Fall, 1997

Friday, October 17:
"Reform of State Owned Enterprises in China"
HU Angang
Research Fellow, China Academy of Science
Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Friday, October 31:
"Foreign Investment in China"
LI Ling
Deputy Director General
Department of Treaty & Law
MOFTEC

Friday, November 14:
"Reform of Commercial Banks in China"
HUANG Xiaoheng
General Manager
International Department
China Construction Bank

Friday, November 28
"Intellectual Property Protection in China"
LU Guoqiang
Chief Judge
Intellectual Property Division
Shanghai High People's Court, China

Thursday, December 4:
"Reform of Legal Education in China"
ZENG Xianyi
Dean and Professor of Law
Renmin University Law School

Spring, 1998

Friday, January 23:
"The Asian Financial Crisis"
A joint discussion with Jian Qiao Xin Yu (Cambridge New Saloon)

Sunday, Feb. 1:
"China's Current Economic Reform"
LI Shan
VP, Goldman Sachs

Friday, Feb. 20:
"China's Growing Pains and the American Response"
Ezra Vogel
Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University

Wednesday, Feb. 25:
"China in the Asia-Pacific Region"
Joint discussion with the Asia-Pacific Forum
Harvard University

Friday, March 6:
"The Foundation of Democracy in China"
QIU Zeqi
Associate Professor
Beijing University

Friday, March 13:
"Development of Hightech Industries in China"
Charles Pau
Director of International Development
Lotus, Inc.

Friday, April 3:
"Relationship between Political Reform and Economic Reform"
XU Chenggang
Lecturer in Economics
London School of Economics

Friday, April 24:
"Nurturing Entrepreneurship in China"
YANG Xiaokai
Professor of Economics
Monash University, Australia
(organized by committee on economics/business)

Friday, May 1:
"Village Election in China"
Discussion Leader: Wang Xu, Princeton University

Saturday, May 31:
"The Asian Financial Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities"
A one-day conference assessing the difficulties, risks, and opportunities facing Asia
(organized by Harvard China Review)

Fall 1998

Thursday, September 24
"Development of New Contract Law in China"
WANG Limin
Vice Dean and Professor of Law
Renmin University Law School

Thursday, October 8
"Mixed Constitution and China's Political Reform"
CUI Zhiyuan
Associate Professor of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Friday, October 23
"Current Ethnic Issues in China"
WANG Jianming, Professor of Sociology and Ethnicity
Central Institute of Ethnicity, Beijing

Thursday, November 12
"The Impact of Asian Financial Crisis on China and Hong Kong"
WEI Shangjin, Associate Professor of International Economics
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Friday, December 5
"Challenges and Opportunities in China's Development: A Tale of One City"
ZHANG Xinsheng, Former Mayor, Suzhou City, China

Thursday, December 10
"The Reform of State Owned Enterprises in China"
Gary Jefferson, Professor of Economics, Brandeis University

Spring 1999

Thursday, February 18
"How to Build Checks and Balances in Chinese Government"
HUANG Yasheng, Associate Professor of Business, Government and International Economy
Harvard Business School

Thursday, March 4
"Confucian Ethics as a Spiritual Resource for the Emerging Global Community"
TU Weiming
Director, Yenching Institute, Harvard University
Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy, Harvard University

Thursday, March 18
"Rural Development in China"
LU Mai, Research Fellow
Development Research Center, State Council, China

Thursday, April 8
"Comparative Democratization Process in East Asia"
Joint Discussion with Harvard Asia Pacific Forum

Thursday, April 15
"The Current Economic Condition in China"
ZHANG Guangping, Visiting Professor of Finance, Suffolk University

Saturday, April 17
"1979-1999: An Examination of the Forces Bahind the US-China Relations"
A one-day conference organized by Harvard China Review

Wednesday, May 12
"Bankruptcy in China"
CAO Siyuan, Founder, Siyuan Institute, Beijing