The annual conference of the International Trade and Finance Association kicked off at the University of International Business and Economics on May 24, 2018.

IT&FA President-Elect Joseph Pelzman, George Washington University Executive,  delivered a keynote

speech at the annual conference of International Trade and  Finance Association on May 24, 2018. [Photo/uibe.edu.cn]

Themed “New Paradigms in the Global Economy,” the meeting attracted more than 70 renowned experts and scholars from China, the United States, Britain, France, Canada and other 12 countries.

This was the first time the meeting was held in China. The two-day event was scheduled to hold an all-around discussion of issues concerning international trade and finance from multiple fields and dimensions, providing a platform of study and exchanges for international scholars.

Vice president Zhao Zhongxiu of UIBE delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the annual

conference of International Trade and Finance Association on May 24, 2018. [Photo/uibe.edu.cn]

In his speech at the opening ceremony, UIBE vice president Zhao Zhongxiu said China has made significant economic achievements after the past 40 years of reform and opening up and is facing many challenges as well.

Professor Zhang Jianping, an economist with the Chinese Academy of International Trade Economic

Cooperation (CAITEC) under the Ministry of Commerce made a keynote speech at the annual conference

of International Trade and Finance Association on May 24, 2018. [Photo/uibe.edu.cn]

Professor Zhang Jianping, an economist with the Chinese Academy of International Trade Economic Cooperation (CAITEC) under the Ministry of Commerce, gave the keynote speech at the conference. He said that trade and economic relations have become an outstanding issue for China and the United States, not only at the trade level but also Chinese industrial policies and industrial opening-up.

Themed “New Paradigms in the Global Economy,” the meeting attracted more than 70 renowned experts

 and scholars from China, the United States, Britain, France, Canada and other 12 countries. [Photo/uibe.edu.cn]

The meeting consisted of 16 parallel forums regarding new paradigms of trade policies, the capital market, international trade, foreign direct investment, administration in markets, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, global economic competition, corporate financing and governance practices, and internal capital flow.