[Online, EN] Policy+ Exclusive Briefing on China's Economy and Policymaking

AmCham China

The American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham China) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose membership comprises 4,000 individuals from 900 companies operating across China. The Chamber’s nationwide mission is to help American companies succeed in China through advocacy, information, networking, and business support services. In addition to our headquarters in Beijing, AmCham China serves Tianjin, Central China, and Northeast China through our Chapters in Tianjin, Dalian, Shenyang, and Wuhan. Across the five offices, AmCham China has more than 30 working groups, and holds more than 150 events each year.

Event Details

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Professor Nancy Qian is the James J. O'Connor Professor of Economics at Kellogg School of Management MEDS and a Courtesy Professor at Northwestern University's Department of Economics. She co-directs the Global Poverty Research lab, and founded China Econ Lab, an independent international organization that promotes rigorous research about the Chinese Economy. She also serves as a Special-Term Professor of Economics at Fudan University's International School of Finance.

Her research explores long-term economic, cultural, and political evolution, focusing on formal institutions and cultural norms. She has investigated topics such as the Great Chinese and Soviet Famines and local democracy within autocratic regimes, with studies spanning China, the United States, former Eastern Bloc countries, and sub-Saharan Africa.

For her Bachelor's degree, Professor Qian studied economics, Japanese, mathematics, government and minored in Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and was a Harvard Academy post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center of Government. She was an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Economics at Yale University prior to Kellogg. Professor Qian has native fluency in Chinese (Mandarin, Shanghainese) and English, working ability of Japanese, Spanish and rudimentary Russian.

In this online P+ exclusive event, Professor Qian will share her perspectives on China's economic goals, policy making, and outcomes in President Xi's third term.

Event Details:

Event format: Online
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024, China/Beijing Local Time (GMT+8)
Agenda:
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Presentation
9:30 AM-10:00 AM Q&A
Contact: Elliott Johnson, ejohnson@amchamchina.org

This session will be conducted in English.

We warmly encourage all P+ subscribers and Chairman's Circle members to join us for this event. To register, kindly click "register" on the left. We invite you to come prepared with thoughtful questions. Please RSVP by 5:00 PM on July 9 Beijing Local Time.

Speakers

Nancy Qian

James J. O'Connor Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences at Northwestern University

Nancy Qian is the James J. O'Connor Professor of Economics at Kellogg and a professor of the Department of Economics by courtesy appointment. She co-directs the Global Poverty Research lab, and founded China Econ Lab, an independent international organization that promotes rigorous research about the Chinese Economy. For her Bachelor's degree, she studied economics, Japanese, mathematics, government and minored in Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and was a Harvard Academy post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center of Government. She was an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Economics at Yale University prior to Kellogg. Nancy has native fluency in Chinese (Mandarin, Shanghainese) and English, working ability of Japanese, Spanish and rudimentary Russian.

Professor Qian's research investigates the drivers of long-run economic, culture and political evolution. She has studied the causes and consequences of formal institutions, such as elections, and cultural norms, and gender preference and racial identity. She uses theory-driven frameworks and empirical evidence to resolve historical puzzles, such as the causes of the Great Chinese and Soviet Famines, or the presence of local democracy within autocratic regimes. Her work spans many current and historical contexts such as China, the United States, former Eastern Bloc countries and sub-Saharan Africa.

She is passionate about using research to address real-world problems and using higher education to encourage the personal and intellectual developments of students. At Northwestern, she has taught classes for MBAs (fulltime, evening and weekend, MSMS), EMBAs, Executive Educaion and Ph.D. students. Prior to Northwestern, she also taught undergraduates.

Her work has been published in top academic journals and featured in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio. She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, as well the recipient of many prestigious awards and grants. She serves in several editorial positions and has consulted for agencies such as The World Bank, the Global Development Network and the China Development Bank.

She regularly contributes opinion columns for outlets such as Bloomberg or Project Syndicate, appears on news outlets such NPR and CNN, and is working on her first book, which is planned for publication in 2023 with the University of Chicago Press.