ZEW President to Exchange Views on Key Economic Policy Issues in China

What does the current state of the world economy look like from a European perspective? What is the relationship between China, the USA and Europe? What challenges does digitalisation pose for the social market economy? These and other economic policy questions are the subject of various lectures by ZEW President Professor Achim Wambach during his business and lecture tour through the People’s Republic of China from 23 May to 3 June 2019, which includes stops in Shanghai, Beijing and Jinan. The aim of the tour is, among other things, to strengthen ZEW’s relations with Chinese partners through lectures and discussions with representatives from the realms of politics, business and science.

The tour kicks off with two lectures by Wambach at this year’s Shanghai Forum at Fudan University. The event, which was first organised in 2005, provides an important occasion for policymakers, entrepreneurs and researchers to discuss current economic policy and global economic issues. ZEW and Fudan University in Shanghai, which hosts the event, have been cooperating in the field of financial research since 2013. One result of this cooperation is the China Economic Panel (CEP), a joint monthly survey collecting economic and finance data on China.

From Shanghai Wambach will travel on to Beijing, where he will give lectures at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Peking University and the German Embassy. Wambach’s tour of China will conclude with a lecture on digitalisation and the social market economy at the Shandong University of Finance and Economics in Jinan.