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2020 Forum

Thursday, October 15, November 12 & December 10 | Online

As the world navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, challenging times call for more dialogue and collaboration in public health, education, government, and business. The Stanford China Economic Forum remains at the forefront of these conversations.

Hosted by the King Center on Global Development, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and Stanford Graduate School of Business, the 2020 Stanford China Economic Forum moved online and offered 3 sessions from October to December.

The topics discussed were:

  • The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China
  • The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations
  • The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China

Further information about the 2020 Stanford China Economic Forum is available at Stanford News. A SIEPR YouTube playlist includes the recording of all sessions.

Session 1: The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China

Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
President, Stanford University
Jon Levin
Jonathan Levin
The Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hongbin Cai
Hongbin Cai | 蔡洪滨
Dean of Business School, Hong Kong University
Ann Harrison
Ann Harrison
The Bank of America Dean of Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Session 2: The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations

Michael McFaul
Michael McFaul
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Elizabeth Economy
Elizabeth Economy
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and China Studies at Council on Foreign Relations, Stanford University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Fingar
Thomas Fingar
Shorenstein APARC Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Qingguo Jia
Qingguo Jia |贾庆国
Professor and Former Dean of School of International Studies, Peking University

Session 3: The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China

 

Lloyd Minor
Lloyd Minor
The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine
Grace Lee
Grace Lee
Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gabriel Leung
Gabriel Leung
Dean of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Tony Mok
Tony Mok
Chair, Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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SCEF Session 1: The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China

In the first session of SCEF, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Jonathan Levin, Hongbin Cai, and Ann Harrison discussed the future of business education in the U.S. and China.

Watch the session
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SCEF Session 2: The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations

In the second session of SCEF, Michael McFaul, Elizabeth Economy, Thomas Fingar, and Qingguo Jia discussed the U.S. election and U.S.-China relations.

Watch the Session
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A ‘very critical moment’: The future of U.S.-China ties under Biden

The question is top of mind for anyone who has followed the downward spiral of U.S.-China relations over the last four years: What happens once Joseph Biden Jr. becomes president?

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SCEF Session 3: The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China

In the third session of SCEF, Lloyd Minor, Grace Lee, Gabriel Leung, and Tony Mok Chair, discussed the state of health care post-pandemic in the U.S. and China.

Watch the Session
A Stanford professor speaking at the Stanford China Economic Forum

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The end is finally in sight. But even as the world celebrates the mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a panel of top medical experts convened by Stanford this week agreed that it could be another two years before life as we knew it before the pandemic returns.

Read about Session 3

2020 Faculty Committee

Mark Duggan, The Trione Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Jonathan Levin, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business
Hongbin Li, James Liang Director of the China Program, Stanford King Center on Global Development
Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Jennifer Pan, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University
Joseph Piotroski, The Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting

2020 Host Committee

Ed Baker, MBA, Investor and Entrepreneur
David Chao, MBA, Co-founder and General Partner, DCM Ventures
Ming Lei, MBA, Co-founder of Baidu; Founder, Kuwo
Gabriel Li, MBA, Managing Director, Orchid Asia
James Liang, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board, Ctrip
Annabelle Long, MBA, CEO, Bertelsmann China

Sponsors

Master Kong | 康师傅

Ed Baker

Annabelle Long