SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
OF THE 21ST CENTURY:
AN AGENDA FOR CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES
SHANGHAI, CHINA • SEPTEMBER 5-7, 2008
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
6:00-6:30
Cocktail Reception - ZIJIN HALL, 1st floor of the Protocol Court
6:30-6:40 GREETINGS - ZIJIN HALL, 1st floor of the Protocol Court
Lu Mai, Secretary-General, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)
Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and Director, Program on International Financial
Systems, Harvard Law School
6:40-7:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - ZIJIN HALL, 1st floor of the Protocol Court
GUO Shuqing, Chairman, China Construction Bank
Introduced by: Levin ZHU, President, China International
Capital Corporation Ltd.
Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, Special Envoy for China and
the Strategic Economic Dialogue, U.S. Department of Treasury (pre-recorded video)
Q & A by:
David P. Loevinger, Minister-Counselor for Financial Affairs,
Embassy of the United States of America, Beijing
7:30-9:00
Dinner - ZIJIN HALL, 1st floor of the Protocol Court
9:00-11:00
After-Dinner Cocktail - 3rd floor of Guest-Greeting Court
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
7:30-8:15
Breakfast Buffet - 1st and 3rd floor of the Guest-Greeting Court
Breakfast Meeting of Panelists, Reporters, and Facilitators (Please sit at
the reserved tables on the 3rd floor of the Guest-Greeting Court)
8:30-8:35 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS - YULAN HALL, 2nd floor of the Protocol Court
ZHANG Yutai, Minister, the Development Research Center (DRC)
of the State Council, China
8:35-9:30 PANEL SESSION - YULAN HALL, 2nd floor of the Protocol Court
Topic 1: Turmoil in the Financial Markets
China Panelist:
ZHU Xiaohuang, Vice President, China Construction Bank
China Panelist:
HA Jiming, Chief Economist, China International
Capital Corporation
U.S. Panelist:
Catherine R. Kinney, Group Execu