Aug 06 2012
Prof. FAN Gang – Finance speaker
Director of the National Economic Research Institute and Finance speaker
FAN Gang is a Professor of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Director of the National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation. He is a highly distinguished economist and an advisor to the Chinese Government and he also works with a number of leading international organisations.
Prof. Gang is renowned as one of China’s leading experts on Chinese economics
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