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Advanced knowledge about the Chinese economy, corporate finance and the emerging financial markets of China and Asia is crucial for the future success of Hong Kong.
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| Background |
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CUHK is consistently ranked among Asia's best institutions by international surveys of research output in economics and finance. Sir James Mirrlees, 1996 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and CUHK Professor-at-Large, and Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, renowned economist and CUHK Vice-Chancellor, are affiliated with the Departments of Economics and Finance. The University is particularly strong in the area of the Chinese economy, corporate finance and the emerging financial markets of China and Asia. CUHK is already one of the world's leading players in these areas. |
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| Our Focus |
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The Centre's focus will be areas in which CUHK excels by virtue of its history and geography
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The Chinese economy |
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Corporate finance and the emerging financial markets of China and Asia |
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| Our Edge |
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Our performance has consistently gained recognition both locally and globally
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Ranking of CUHK, within the world's top 1% in economic publications1 |
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Ranking of academic staff from the Economics and the Finance Departments, among the world's top 1,000 economists1 |
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Ranking of CUHK, as 1st in East Asia, 6th in the world outside USA and Europe, and 49th in the world, by a recent study of publications in economics and finance2 |
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Ranking of the Economics Department, as 1st in publications and research among universities in Hong Kong, by the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly (January 2005) |
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Ranking of the Economics Department, as Hong Kong's 'best' in employers' evaluation of local economics graduates, according to the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly (January 2005) |
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| Our Achievements |
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Our key achievements include
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Excellent research in economics and finance by academic staff, as indicated by high international rankings and publications in top journals |
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Key policy advice to the Central Government, and the governments of Hong Kong and Taiwan |
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Leadership by academic staff of important consultancy studies commissioned by the United Nations, the World Bank, OECD, the Asian Development Bank, major corporations in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as the Hong Kong and Taiwanese governments |
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High-level editorial contributions by academic staff to top international journals in economics and finance |
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| Policy Advice by CUHK Staff |
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To the Central Government, reforming the Renminbi exchange rate regime, choice of social security systems, and various issues on China's reform and opening |
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To the Mainland Committee of the Taiwanese government, cross-Straits trade and economic relations |
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To the Hong Kong government, development strategy, integration with the mainland economy, strengthening the exchange regime of the Hong Kong dollar during the Asian financial crisis, and various other economic issues |
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| Our Strategy for the Next Decade |
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The Centre will strive to scale new heights in the following aspects
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Research and Consultancy
Recruit world-renowned academics and research professionals to achieve fresh synergies with existing expertise; and pool the strengths of different CUHK departments to raise the quality of research to international prominence
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Publications and Dialogue
Disseminate research findings and stimulate policy discussions by means of publications; organize conferences to promote knowledge exchange between business and academia, and provide research facilities for visiting scholars |
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Policy Advice to Governments
Serve as a solid platform for the timely analysis of policy issues
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Contributions to Teaching
Serve as a forum for advanced learning by means of publications and conferences and, in doing so, benefit graduate and advanced undergraduate students |
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| Investing in Our Future |
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To carry out our programmes in the next decade, we need, on top of University investment, generous external donations and support for the following
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Recruiting additional world-renowned professors to expand our core team |
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Visiting fellows and researchers |
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Research support staff such as postdoctoral fellows |
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Building of a database and library collection |
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Policy-oriented research in economics and finance |
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| How We Can Contribute |
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We will serve Hong Kong, China and Asia by
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Becoming a high quality and neutral policy think tank in the near future by expanding our role as adviser to governments and international organizations |
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Creating cutting-edge knowledge that caters to Asia's market environments, and providing customized management consulting services to entrepreneurs doing business in this region |
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Integrating our research findings into university education programmes and providing customized courses to business and government agencies |
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Who to Contact
Prof. Joseph P.H. Fan
Director of the Centre of Economics and Finance
201C K.K. Leung Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR
The People's Republic of China
Email: cucef@cuhk.edu.hk
Telephone: (852) 2609 7839
Fax: (852) 2603 5114 |
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