Justin Yifu Lin: Free Trade Zone & Deepening Reform in China

Part of the National Committee's Forecast of China’s Economy for 2016. For additional video, speaker Power Points, agenda and speaker bios, visit: https://www.ncuscr.org/content/forecast-chinas-economy-2016 China is at a critical turning point as it approaches the start of its thirteenth Five-Year Plan in 2016. The National Committee and Peking University’s China Center for Economic Research (CCER) brought together several of China’s leading economists and economic experts to give a forecast for China’s economy in 2016. Characterized as one of China’s most influential economists, former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank Justin Lin gave his view on deepening reform and the issue of Free Trade Zones. Dr. Qin Xiao, Huang Haizhou and other prominent economists provided analysis of China’s stock market and capital markets, its role in the international monetary system, and much more. Speakers: • Justin Lin, Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development (NSD), Peking University (PKU); Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank • Qin Xiao, Chairman, Boyuan Foundation; Former Chairman, China Merchants Group • Huang Haizhou, Chief Strategist, Managing Director and Co-Head, Research Department, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) • Lu Feng, Professor, NSD; Director, China Macroeconomic Research Center (CMRC), PKU • Zha Daojiong, Professor, School of International Studies, PKU • Xu Gao, Chief Economist, China Everbright Securities Co., Ltd. • Xiang Songzuo, Chief Economist, Agricultural Bank of China • Huang Yiping, Professor and Deputy Dean, NSD, PKU Moderators: • Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Chief International Correspondent, CNBC • Yao Yang, Dean, NSD; Director, China Center for Economic Research (CCER), PKU • Stephen Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Added 14 Apr 2026