Finance China 2022 | The Asian Banker | 24 August 2022 | TBA, Beijing, China

The global economic fallout from the outbreak of pandemic compounding with trade tensions, protectionism, climate change, and geopolitics conflict are splitting the world into divergent trajectories. In response to the pandemic, advanced economies unleashed unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus to restore market confidence and financial stability; a variety of challenges mount for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)—including elevated inflation, rising price, and record debt levels. Sanctions on Russia by western countries are manifested in some disrupted key supply chains and a sizeable increase in the prices of key commodities, which is potentially leading to even higher inflation and weaker growth across the globe. On the other hand, new trends in digital transformation accelerated by COVID-19 maintain rapid progress, revolutionise businesses, and provide new impetus for the economy.

“Unexpected” factors - Omicron prevention and tensions between Ukraine and Russia will weigh on China’s economy in the short term while triple pressures from shrinking demand, supply shocks, and weakening expectations continue to persist. With the effective control of the epidemic alongside new tools and refined policies, the normal economic order is expected to be restored, and the economic operations to return to the normal track. China’s financial services industry players continue to focus on digital transformation, boost financing to real economy and small and medium-sized sector, accelerate reforms and opening-up as well as drive green finance for a stable, high-quality, and sustainable economic growth.

Past Speakers

Dietrich Domanski
Secretary General, Financial Stability Board

Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva
Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements

Richard L. Sandor
Chairman of the Board and CEO, American Financial Exchange; Founder, Chicago Climate Exchange

Zhang Jun
Dean, School of Economics, Fudan University

Huang Yiping
Deputy Dean and Sinar Mas Chair Professor of Finance and Economics National School of Development, Peking University

Zhang Anlong
Deputy General Manager, Financial Technology Department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Lu Yong
Chief Technology Officer, LexinFintech

Sunil Mascarenhas
Investment Specialist, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Asian Development Bank

Gong Li
General Manager, Corporate Banking, WeBank

Dou Yanhong
CEO, Global Logistic Properties Financial

Zhu Jianhua
Co-founder and Vice President, Dashu Financial

Chen Wen
Partner and Vice President, President, Financial Cloud Business Division, Tongdun Technology

Sean Kidney
CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Cui Ying
Director, Climate Finance Centre, the International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Hu Bofei
Deputy General Manager, International Business Department, China Construction Bank

Jason Xie
General Manager, Eastspring Investments Shanghai

Zong Liang
Lead Researcher, Bank of China

Victor Gao
Vice President, Center for China and Globalization

MODERATOR

Yuan Man
Deputy Editor, Caijing Magazine

Gracie Sun
Managing Director, Green Finance Center and Senior Advisor, Paulson Institute

Hu Jie
Professor of Practice, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Hugh Zeng
Research Manager, The Asian Banker