AGENDA

14:00 - 17:00
1.2 IFF Academic Roundtable (closed session)
— New Landscapes and Challenges for China and the World as a Whole in the Post-pandemic Era: Retrospect and Prospect
- The year 2021 has been full of upheavals due to the evolving global pandemic, frequent extreme climate and natural disasters, and the turbulent international landscape. By retrospecting 2021 and looking to 2022, forecasting the uncertain future and also gauging the trend of China's economic development and transformation. How will the global landscape evolve? The Roundtable will discuss in depth the new landscape and challenges to China and the world as a whole in the post-pandemic era.

18:00 -20:00
1.4 The Night of Guangzhou
— Welcome Reception by Guangzhou Municipal Government

10:00 - 10:30
Release of the IFF 2021 Global Finance and Development Report & Global Green Finance Index
Launch of the Green Finance Working Group

14:00 - 16:00
2.3 IFF Seminar I:
— New Landscapes in World Economy: Interpretation, Prospects and Reflection
- The recurring COVID-19 pandemic has brought new uncertainties to the global economic recovery. The slow progress of vaccination in developing countries has also cast a shadow on the recovery, while inflationary pressures in major economies have created a number of variables for the progress of monetary policies. Looking at the global economic and policy trends in 2022 and discussing how to strengthen global policy coordination to effectively control the pandemic and promote sustained economic recovery under new circumstances.

14:00 - 16:00
2.4 IFF Forum II —New Landscapes in Global Finance: Interpretation, Prospects and Reflection
Cum IFF 2021 Global Finance and Development Report Symposium
- Green finance has been developing rapidly, but it is far from adequate for funding green growth and sustainable development. The IFF Global Finance and Development Report reviews the recent development of global green finance, explores the driving factors of development, and indicates the national policies and international cooperation to promote green finance. It also explores policy priorities for promoting the development and innovation of global green finance and compiles a global green finance development index and country rankings. The full contents of the Report will be discussed at the Forum.

14:00 - 16:00
2.5 IFF Forum III — New Landscapes in China's Economy: Interpretation, Prospects and Reflection
- China has effectively brought the pandemic under control, and its economy continues to lead the global recovery. However, the recurrence of the global pandemic, the intensification of geopolitical risks, and the rising trade protectionism sentiment in some developed countries have brought many challenges to the Chinese economy. China's new targets for carbon peaking, carbon neutrality, and common prosperity will also have huge economic and policy implications. How would the new international and domestic landscape affect the transformation and direction of China's economic and financial policies.

16:30 - 18:00
2.6 IFF Policy Dialogue I:
— Global Inflation, Debt and Economic Risks: Impacts and Responses
- The large-scale fiscal stimuli in response to the pandemic has led to a continuous increase in global debt, while the ultra-loose monetary policies and zero interest rates in developed countries has boosted inflation. When will monetary policies in major economies shift? Will the US Federal Reserve raise interest rates sooner than expected? How will higher interest rates in developed countries exacerbate global debt problems, affect capital flows, and increase economic and financial risks in emerging markets? This session discusses the trend of global monetary policies and its impact on debt, inflation, the global economy, and emerging markets, and explores the ways to deal with it.

16:30 - 18:00
2.7 IFF Policy Dialogue II
— Global Taxation Policy: Reforms and Implications
- The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBGs) reached a historic agreement in Italy in July 2021 to establish a more stable and equitable international taxation framework. This reform will reshape the existing international tax rules that have been in operation for nearly a century and will have a huge impact on the global layout and investment operations of multinational enterprises. This session discusses the measures, paths, and impacts of global taxation reform.

16:30 - 18:00
2.8 IFF Policy Dialogue III — Global Carbon Pricing Initiative
(Co-hosted with Task Force on Carbon Pricing in Europe)
- Continue the COP26 agenda for the global carbon pricing mechanism and promote its further development. Discuss how the steel, energy, and other industries in Europe, where the carbon market started earlier, adapts to the carbon market, as well as the implications for enterprises and policymakers in China, US and other countries.

20:00 - 21:30
2.10 IFF Evening Dialogue I — The US-China Economic Relations
- With the rapid changes in the new global landscape, the China-US relations have entered a new stage. The prospects for China-US economic, financial and trading policies to increase effective communication and reduce misinterpretation or uncertainties.

20:00 - 21:30
2.11 IFF Evening Dialogue II
—Common Prosperity and Comprehensive Sustainable Development
- China is transforming the underlying logic of economic development: from growth priority to fairness, and in particular, it has proposed the "third distribution" and "common prosperity" goals. It aims to achieve a better balance between economic growth, sustainability, social justice and equity, and the maintenance of security, while promoting comprehensive sustainable development. This session interprets and discusses the policy implications of the goal of "common prosperity" and its impact on China's sustainable development and income distribution patterns.

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