REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (OAP)

Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar

China: Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook

China has had remarkable economic development over the past several decades. However, the pandemic has left economic scars, and the Chinese economy is now undergoing a property market correction that is necessary and welcome but also weighing on activity. Against this background, the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host a seminar with Steven Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China, to review recent macroeconomic developments and discuss the outlook for the years ahead. Discussions will include policies to overcome the challenges facing the economy as well as the opportunity to secure healthy growth over the medium term.

Date & Time: September 12, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Japan time (GMT+9) 

Venue:
In-person: Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square (3rd floor, Kasumigaseki Common Gate West, 3-2-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Online: Webex link will be sent upon registration.

Language: English

How to join:
In-person: register here before 2 pm on September 11.
Online: register here.

Agenda:

Speaker:

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  Steven Alan Barnett has become the IMF’s Senior Resident Representative in China since February 2020. Prior to that, he worked as an Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director. For much of his career at the IMF, however, he covered Asia. His positions included Chief of the China Division in the Asia and Pacific Department, Assistant Director at the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo, Resident Representative to China, and Resident Representative to Thailand. Prior to joining the IMF in 1997, he earned his PhD in economics from the University of Maryland. He has a Bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University as well as a Master's degree in Russian and East European Studies, also from Stanford.

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