Events

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, invited by the School of Economics and Management at Tianjin Chenjian University to provide public lecture on "Beijing-Hebei Capital Mega-city Region Strategic Planning: trends, considerations and policy choices", in Tianjin.

http://glx.tjuci.edu.cn/Ycity/news/2013-11-26/2025.html

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, invited keynote speak at China Regional Economic & Growing Enterprises Forum, "Factors Critical to Design of China's urbanization: land system reforms and financial facilitation and support", jointly organized by School of Economics, and Centre for Financial Innovation and Development, Peking University, in Beijing, China.

http://econ.pku.edu.cn/displaynews2.php?id=3729

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was invited by Jiangmen Municipal Government to provide keynote presentation on "New opportunities for second-time industrial upgrading and transfer in Pearl River Delta" at Seminar on the Development of Greater Guanghai Bay, jointly organized by the Jiangmen Municipal Government and Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning And Design Institute, Jiangmen, China.

http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2013-09-24/071928284025.shtml

News reported about the event in Chinese

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was invited as keynote speaker at the Symposium on Regional Population and Development in China, "Myths of China's new urbanization", jointly organized by Fudan University, and Shanghai Population Association, Shanghai.

http://news.fudan.edu.cn/2013/0929/34396.html

http://finance.sina.com/bg/experts/sinacn/20131001/0106872268.html

News reported about the event in Chinese

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was invited to deliver a consultation talk on Strategic Development Planning for Zhuhai – Hengqin: Financial Industry and Financial Sub-centre Development, project hosted by Zhuhai-Hengqin Municipal Government. This talk was attended by the Mayor of Zhuhai municipal government and Party Chief of Hengqin New Zone.

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was interviewed and aired by Swedish Radio on August 21st, 2013, on "China's macro-economic cycles and possibility for financial hard landings"

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=5622691

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was interviewed and aired by 上海第一財經電視 on August 3, 2013, on "PRD labour cost and manufacturing returning to HK"

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkxMjcxMTc2.html

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was interviewed and aired by China Radio International on August 1, 2013, on "Urbanisation in China"

http://english.cri.cn/7146/2013/08/01/3381s779379.htm

Invited Oxford scholar, Dr. Dariusz Wójcik, co-author with Prof. Gordon L. Clark, "The Geography of Finance", to provide public lecture on Capitalist Tools in Socialist Hands? China Mobile in the Global Financial Network. The lecture was jointly organized by HKU ICCDS, Centre for China Financial Research and Asian Institute of International Financial Law, at the University of Hong Kong, and funded by Theme-based Research Scheme Project on Enhancing Hong Kong's Future as a Leading International Financial Centre.

Dr. Simon Zhao, Director of ICCDS, was interviewed by NHK World 日本放送協會 on Feb 2, 2013, on "China Labour Issues: China's population bonus and manufacturing competitiveness"

https://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/asiabiz/archives201301310600.html