Page 8 - HKUST IEMS Spring 2018 Newsletter

Thought Leadership Briefs

Between July and December 2017, the Institute published 5 Thought Leadership Briefs covering a wide range of topics and offer policy
recommendations. The Briefs aim to disseminate research results effectively to business leaders, policy makers, the media and the public.
Read the Briefs at http://iems.ust.hk/tlb

Issue # Topic Author(s)

Abhiroop Mukherjee (ECON) and
16 Do Corporate Taxes Hinder Innovation?
Alminas Zaldokas (FINA)

17 China Cannot Finance the Belt and Road Alone Alicia Garcia-Herrero (ECON)

Expressways in China: Impacts on Growth and the
18 Guojun He (ECON, ENVR, PPOL)
Environment

Understanding the Globally-Mobile, Young Consumers
19 Wei-fen Chen (IEMS)
from the Emerging Markets

20 FinTech and Financial Inclusion in China Kellee Tsai (SOSC)

Executive Education Program on the Belt and Road

Designed for senior executives and professions in the government, non-profit and the private sector,
“Opportunities from the Belt and Road” was an Executive Education Program co-organized with HKUST
Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education (LAPP). It consisted of a series of interconnected and
interactive seminars and aimed to provide participants with an up-to-date picture of how the Initiative is being
implemented in countries around the world. It explored a range of topics including: impacts on trade and
investment as well as internationalization of the renminbi, potential opportunities for Hong Kong businesses,
and the roles that government and other stakeholders can play to take advantage of these opportunities.

The program featured world-class faculty from HKUST who are part of a strategic public policy research project
on “Trade and Investment under One Belt One Road and Implications for Hong Kong” being undertaken by
HKUST’s Institute for Emerging Market Studies with support from Hong Kong’s Central Policy Unit. Instructors
also included prominent business leaders such as Dr. Victor Fung (Group Chairman, Fung Group), David Chao
(First Vice President, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Advisory, United Overseas Bank Limited) and Nicholas
Kwan (Director of Research, The Hong Kong Trade Development Council).

With support from

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