Georgia Tech Professor to Lead the Internationally Known Chinese Economist Society

Dr. Haizheng Li, Professor of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been elected President of the Chinese Economist Society (www.china-ces.org). In 2007, CES will organize two international conferences on China’s economy and economic transition issues.

The first will be held in Portorož, Slovenia. This conference, scheduled for May 11-14, 2007, will focus on economic transition. The theme is “Economic Transition at Midlife: Lessons for the Development of Markets and Institutions.” Keynote speakers will include Professor Zhiwu Chen (Yale), Professor Gérard Roland (U.C. Berkeley), Professor T. Paul Schultz (Yale), and Professor Jože P. Damijan, formerly Slovenian minister for growth and president of the Slovenian Economic Reforms Committee.

The second conference will be held in Changsha, China, July 27-30, 2007, in a top-level hotel-conference facility and is expected to have 500-700 participants. The conference theme is "Economic Transition, Regional Development, and Sustainable Growth." Keynote speakers include the Nobel Laureate in economics, Professor Kenneth Arrow, and Professor Daron Acemoglu from MIT (2005 John Bates Clark Award winner), and high-ranking government officials. Watch the CES website for details.