(Reported by Marta Piotrowska) A lecture
titled “Global economic tectonic shifts： implications
for China” was held in School of Economics on March 20th. Chinese and international students were
honored to attend presentation by prominent Professor Andrew Farlow from
University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School.
The meeting begun with short speech
delivered by vice Dean of School of Economics Professor Ouyang Hongbin. He
welcomed the lecturer from England who spoke about historic and current
economic issues happening both in global and local economies. The main topic of
the lecture focused on impact of 2008 financial crisis and its impact on
international trade. Professor Farlow clearly explained why global market
quickly recovered after the crush but why, on the contrary the growth in trade
slowed afterwards. He also mentioned topics of trade balance, trade
protectionism, government debt, global investment.
The lecturer spoke about China’s economy
and its importance in global market as well. Professor Farlow noted the
structural shift of this economy that goes away from export to domestic trade
and shifts into services. He also explicited that China doubles its GDP much
faster than other biggest world’s economies and why government debt grows.
By the end of the meeting international
students raised the questions that were answered by distinguished professor.
Students appreciated the teacher’s interesting speech and thanked him warmly
after the lecture.
(Notes: Reporter: MARTA PIOTROWSKA，Nationality: Poland, Current Master degree student in School of
Economics; Photographer: BENEDICTE MARINA CHEN, Nationality: Cote d'Ivoire, Current Bachelor degree student in School of Economics)
走进国际课堂系列之一：国际学生参加经济学院讲座
(翻译：张甜) 3月20日，经济学院举办了主题为《国际经济的结构型变化及其对中国的启示》的讲座，主讲人为牛津大学马丁学院的著名教授Andrew Farlow。我校中国学生和留学生参加了此次讲座。
经济学院副院长欧阳红兵教授首先致辞，他热情欢迎这位来自英国的学者，感谢Farlow教授此次来我校进行关于世界经济的论述和演讲。本次演讲Farlow教授重点论述了2008年金融危机的影响，尤其是其对国际贸易的影响。Farlow教授清晰而简明的阐述了金融危机后全球市场快速复苏的缘由，以及贸易在冲击后增长速度放缓的原因。他的演讲中同时还涉及到了贸易平衡、贸易保护、政府债券以及跨国投资等多个专题的内容。
Farlow教授同时谈论到中国经济及其在国际市场上的重要地位，他指出中国经济正在发生结构性转变，从之前的出口导向型经济转变为如今内需主导及依靠服务升级的经济模式。他同时明确的指出，中国实现GDP翻一番的时间远低于世界上其他的大型经济体，并且阐述了中国国债数量增加的原因。
在讲座的最后，我校留学生纷纷举手提问，Farlow教授一一做出了详细的解答。讲座结束后，学生们都表示这是一场趣味性很强的讲座，并再次对Farlow教授表达了感激之情。
