The Annual Meeting of Economic Fluctuation and Growth Research Workshop in 2022 was successfully held on Oct 21-23, 2022. Many scholars from domestic universities shared their achievements and ideas on technology diffusion and great divergence, family behavior and macro policies, industrial structure and economic fluctuations, inflation and monetary policy and other related issues.
This conference was initiated by the Center for Macroeconomic Research of Xiamen University, which is one of the key research institutes of the Ministry of Education (MOE), in conjunction with the Economic Fluctuation and Growth Forum (EFG). It was also one of the new centennial series of academic activities of the economics discipline of Xiamen University.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Prof. Jianpo Xue, delivered by Prof. Yinggang Zhou, which is the deputy dean of School of Economics and the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics of Xiamen University. Prof. Yinggang Zhou noted that many of the papers presented at the forum have been published in top international and domestic economic journals in the seven years since the forum was held. "Using Scientific Methods to Study China" is the goal of the forum of Economic Fluctuation and Growth. We hoped that all of participants can continue to adhere to and carry forward this concept, and jointly promote the innovation and development of domestic macroeconomics.
The conference lasted for one and a half days, with a total of 4 sub-forums set up by 7 scholars to share their papers. The topics included technology diffusion and great divergence, family behavior and macro policies, industrial structure and economic fluctuations, inflation and monetary policy and other important aspects. Following the usual style, each paper will have one hour for presentation and discussion, including 30 minutes of presentation, followed by 15 minutes of comments from the reviewers, 10 minutes of questions from the audience, and 5 minutes of response time for comments and questions. It is expected to conduct in-depth interpretation and analysis of the selected articles, sharp comments and fierce discussion, so as to build a platform for in-depth exchange of views and promote academic cooperation for macroeconomists.
On the morning of the Oct. 23, the last session of the conference was a lecture on "Monetary Transmission in Near Cashless Economies " by Dr. Shengxing Zhang, which is a visiting associate professor at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), an assistant professor at London School of Economics. It was also the first lecture of Macroeconomics and Development Economics, which is hosted by the Center for Macroeconomic Research of Xiamen University.
This forum was hosted by the Center for Macroeconomic Research of Xiamen University, jointly initiated by Peking University HSBC Business School, Financial Development and Policy Research Center of Wuhan University, Fubon Center for Finance and Industry Research at Xiamen University, the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, and School of Economics at Xiamen University, lnstitute of Public Finance and Taxation at Renmin University of China, Silk Road Financial Research Center at Central University of Finance and Economics. It has also received academic support from the journal of China Economic Studies, Review of Economic Research, China Journal of Economics, Economic Theory and Business Management, Economic Review, Nankai Business Review.
