An Agenda for China and the United States

Now in its eighth year, the China-U.S. Symposium is limited to approximately 120 participants and is by invitation-only. The event attracts senior financial leaders, high-ranking government officials, and distinguished academics from the United States and China for intensive, off-the-record dialogue on issues affecting international capital markets. 

Off-the-record and closed to the media, the invitation-only PIFS Symposia convene leading market practitioners at off-site retreat venues. The cornerstone of PIFS Symposia is the candid, intimate exchange of ideas and dialogue between ...more...

2011 Symposium on Building the Financial System of the Twenty-First Century:
An Agenda for China-U.S. Financial Engagement    

• June 24-26, 2011 • Armonk, New York    
  

Topics

• Regulation and competitiveness in the U.S. and Chinese capital markets
• Opportunities and challenges in cross-border investment between the U.S. and China
• The future of the dollar and the RMB in the global financial system
• RMB denominated bonds and the international role of the RMB
  

Keynote Speakers

• Tong CAO, Executive Vice President, China Citic Bank
• The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez, Vice Chairman, Institutional Clients Group, Citi
• Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Wei LI, President, Development Research Center of the State Council
• The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Symposium Materials

• Agenda
• Final Report
• Final Plenary Presentation  
• Briefing Points
• Participant Concept Papers
• To request a list of participants, please contact James Apostol.
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2010 Symposium slideshow