The First Annual Weatherhead East Asian Institute China Symposium
"China’s Economic Emergence: Progress, Pitfalls and Implications at Home and Abroad"
April 7-8, 2005
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005
Opening Remarks
Xiaobo Lü Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI), Columbia University
Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
8:24 
6:34 (real video)
Panel One :
The Chinese Economy: Model or Cautionary Tale?
Moderator:
John Williamson, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics 1:54
Panelists:
David Dollar, Country Director, China, World Bank 13:21 11:19 (real video)
Nicolas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics 10:06 9:46 (real video)
Hu Angang, Professor, Tsinghua University and Visiting Fellow, WEAI, Columbia University 8:58 8:39 (real video)
Carl Riskin, Senior Researcher, WEAI, Columbia University
12:50 12:25 (real video)
Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University 13:23 12:53 (real video)
Q&A 46:34
Panel 1 Summary
Lunch: Casa Italiana, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Keynote Speaker
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations 23:59 (real video)
Panel Two:
Public Health in an Era of Economic Transition: Challenges for the New Millennium
Moderator: Josh Ruxin, Assistant Clinical Professor, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, Mailman School of Public Health and The Earth Institute, Columbia University 2:02
Panelists:
Yanzhong Huang, Assistant Professor and Director, Center for Global Health Studies, Whitehead School of Diplomacy, Seton Hall University
Joan Kaufman, Senior Research Fellow and Director, AIDS Public Policy Training Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Senior Scientist, Heller School of Public Policy and Management, Brandeis University 11:35
Yuanli Liu, Assistant Professor of International Health, and Director, China Initiative, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Gordon Liu, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Economics and Management, Peking University and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Q&A
Panel 2 Summary
Panel Three: The Environment in Chinese Development
Moderator: Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Panelists:
Klaus Lackner, Professor, Earth Sciences, Columbia University 14:15
Upmanu Lall, Professor, Earth Sciences, Columbia University 10:31
Mike McElroy, Professor, Environmental Studies, Harvard University 16:59
Yisheng Zheng, Deputy Director, Center for Environment and Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 20:48
Q&A 42:32
Panel 3 Summary
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005
Panel Four:
Legal Institutions and Economic Growth in China
Moderator: Katharina Pistor (Professor, School of Law, Columbia University)
Panelists:
Jamie Horsley, Deputy Director, Senior Research Scholar in Law, and Lecturer in Law, The China Law Center, Yale Law School
Benjamin Liebman, Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies and Professor, School of Law, Columbia University
Owen Nee, Partner , Coudert Brothers
David Welle, U.S. Trade Representative Office
Madeleine Zelin, Professor, Department of History, Columbia University
Q&A 44:17
Panel Four Summary
Panel Five: Capital Markets: China’s Achilles Heel?
Moderator:
Charles Calomiris, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University 7:33
Panelists:
Lee Branstetter, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University 9:36
Mary Darby, Research Fellow, Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia University 9:07
Michael DeStefano, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, Standard and Poor's Rating Group 7:48
Yasheng Huang, Professor of International Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12:38
Shang-Jin Wei, Advisor and Head of Trade Unit, Research Department, International Monetary Fund 13:14
Bernd Schmitt, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University 6:34
Discussion led by Charles Calomiris 16:14
Q&A 15:08
Panel 5 Summary
Closing Remarks
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University 23:58
Xiaobo Lü, Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI), Columbia University 1:30
