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 2018 10TH LSE SU CHINA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

CHINA'S

PERSPECTIVES REDEFINED

Saturday, 3 Feb 2018

LSE Old Building

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ABOUT US

The LSE SU China Development Forum(CDF), co-organised by the LSE SU China Development Society and the LSE Institute of Global Affairs, was first founded in 2009. By its 10th birthday, the Forum has grown phenomenally to become the largest China-themed forum in Europe, with an audience of 400. ​The aim of the Forum is to provide a platform for both students interested in Chinese affairs as well as professionals well-versed in China studies to engage in vibrant and in-depth intellectual discussions.

Welcoming its 10-year anniversary, the 2018 LSE SU China Development Forum, ‘China’s Perspectives Redefined’, was conducted with the aim to inspire a series of intellectually-stimulating discussions revolving around how China will reshape her future as she ventures into a new world order. With a view to providing in-depth analyses and answers to the challenges facing China in the new era, the LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the LSE SU China Development Society brought together world-renowned speakers to join the debate and share their invaluable insights across a range of topics at the 2018 CDF.

THIS YEAR'S PANELS

REIMAGINING

THE SILK ROAD

THE BELT &

ROAD INITIATIVE

RECONCILING

CONFLICTING

SIGNALS

CAPITAL MARKET

REFORMS

IN SEARCH OF

SUSTAINABILITY

CHINA'S

ENVIRONMENTAL

POLICIES

UNCHARTED

WATERS

CHINA & GLOBAL

SECURITY

ARCHITECTURE

'DESIGNED

IN CHINA'

LEADING

GLOBAL INNOVATION

2018 CFD IN NUMBERS

10

CDS 10th Anniversary Giveback: steeply discounted early-bird tickets

20 distinguished 

speakers in fields

like government, academia and business.

1

CDF is the largest

student-led China-themed forum in Europe.

5

impressive panels

as shown below

20

400

members of the audience who participated actively in the Q&A session. 

KEY SPEAKERS

Keyu Jin

Associate Professor of Economics

at the LSE

Danny Quah

Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at LKY School of Public Policy,

National University of Singapore

Gordon Orr

Board Member at Lenovo,

Swire Pacific

Kent Deng

Professor of Economic History

at the LSE

Geoffrey Yu

UBS Head of Investment UK

Du Yang

Managing Director at China Securities International (CSCI)

Martin Jacques

Author of "When China Rules the World," and a columnist for the Guardian

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Isabel Hilton OBE

CEO of ChinaDialogue, the first bilingual non-profit organisation on Chinese environment issues

Yu Jie

Head of China Foresight at LSE IDEAS

Yu Wang

Founder/CEO of DeePhi Tech,

Associate Professor of Electronic

Engineering at Tsinghua University

Qing Mu

CEO/Co-founder of Rechaos,

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia

Debin Ma

Associate Professor of Economic History

at the LSE

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Robert S. Litwak

Senior Vice-President of the Wilson Center

Xiheng Jiang

Deputy Director at the State Council's Development Research Centre

Erik Berglof

Director at the LSE Institute of Global Affairs

Yuge Ma

Former Guest Researcher at the Brookings Institution

Klaus Larres

Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina

Vernon Henderson

School Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE

Yi-Ke Guo

Founding Director of the Data Science Institute at Imperial College

Xiaolan Fu

Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Professor of Technology and International Development at Oxford

Michael Cox

Director of LSE IDEAS

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