MING
Liang Hai-ming is the president and chief economist of China Silk Road iValley Research Institute, member of academic committee of Qinghai Institute of Silk Road Economic Belt, standing director of China Cloud System Pioneer Strategic Alliance, Chinese financial columnist in London Financial Times, and financial commentator of CCTV. His main research interests include study on the Belt and Road Initiative, macro economy, economic cooperation of Guangdong province, Hongkong, and Macao, international communication, and block chain application. His several research reports on "the Belt and the Road Initiative" are turned over to Chinese central government, and received leaders' instructions.

His newly published books include Economics on the Belt and Road Initiative, Financial Facts You don't Know: the World after America Exit Quantitative Easing, From Shanghai-Hongkong Stock Connect to Shenzhen-Hongkong Stock Connect: Connectivity and New Opportunities for Hongkong, New Opportunities for China's Stock Market, and China New Economic Policy and Us. He writes books in collaboration with Asian Investment Bank governor Jin Li-qun, and former Senior Vice President of the World Bank Lin Yi-fu, including the Belt and Road Initiative Leading China: National Top Strategic Design and Action Plan, the Belt and Road Initiative: the Last Opportunity for Hongkong's Takeoff.

 
ABSTRACT
The two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing on May 14 and 15 is a grand meeting with the largest scale and highest level since the B& R Initiative was put forward. What's the latest development trend of the B&R Initiative in the future after the forum? China is the initiator of the initiative, and responsible and supportive practitioner. What's the B&R Initaitive? What did the initiative accomplish in more than three years since it was proposed? What is the theoretical system supporting the development of the B& R initiative? At the critical stage of all-around construction of the B&R Initiative, JNU Centennial Hall holds lecture series to decode the B&R Initiative. This time we invite Liang Hai-ming, authoritative researcher on the B&R Initiative, president and chief economist of China Silk Road iValley Research Institute to analyze and illuminate the B&R Initiative to help us get a better understanding.