Previous Speakers
Jian Gao
Visiting scholar at the Department of Economics in Harvard. Former Executive Vice Governor of the China Development Bank
Jiming Ha
Vice Chairman of Investment Management Unit - China and Chief Investment Strategist of Investment Management Unit - China, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Jeffrey Sean Lehman
The vice chancellor and CEO of startup joint venture New York University Shanghai. Chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, president of Cornell University, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, and chairman of Internet2
Zhenhua Mao
President of China Chengxin Credit Management Company and the co-director of Renmin university’s Economic Research Institute. Adjunct professor for Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Southwest University of Finance and Economics
Jeffery Sachs
American economist and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Known as one of the world's leading experts on economic development and the fight against poverty
Terry Tamminen
Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor.
Huiyao Wang
Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a top independent global think tank in China.
Xiaonian Xu
Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business School. Worked at Center of Development and Research, State Council of the People's Republic of China as Research Fellow.
Yuliang Zhang
Chairman of the Board of Directors and President, Greenland Holdings Group Corporation Limited
Qiang Wang
Co-Founder of ZhenFund.Co-Founder of New Oriental Education&Technology Group (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private education in China.
Hosted TV show called "From Word to the World"
Baocun Liu
Director of the International and Comparative Education Research Institute at Beijing Normal University.Vice President of the China Comparative Education Society, Associate Editor-in-chief of the Comparative Education Review
Xiaoya Wang
The primary anchor of several CCTV shows including Half Hour of Economy, Happy Dictionary, Golden Land, Dialogue. Was Awarded the “National Top Ten Business Host Awards”, “The most popular TV personality”.
Shusong Ba
Deputy Director of Research Institute of Finance of DRC.China’s State Organs Youth Federation; Deputy Secretary-general at Chinese Society of Macroeconomics;
Chief Economist at China Banking Association;
Chengpeng Li
First made his name in China as a soccer journalist. Unveil the “truth” of what’s going on inside of the soccer association in China. Mr. Li became rather famous among netizens for his outspoken style of writing as a social commentator as he severely criticizes the government and authorities.
Xin Li
Visiting assistant professor in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia Univesity. Her research explores crucial issues linking economic development, environmental protection, and technological innovation in different institutional settings.