Can China Recover from Post-2007 Slowdowns?

This talk will focus on three questions: Why has China been slowing down for more than 1.5 decades? Could China succeed in boosting domestic demand? What are the likely outcomes of the China-US competition?

About the Speaker

Chair Professor Guanghua Wan is Deputy Dean, Institute of Chinese Modernization and Development, Nankai University, China. Previously, he was Director, Institute of World Economy, Fudan University. Before returning to China, he spent a decade in the Asian Development Bank as a Research Director and Head of Poverty/Inequality Group. Earlier in his career, he taught in Australian Universities and was a senior economist in the United Nations. 

Trained in development economics and econometrics, Dr. Wan is a multi-award-winning scholar on the Chinese economy and an expert on Asia, with an outstanding publication record of more than 300 professional articles and a dozen of books including two by Oxford University Press. The latest RePEc ranks Dr. Wan among the top 4% economists globally and top 2% in Asia. Some of his publications can be downloaded here.

The ANU China Seminar Series is supported by the Australian Centre on China in the World at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.