Recent Presentations of Lawrence J. Lau:

June 24, 2004,"Economic Stabilization in the Age of Globalization," Li Kwoh-Ting Forum 2004, Symposium on “New Trends in Economic Development—Sustainability”, Southeast University, Nanjing.

May 26, 2004: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Stanford Day, Peking University, Beijing, China.

May 19, 2004: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Economic Development and International Economics Seminar, Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

May 3, 2004: "China in the Global Economy," UTStarcom China Telecom Executive Management Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

April 17, 2004: "Separation versus Integration: On the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Regulation of Commercial Banks," Symposium on the Reform of the State-Owned Commercial Banks, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

January 16, 2004: Symposium on "Asian Network of Economic Policy Research (ANEPR) 2003-2004: Asia in Search of a New Order," Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo.

November 29, 2003: "Economic Growth in the Digital Era," Symposium on “Welcoming the Challenge of the Digital Era” 2003 Kwoh-Ting Li Forum, Taipei.

November 18, 2003: "Some Thoughts on Pesonal Income Taxation in China," International Seminar on Personal Income Tax Reform, Beijing.

November 16-17, 2003: "A Choice of Urban Life-Style for China," China Development Forum 2003, Special Session on Energy Strategy and Reform, Beijing.

November 15, 2003: "Taxation as an Instrument of Public Policy," China Public Finance and Taxation Forum 2003, Beijing.

November 7, 2003: "The World Economy and Deflation," Fifth Meeting of the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank, Beijing.

October 14, 2003: "Chinese Economic Outlook and Key Issues," lecture presented at Focus Ventures Asian Forum 2003, Shanghai.

September 22, 2003: "China in the Global Economy," UTStarcom China Telecom Executive Management Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

September 19, 2003, "The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA): A Win-Win Strategy for Both Mainland and Hong Kong," Bank of China (Hong Kong) Seminar on "CEPA: A Catalyst for Sustainable Economic Growth in Hong Kong," Hong Kong.

September 6, 2003: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Conference on International and Development Economics in Honor of Professor Henry Y. Wan, Jr., Cornell University, Ithaca.

July 22, 2003: "The Chinese Economy over the Next Five Years ," Stanford Executive Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

July 2, 2003: "How the World Economy Affects the Chinese Economy?" National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China, Beijing.

June 26, 2003: "East Asia: Economic Competition or Integration?" Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong.

May 30, 2003: "The Impact of Economic Development of East Asia, Including China, on Japan," Keio University-Research Institute for the Economy, Trade and Industry Conference on the Japanese Economy: Leading East Asia in the 21st Century?, Keio University, Tokyo.

May 21, 2003: "The Comparative Postwar Economic Performance of the G-7 Countries," Economic Development and International Economics Seminar, Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford.

May 02, 2003: "The Chinese Economy after the Sixteenth Party Congress," Asia Briefing, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford.

April 8, 2003: "China's Progress Towards Capital Account Convertibility ," The Third Huang Lian Memorial Lecture, Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford.

March 28, 2003: "Chinese Economic Outlook: The Next Five Years," University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

March 26, 2003: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Tsinghua Lecture in Economics and Economic Policy, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

March 23, 2003: "Industrialization, Innovation and Industrial Policy," China Development Forum, Development Research Center of the State Council, People's Republic of China, Beijing.

December 22, 2002: "The World Economy--Near-Term Developments and Long-Term Trends," Far Eastern Group Strategy Meeting, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

December 10, 2002: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford.

November 1, 2002: "Comments on Pei-Shan Lee, 'Democratization and the Demise of the Developmental State' and Shangmao Chen and Chengtian Kuo, 'The Transformation of Crony Capitalism: Mixed Reforms of the Financial Institutions," Conference on Challenges to Taiwan's Democracy in the Post-Hegemonic Era, The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford.

October 30, 2002: "Strategies for Economic Growth in an Era of Rising Globalization," Kwoh-Ting Li Professorships Symposia, Friends of Stanford University Foundation, Taipei.

October 28, 2002: "China in the Global Economy," International Conference on the Accession to WTO and the Internationalization of the Chinese Economy," Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

October 28, 2002: "The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth," School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

October 27, 2002: "Outlook on the Chinese Economy," Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of Singapore, Hong Kong.

October 23, 2002, "Outlook on the Chinese Economy," Scottish Business Group, Hong Kong.

October 23, 2002, "The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth," School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.

October 15, 2002, "The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth," China Science Center, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

October 4, 2002: "Taiwan As a Model for Economic Development," 40th Anniversary Conference, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

August 28, 2002: "Outlook on the Chinese Economy," LG Electronics Inc. Executive Program, Palo Alto.

July 18, 2002: "Outlook on the Chinese Economy," LG Electronics Inc. Executive Program, Palo Alto.

June 16, 2002: " The Chinese Economy in the Twenty-First Century," Conference on China and World Economy in Honor of Prof. Gregory C. Chow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

June 7, 2002: " The Impact of Chinese Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the Chinese Economy," UTStarcom Workshop on Chinese Business and the World Economy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford

June 7, 2002: "The Critical Path for Continuing Chinese Economic Reform," UTStarcom Workshop on Chinese Business and the World Economy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford

May 28, 2002: "China in the Global Economy," UTStarcom Workshop on Chinese Business and the World Economy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford

May 23, 2002: "Global Economic Trends," National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing

May 3, 2002: "China's Economy and Implications for U.S. Policy," Committee of 100 11th Annual Conference, San Jose

March 16, 2002: "The Efficient Regulation and Supervision of Banks in the Information Technology Era," Bank of China Forum on Globalization and Bank Restructuring, Beijing, China

February 16, 2002: "Outlook on the Chinese Economy," Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 20th Annual Client Workshop, La Quinta, California

January 23, 2002: "Outlook on Asian Economies," Pacific Pension Institute 2002 Winter Roundtable Meeting, Redwood City, California

October 28, 2001: "Chinese Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Chinese Economy," Joint Lecture, Nanjing University and Southeast University, Nanjing, China

October 22, 2001: "Chinese Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Restructuring of the Chinese Economy," International Trade Forum of the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, Guangzhou (Canton), China

October 20, 2001: "Lessons from the East Asian Currency Crisis," Invited Lecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, China

October 19, 2001: "The Critical Path for Continuing Chinese Economic Reform," Invited Lecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, China

July 20, 2001: "East Asian Economic Growth: Miracle or Bubble?" Yukichi Fukuzawa Lecture, Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Kobe, Japan

July 19, 2001: "Towards an Asia/Pacific Economic Community," 2001 Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society Pre-Conference Seminar, Kobe University, Japan

July 18, 2001: "The Prevention of Future Currency Crises," International Conference on the Asian Crisis, III: The Crisis and the Recovery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo

June 26, 2001: "Some New Ideas for Financial Sector Reform," Taiwan Academy for Banking and Finance, Taipei

June 20, 2001: "The Impact of the U.S. Economic Slowdown on China and the World," National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing

June 18, 2001: "The Estimation of Domestic Value-added and Employment Induced by Exports: An Application to Chinese Exports to the United States," Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

April 26, 2001: "China: Economic Outlook and Prospects for Structural Reforms," CDIB Venture Management, Inc. Third Anniversary Dinner, Millbrae, California

April 5, 2001: "Economic Prospects in East Asia Including China," Foundation Financial Officers Group Annual Meeting, San Jose

March 25, 2001: "Comments on the speech by the Honorable Xiang Huaicheng, Minister of Finance, People's Republic of China," China Development Forum, Beijing

March 16, 2001: "The Economy of China: Recent Economic and Financial Developments," Asia Briefing, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford

February 8, 2001: "Is Another Crisis Likely in East Asia?", Pacific Pension Institute Winter Roundtable Meeting, Marina del Rey

January 12, 2001: "Creating a Viable Global Financial System," Second Globalization Forum, Sanya, Hainan, China

January 12, 2001: "The New and Traditional Economies," Second Globalization Forum, Sanya, Hainan, China

January 11, 2001: "The Economic Future of Taiwan: A View from Outside," Tsai Yuan-Pei Memorial Lecture, Academia Sinica, Taipei

January 6, 2001: "Lessons from the East Asian Currency Crisis and Recovery," American Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans

November 15, 2000: "The New Chinese Economy: A View from Outside," eBeijing Forum, Las Vegas

October 27, 2000: "The East Asian Currency Crisis and Recovery," Nanjing University and Southeast University, Nanjing

October 20, 2000: "Real or Imaginary? The East Asian Economic Recovery," Classes Without Quizzes, Stanford Reunion Homecoming, Stanford University

October 9, 2000: "Economic Reform without Losers: The Experience of the People's Republic of China and Its Applicability to North Korea," Conference on New Challenges in Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation and Integration," Stanford University

September 13, 2000: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Conference on Quantitative Economics and Its Applications in the People's Republic of China: A Twenty-year Retrospective," Institute for Quantitative and Technical Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing

September 11, 2000: "The Sources of East Asian Economic Growth Revisited," Conference on Knowledge-Economy: Growth, Measurement and Impact on the Malaysian Economy and the Region, Kuala Lumpur

June 25, 2000: "The Impact of the New Economy on Developing Countries," Shantou University, Shantou

June 15, 2000: "Economic Globalization and the Information Technology Revolution," Conference 2000 of the 21st Century Forum, "Economic Globalization: China and Asia," The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences (CPPCC), Beijing

June 13, 2000: "The Impact of the New Economy on Developing Countries," National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing

May 19, 2000: "The State of the Chinese Economy: A View from Outside," Conference on China at the Crossroads, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford

May 1, 2000: "Is the East Asian Recovery Real?", Hoover Spring Retreat, The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford

February 28, 2000: "The Chinese Economy: Past, Present and Future", The Stanford Economic Association Meeting, Stanford

February 26, 2000: "Chinese Economic Reform from an International Perspective", Conference on Chinese Economic Reform: Retrospects and Prospects, Beijing

January 25, 2000: "Technology and Capital Formation in East Asia", Hoover Institution Briefing, Los Angeles and Newport Beach

January 21, 2000: "The East Asian Recovery", Asia Pacific Roundtable Meeting, Carmel

January 18, 2000: "The East Asian Currency Crisis: A Retrospective Look", Pacific Pension Institute Conference, Marina Del Rey

January 9, 2000: "Economic Reform without Losers: Twenty Years of Chinese Experience (1979-1999)," American Economic Association Meeting, Boston

January 9, 2000: "The East Asian Crisis: A Retrospective Look", American Economic Association Meeting, Boston