Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, Author of What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Deputy Managing Editor, Caixin Media
Deputy General Manager, Chief Investment Officer (Equity), Southern Asset Management
Founder and CEO, QuadTalent Technology
Vice President, Caixin Media; Managing Director, Caixin Global
Topics
· How to leverage the power of different stakeholders (governments, businesses, and social groups) to alleviate health, educational, economic and social losses?
· What has the pandemic taught us? What trends have been accelerated and what have been reversed?
· How do we rethink international relations and rebuild trust among major economies? How to find common grounds for dialogue?
· What should be done to the global trade and financial systems, to promote equal opportunities for all?
· How will technology disrupt the business world and the society? What are the essential skill sets for the younger generation?
Agenda
Including brief welcome remarks, 30 minutes’ dialogue with Stephen A. Schwarzman, 30 minutes’ comments and discussion.
Stephen A. SchwarzmanChairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, Author of What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Huang ShanDeputy Managing Editor, Caixin Media
Shi BoDeputy General Manager, CIO (Equity), Southern Asset Management
Min WanliFounder and CEO, QuadTalent Technology
Li XinVice President, Caixin Media; Managing Director, Caixin Global
For the private equity firm boss, deeper ties between the two countries are the key to improving the relationship.
A high-level annual economic forum bringing together China’s top officials and world business leaders is scheduled to start this weekend and will focus on further opening up the country’s economy.
Following its inaugural meeting, U.S.-China Business Leaders Summit chaired by founders of Alibaba and Blackstone calls for open, transparent, business-friendly environment.
There is “no chance” that the coronavirus pandemic will end this summer, a prominent Chinese medical expert has said in an article calling on countries to prepare for a “new normal” amid plans to reopen following deadly Covid-19 outbreaks.
"Although China has made some achievements in the earlier stages, we need to remain prudent and determined to fight the pandemic for an extended time,” said Zhang Wenhong.
Dr Jim Yong Kim, former president of the World Bank, attened 10th Caixin Summit and delivered a speech in Beijing in November 2019.
Many parts of the world are stepping up their study of digital currencies. Among them, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is at the forefront.
The central bank’s three-year plan for China’s fintech development is entering its implantation phrase five months after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued it.
The opening of China’s financial markets over the past decade has given significant impetus to the internationalization of the yuan, but more needs to be done to encourage overseas investors to use the Chinese currency, a senior official at PBOC said.
The PBOC has outlined its key priorities and tasks for 2020 after a two-day meeting to set its policy agenda, pledging to win the battle to defuse financial risks, improve and expand the scope of its macro-prudential regulation, and strengthen counter-cyclical policies to support economic growth.
China’s central bank said it had neither issued any digital currency nor authorized asset-trading platforms to deal in one, as rumors swirled about its mooted issuance of a state-backed digital currency.
China has decided to remove the caps on how much overseas investors can invest in the country through certain programs, in a move to further open up the country’s financial markets.
