2019-Jun-25 Source: Newsgd.com
On June 23, an International Colloquium of Belt and Road Initiative & Regional Economic Development was held at Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou.
Professor Yu Haifeng, President of Guangdong University of Finance & Economic pointed out the significance of this academic seminar which is held in the context of promoting the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the issuance of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area when remarking the seminar.
Vassilis Fouskas, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, also a professor of International Politics and Economics at the University of East London, sent a video greeting message from UK to highlight the significance of this symposium. He reputed that the Belt and Road Initiative gives China a chance to prove to the entire world that there is an alternative model with more social aspects for globalization.
The conference received 83 articles in Chinese and English from countries including Pakistan, Britain, South Korea, etc. of which 52 articles are in English, 31 in Chinese. Scholars from all over the world actively offered suggestions for the Belt and Road construction and the regional economic development.
Giacomo De Giorgi delivering a speech at the seminar [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
The conference was presided over by Professor Huang Qingan, Dean of International Business School and Professor Peng Leiqing respectively. Experts of relevant academic field at home and abroad, including Giacomo De Giorgi, Ph.D. in Economics, University of London, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve of New York, Head of the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva, World Bank Expert, and Professor He Jian, Director of the editorial board of Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics were invited to make on-site comments on the papers that were presented at the symposium.
The international conference is organized by International Business School, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Research Center of National Economy, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, School of Public Finance &Taxation, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, School of Finance, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Competitiveness Research Institute.
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