Chinese Economy Master Lecture Series - Yang Yao
Date: Thursday, January 8th 2026
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Room: Kellogg Global Hub 5101
Speaker: Yang Yao
Talk title: China’s Role in the New World Order
Abstract: China dominates and will continue to dominate the global manufacturing output. It is catching up with the United States in scientific research and leads the world in many technological fronts. China's outbound investment brings capacity and technologies to the recipient countries. China's geo-political goals are limited --- they are confined to territory integrity (including the peaceful reunification of Taiwan) and maintaining peace in its surrounding areas. For the next two to three decades, China and the United States will engage in a competition in technological progress. The two countries have to work out rules to govern this competition.
This seminar is sponsored by the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern Kellogg and the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago
About the speaker: Yang Yao
Yang Yao is a professor and dean of the Di-shui-hu Advanced Finance Institute (DAFI), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and previously served as the dean of the National School of Development at Peking University from November 2012 to January 2024. He is the founding editor of China Economic Quarterly, chairs the China Economic Annual Conference, the Foundation of Modern Economics, and the supervision committee of CF40. He is a member of China Economist 50 Forum. His research interests include political economy and economic development, as well as political philosophy. He has published more than hundred research papers in international and Chinese journals, and is the recipient of numerous accolades, such as the 2008 and 2014 Sun Yefang Award in Economic Science, the 2008 and 2010 Pu Shan Award in International Economics and the 2008 Zhang Peigang Award in Development Economics. He was named the Best Teacher by the PKU Student Union in 2006 and the Best Advisor by the PKU Graduate Students Union in 2017.
