Central Banking
Opportunities and risks from economic recovery
Former prime minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama, chairman of the IFF Advisory Committee, welcomes the shift in China’s direction towards sustained growth through structural reforms
China makes strong start on economic transition
The past year has been one of progress for China’s structural reform plans. Zhang Hongli, IFF Academic Committee member and vice-president of ICBC, examines the forward momentum
Deepening reform of the financial system
Governor of the People’s Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan examines the Central Committee’s proposals set out in the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan of national economic and social development
Reforming the Chinese banking system
China Banking Regulatory Commission chairman Shang Fulin explains how the banking system can evolve to safely support sound and sustainable development
Promoting China’s financial liberalisation agenda
Increased risks are an inevitable upshot of greater innovation and disruption in the banking sector, but they can be mitigated, writes Zhang Liqing of the Central University of Finance and Economics
Accelerating China's capital market reform and cutting debt risks
Recent events have demonstrated that financing difficulties in the real economy persist. Chu Xiaoming, chairman of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, looks at how the government can tackle these risks
The economic new normal and China’s financial policy
Han Seung-soo, co-chair of the IFF and former prime minister of the Republic of Korea, offers a personal view on the impact of economic developments in China
Progress and prospects of China’s pilot Free Trade Zones
Pei Changhong, director of the Institute of Economics, China Academy of Social Sciences, on the progress of reforms in China’s pilot Free Trade Zones
A strategy for growth: China’s development initiatives
Wang Yan, deputy director, IFF Institute, examines the role China’s One Belt One Road vision can play in providing a boost to global growth
The role of financial institutions in infrastructure development
Jiang Jianqing, chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, explains why financing modern, efficient infrastructure is the key to future prosperity
Sustainable infrastructure investment and financing are key to Chinese growth
Infrastructure investment is an essential component to enhancing economic growth and achieving long-term stability, writes Zheng Zhijie, president of China Development Bank
Driving China’s international investment activities
Li Keping, vice-chairman of China Investment Corporation, explains why working together to achieve shared goals must play a key role in China’s overseas investment strategy
Meeting global infrastructure needs with MDB backing
KV Kamath, president of New Development Bank, discusses the pivotal role that multilateral development banks can play in meeting the infrastructure investment requirements of developing countries
Case study: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Countries such as Pakistan stand to benefit enormously from Chinese infrastructure investment as part of the One Belt, One Road policy, writes Habib Bank president and CEO Nauman K Dar
China’s role in globalisation post-financial crisis
Huang Mengfu, honorary chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, examines what China’s role will be in an increasingly interconnected world
The role of infrastructure in spurring Chinese growth
Wendy Dobson, IFF Academic Committee member and former Canadian associate deputy minister of finance, highlights three lessons that can be applied to the Silk Road initiative
The renminbi and the international monetary system
Zhou Yueqiu, director of the Urban Finance Research Institute of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, offers some perspectives on the future role for the renminbi post-SDR inclusion
Co-ordinating China’s domestic and international efforts
As China becomes an increasingly significant player on the international stage it can no longer be insular in its policies, writes deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, Yi Gang
Lin Jianhai: The state of the global economy
Secretary general of the IMF Lin Jianhai offers his views on global challenges and China’s economic transition
Han Seung-soo: financial opening and the renminbi
former prime minister of the Republic of Korea Han Seung-soo explains why the time is right for a rethink on the current international financial system as well as China’s role in a proposed new system
The growing role of China in an interconnected world
With global economic health ever more reliant on Chinese growth, Wang Yan, deputy director of the IFF Institute, looks at how structural reforms can help China take a leading role in the future
Reform facilitated by the renminbi’s inclusion in the SDR basket
Ba Shusong, IFF Academic Committee member and chief China economist of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong examines the significance of the renminbi’s SDR inclusion
Micro factors affect Italian banks’ sovereign debt purchases, paper argues
Italian banks’ sovereign debt purchases strongly affected by their balance sheet needs, Bank of Italy researchers argue; size of bank a key factor
Weidmann: GDP-linked bonds an ‘avenue worth exploring’
Eurozone countries should explore merits of GDP-linked bonds, Bundesbank president argues; says move could help revision of sovereign risk weightings and cites Bank of England work