2025 Chinese Economists Society (CES) China Annual Conference
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
July 5-7, 2025
The Chinese Economists Society (CES) calls for papers for the 2025 Annual Conference, to be held in Guangzhou, China, July 5-7 (Saturday-Monday), 2025. The local host for the conference is the Lingnan College and National Academy of Development at Sun Yat-sen University. The deadline for submissions is Feb 16, 2025 (Sunday)，and please indicate explicitly whether your paper is for online or in-person presentation in the field of “Note:”
The conference welcomes submissions in all fields of economics. The conference includes invited keynote speeches, invited speakers’ sessions and panels, and parallel sessions. Additionally, we are organizing online presentations on July 5 (Saturday). The main events of the conference, including opening remarks, keynote speeches, and parallel sessions, are scheduled for July 6 (Sunday) and July 7 (Monday).
Keynote Speakers (confirmed and listed in alphabetical order by last name):
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Dr. Joshua Angrist. Nobel Laureate (2021), The Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, a co-founder and director of MIT's Blueprint Labs, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Dr. Justin Yifu Lin. Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics, Dean of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development, Peking University.
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Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs. The Professor of School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.
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Dr. Min Zhu. Professor of TsingHua University, Former Deputy Managing Director of IMF, Former Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China.
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Dr. Han Hong. Professor of Economics at Stanford University, Fellow of Econometrics Society, Co-editor of Journal of Econometrics.
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Dr. Yongmiao Hong. Professor of Economics at University of Chinese Academy of Science, Fellow of Econometrics Society, Fellow of International Association for Applied Econometrics.
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Dr. Changwen Zhao. President of National Academy of Development and Chair Professor of the University at the Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University，Former Director-General of the Department of Industrial Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council.
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Invited Speakers (confirmed and listed in alphabetical order by last name):
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Dr. Kaiji Chen. Professor of Economics at Emory University.
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Dr. Xi Chen. Associate professor of Public Health, Global Health, Economics, and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University.
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Dr. Yanqin Fan. Castor Professor of Economics at University of Washington.
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Dr. Haizhou Huang. Professor at Tsinghua University, Member of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the People's Bank of China (China's Central Bank), former senior executive at China International Capital Corporation (CICC)
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Dr. Jin Li. Professor of management and strategy, with joint appointment in economics at Hong Kong University.
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Dr. Feng Lu. Alan Hudson Chair Professor in Economic Health Policy at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and President of Chinese Economists Society.
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Dr. Ming Lu. Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy (SHINE), and research fellow of China Institute of Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Dr. Jianjun Miao. Professor of Economics at Boston University.
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Dr. Pengfei Wang. Boya Distinguished Professor, Dean of Peking University HSBC Business School at Peking University.
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Dr. Wing Thye Woo. Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Director of the East Asia Program at Columbia University.
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Dr. Junjian Yi. Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University, and a Professor of Economics at the National School of Development
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Dr. Miaojie YU. President of Liaoning University, Fellow of International Economic Association, Deputy of the National People’s Congress of China.
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Dr. Junfu Zhang. Professor of Economics, Clark University
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The CES invites both members and non-members to submit individual papers and/or to propose organized sessions at the 2025 CES Annual Conference. All fields of specialization within Economics will be considered, and presentations can be virtual or in-person. We also plan to have a few sessions for papers written in Chinese (欢迎优秀中文文章投稿). Preferences will be given to organized sessions, and to papers covering topics of particular importance to economic researchers in China.
INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS
To submit, please follow the instructions on the submission page to enter the paper title, author name(s), JEL code(s), keywords, abstract of the paper, and to upload a PDF file of your paper. For “Paper Title”, if your paper is in English, then only report the English title. Otherwise, report only Chinese title. Please also indicate explicitly whether your paper is for online or in-person presentation in the field of “Note”.
Submissions without a complete paper will be considered, but preferences will be given to those with complete papers. The deadline for submission is Feb 16, 2025. We expect to send out notifications of the decision around March 15, 2025.
ORGANIZED SESSIONS
If you would like to organize one or more sessions on a specific topic and have presenters/discussants lined up, please submit your proposal to Dr. Bing LI (sysunad@mail.sysu.edu.cn); Miss LAO at (lnslp@mail.sysu.edu.cn); and Miss Dai at (daiby6@mail.sysu.edu.cn) by Feb 6, 2025. Each organized session should consist of four individual papers. The proposal should contain a tentative name of the session, titles of papers along with their abstracts, as well as names of session presenters and discussants with their emails. Please note that papers in an organized session must still go through the regular paper submission process through the CES website, with the same deadline.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Feb 10, 2025
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Organized session proposal submission deadline (submit proposals to Bing LI at sysunad@mail.sysu.edu.cn, Miss LAO at lnslp@mail.sysu.edu.cn and Miss Dai at daiby6@mail.sysu.edu.cn)
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Feb 16,2025
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Submission deadline for papers in both individual and organized sessions (submit through the conference website)
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March 15, 2025
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Notification of decision
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April 30, 2025
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Early Registration deadline
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May 15, 2025
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Registration deadline for papers to be included in the conference program
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May 22, 2025
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Conference program posted
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BEST PAPER AWARDS
We will select an outstanding paper presented at the 2025 CES Annual Conference by a junior scholar for the Gregory Chow Best Paper Award. To be eligible for consideration for this prestigious award, the corresponding author of the paper must be a junior scholar who received his/her Ph.D. within the last five years (no earlier than May 2020) and has an active CES membership. The award winner will receive a certificate and a US $1,000 prize.
We will also select two outstanding papers presented at the 2025 CES Annual Conference by graduate students for the CES Best Student Paper Award. To be eligible for consideration for this prestigious award, the corresponding author of the paper must be a graduate student who is currently enrolled in a master's or Ph.D. program and has an active CES membership. The award winner will receive a certificate and a US $500 prize.
No application for these awards is needed since all eligible papers are automatically considered as long as a complete paper (in pdf file) is included in the submission.
PUBLICATIONS
The CES will organize two special issues at China Economic Review and China Economic Journal respectively. Preferences will be given to papers presented at the CES Annual Conference and the CES North American Conference, but all submissions are welcomed. We expect the submission portals to open shortly after the North American Conference and will close sometime after the China Annual Conference.
Papers submitted for consideration of the special issues still need to go through the regular review process. Details about these publication opportunities will be provided later through CES's “Call for Submissions” announcements. We will accept submissions of papers written in Chinese (接受中文投稿), with the understanding that if the paper in Chinese is tentatively accepted, there is an additional step and approval of translation before the paper in English can be formally accepted. We hope this will encourage submissions of high-quality papers in Chinese on topics that are important to the Chinese economy.
REGISTRATION
All presenters and conference attendees must register for the Conference. Please note that registration fees are non-refundable. All participants must register by May 15, 2025, to be included in the final program.
You can join the CES and become a member here: Join CES (china-ces.org). Regular membership is $60 per year while student membership is $30 per year.
Registration Fee Schedule for In-Person Presentations
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Before or on April 30, 2025
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After April 30, 2025
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Regular CES member
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US $200
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US $300
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Non-CES member
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US $260
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US $360
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Student CES member
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US $120
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US $170
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Student Non-CES member
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US $150
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US $200
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Non Presenters
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US $80
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US $160
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Registration Fee Schedule for Online Presentations
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Before or on April 30, 2025
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After April 30, 2025
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Regular CES member
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US $100
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US $200
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Non-CES member
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US $160
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US $260
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Student CES member
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US $70
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US $120
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Student Non-CES member
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US $100
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US $150
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Non Presenters
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US $50
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US $100
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LODGING AND SHUTTLE INFORMATION
Information will be provided soon.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For inquiries related to the conference, please direct your questions to the appropriate contacts:
For academic-related matters:
- Dr. Yong Wang at yongwang@nsd.pku.edu.cn or
- Dr. Susan Feng LU at susanfeng.lu@rotman.utoronto.ca
For general matters and logistics:
- Dr. Bing LI at sysunad@mail.sysu.edu.cn
- Miss LAO at lnslp@mail.sysu.edu.cn
- Miss Dai at daiby6@mail.sysu.edu.cn
