CDFW · Gulf Innovation Investment Conference| Discussion on the Gulf Capital Market under China-Arab Financial Cooperation

Publish： 2024-03-22

Chengdu Finance Week · Gulf Innovation Investment Conference and Middle East Closed-Door Seminar were successfully held recently, with more than fifty experts from international organizations, regulatory authorities, sovereign wealth funds, exchanges, banks, brokers, funds, and industrial organizations attending both offline and online.

With the theme of “China-Arab Financial Cooperation under Geopolitical Economic Uncertainty: The Gulf Capital Market in the Middle East of the Belt and Road Initiative”, the conference focused on ten sub-themes, including development and regulation of the Gulf capital market, financial infrastructure connectivity, liquidity characteristics, product innovation, industry-finance cooperation, e-CNY, and transition finance. From the perspective of multilateral economic cooperation, participating experts had an in-depth discussion on the opportunities, challenges, goals, and development of China-Arab financial cooperation on the basis of interdisciplinary dialogue, with a view to provide practical decision-making support for China-Arab multilateral financial cooperation.

Speakers（Partial）

WANG Lincong

Deputy Director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies(WAAS) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS), Vice-President of the China-Africa Institute and President of The Chinese Association of Middle East Studies

NIU Xinchun

Vice-President of Ningxia University, Director of the Institute of Chinese Arab Studies, Vice-President of The Chinese Association of Middle East Studies, Former Director of Institute of Middle East Studies and Institute of American Studies of China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

LIANG Qizhou

Director General of Chengdu Municipal Local Financial Regulation Bureau

BA Shusong

Managing Director, Chief China Economist of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) , Executive Director, the HSBC Financial Research Institute at Peking University，Chief Economist, the CBA

GUAN Tao

Global Chief Economist, Bank of China International Securities, and former Director of Balance of Payments Department, The State Administration of Foreign Exchange

ZHANG Liqing

Professor of the School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Director of Center for International Finance Studies, Chief Economist of PwC

CAO Li

Vice President of the BFA Academy, Deputy Director, Digital Currency Research Institute, People’s Bank of China

YE Yanfei

Former Inspector of National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR)

CHEN Chao

Director of China Investment Corporation(CIC) Research Institute

CHEN Weidong

President of Academy of Bank of China and Secretary General of China International Finance Society

HE Ping

HE Ping Deputy Dean,School of Economics and Management Chair, Department of Finance Department of Finance Director, China Centre for Financial Research, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

HU Yifan

Investment Director and Head of Macroeconomics, UBS Wealth Management for Asia Pacific

MIU Yanliang

Chief Strategist and Executive Head of Research Department of CICC, and former Chief Economist of General Services Center of SAFE

LU Ruquan

President of Economic and Technological Research Institute of CNPC and Deputy Director of CNPC National Advanced Think Tank Centre for Research and Studies