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The Eleventh PECC General Meeting
Concurrent Session

Financial Markets Development: A Road to Pacific Economic Growth


September 28, 1995
Beijing, China

 

Thursday, September 28

0900 Welcome, Opening of Session by Session Chair
  • HE Zhou Daojiong, Chaiman, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China
Introduction by:
  • Senator Adlai Stevenson, President, USNCPEC, Chairman, SC & M International Ltd, United States
0910 Chinese Financial and Capital Markets Development

Speaker:
  • Mr Chen Yaoxian, Assistant to the President, People’s Bank of China, China
Introduced by:
  • Mr Liu MingKang, Vice President, State Development Bank, China
Panellists:
  • Mr. Duan Xiaoxing, Vice President, Agricultural Bank of China, China
  • Mr. Huang Da, Chairman, Chinese Association of Finance, China
  • Ms. Wu Xiaoling, Deputy Director-General, State Administration of Exchange Control, China
  • Mr. Zhu Shuhao, Chairman, Hong Kong Junhao Co Ltd, Hong Kong
  • Mr. Zhang Zhongliang, Secretary-General, CNCPEC FMD, Executive Director, China Economic Monitoring Center, China
1000 Response
  • Senator Adlai Stevenson, President, USNCPEC, Chairman, SC & M International Ltd, United States

1020

Coffee/ tea break


1040 Cross Border Capital Flow Restrictions

Session Chair:
  • Mr. Yuichiro Nagatomi, Chairman, Japanese Committee for Financial Markets Development; Chairman, Board of Executive Governors, Foundation for Advanced Information and Research (FAIR); Director General, QUICK Research Institute Corp, Japn; Advisor, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Ministry of Finance,Japan
Findings of PECC Analysis, 1994-1995 Presenter:
  • Dr Masahiro Kawaii, Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Response:
  • Dr Tan Kong Yam, Chair, SINFMD Committee; Head, Department of Business Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Mr. James E. Shapiro, Managing Director, New York Stock Exchange Inc, United States
  • Dr. Ray B. Dawn, Director, Financial Research Division, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Chinese Taipei
  • Mr. Ian Payne, Executive Director, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
  • Dr. Anwar Nasution, Chair, INCPEC FMD Committee, Professor of Economics, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
1130 PBNET: A suggestion from CEMC Presenter:
  • Dr. Zhang Wenzhong, Director of the China Economic Monitoring Center (CEMC), China
 
1230 Lunch at Beijing Commodity Exchange

Chair:
  • Mr. Liu Guoguang, Chairman, Chinese Committee for FMD, CNCPEC
Speakers:
  • Mr Qiao Gang, Chairman, Bejing Commodity Exchange, China
  • HE Han Guochun, Vice Finance Minister, Ministry of Finance, China
1430 Financial Markets and Institutions: Guidelines for Emerging Economies Session Chair:
  • Dato’ Dr Mohd Munir-Majid, Chairman, Securities Commission, Malaysia
Presenter:
  • Mr. Clifford M. Lewis, Vice President, International Relations, Chicago Board of Trade, United States
Panellists:
  • Mr. Mauricio Cardenas, Director, Mission for the Development of the Capital Market, Republic of Colombia
  • Mr. Eduardo Ghezzi, Member of the Executive Board, Lima Stock Exchange, Peru
  • Mr. Robert Scollay, Director, New Zealand APEC Study Centre; Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Mr. Anthony Yuen, Senior Vice President, Regional Treasurer, Greater China Region, Bank of America NT & SA, United States
  • Prof. Richard Yan Ki Ho, Chair, HKFMD Committee, Dean of Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

1530

Coffee/ Tea Break

1545 Maintaining Stability in Emerging Markets: The Roles of Governments and Financial Institutions Session Chair:
  • Mr. Edgardo Boeninger, Chair, CHILPEC; Former Minister Secretary General of the Presidency
Presenter:
  • Mr. Pin Chakkaphak, President, Finance One Public Co Ltd, Thailand
Panellists:
  • Mr. Herman Somerville, Chairman, Chilean Association of Banking and Financial Institution, Chile
  • Dr. Sheng-Yann Li, Vice Chair, CTFMD; Director General of Economic Research Department, Central Bank, Chinese Taipei
  • Dr. Jose Julian Sidaoui, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance, Mexico
  • Mr. Robert F. Kelley, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. SC, United States
  • Mr. Vladimir M. Zubov, Head of the Administration of the Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia

 

1645 Update Report on PECC Financial Markets Development Project and Summary of FMD Meeting Presenter:
  • Mr. Paul R. Knapp, Chairman, USNCPEC FMD; President, Catalyst Institute, United States
 
1710 Closing Remarks
  • Mr. Chen Luzhi, Executive Vice Chairman, CNCPEC; Vice-Chairman, Chinese Association for Asia-Pacific Studies