On April 26, 2022, the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University and the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) co-hosted the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics. The online conference invited speakers including Peng Gang, Vice President of Tsinghua University; Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Adams University Professor at Harvard University; Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and University Professor at Columbia University; Jean Tirole, 2014 Nobel Laurea...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, audience members viewed a lecture from Joseph Stiglitz on the importance of balance between market and government as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been lightly edited for clarity. Joseph Stiglitz is a 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics and University Professor at Columbia University.It's a real pleasure to be able to give this address to your Society. The central message of your Society is one that I very strongly support: that an effecti...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, audience members viewed a lecture from Jean Tirole on the role of government in the 21st century economy, with a particular focus on the balance between government and independent agencies as well as between government and its citizens. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been lightly edited for clarity. Jean Tirole is a 2014 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Honorary Chairman of Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont – Toulouse School of Economics.Thank you so much, David, and thank you to S...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, audience members viewed a lecture from Liu Yuanchun on the repositioning of government in extraordinary times. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been translated from Chinese into English and lightly edited for clarity. Liu Yuanchun is the Vice President of Renmin University of China.The topic of my speech today is the repositioning of government in extraordinary times. This is a big topic, but in the context of such overlapping factors as the pandemic, our economic slump, and the v...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, Huang Qifan gave a lecture on the requirements and benefits of building a unified national market in China. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been translated from Chinese into English and lightly edited for clarity. Huang Qifan is the Former Mayor of Chongqing Municipality and a Distinguished Professor at Fudan University. Good morning everyone! The theme of my speech is that the construction of a unified nationa...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, Fang Ning gave a lecture on the changing nature of the relationship between the government and the market in China from an institutional perspective. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been translated from Chinese into English and lightly edited for clarity. Fang Ning is a Former Director and Researcher of the Institute of Political Science at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and a Chair Professor at Sichuan University. It is a great honor to be i...
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At the Fourth Annual Conference of Government and Economics, held virtually on April 26, 2022, Huang Qunhui gave a lecture on how coordinated regional development can contribute to common prosperity. What follows is a transcript of his lecture that has been translated from Chinese into English and lightly edited for clarity. Huang Qunhui is the Director of the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).Thank you very much, Director Li, for the invitation to participate in the 4th Annual Conference of Government and Economics, and congratulations to Tsinghua Univers...
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Welcome to the Third Annual Conference of Government and Economics. Please allow me to take a moment to introduce the basic background of this annual international conference, which is co-sponsored by the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) and is being held for the third time. Government and economics is a branch of economics that has been carefully planned and constructed by a group of scholars from Tsinghua University in conjunction with international economists over the past three to four years. As a new branch of econo...
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This annual conference is of great significance and features a pertinent topic. Indeed, since China initiated its reform and opening up more than 40 years ago, the country has successfully transitioned from an impoverished economy to a well-off society. In 1978, our per capita GDP amounted to only about 100 USD, but in 2020, the figure was close to 11,000 USD. This is a great miracle of human society. It was indeed quite hard for people four decades ago to imagine that their country, so deeply entrenched in the system of a planned economy an...
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