2026 CES China Annual Conference, July 3-5, 2026
Time：2026-07-03-----2026-07-05
Address：Chengdu, China
2026 Chinese Economists Society (CES) China Annual Conference
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
July 3-5, 2026
The Chinese Economists Society (CES) calls for papers for the 2026 Annual Conference, to be held in Chengdu, China, July 3-5 (Friday-Sunday), 2026. The local host for the conference is the School of Finance and School of Economics at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE). The deadline for submissions is March 29, 2026 (Sunday)， and please indicate explicitly whether your paper is for online or in-person presentation in the field of “Note:” during submission.
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 3 (Friday). The main events of the conference, including opening remarks, keynote speeches, and parallel sessions, are scheduled for July 4 (Saturday) and July 5 (Sunday).
Keynote Speakers (confirmed and listed in alphabetical order by last name):
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Dr. Hanming Fang. Norman C. Grosman Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. 17th Kenneth Arrow Prize by the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), and Fellow of the Econometric Society. Co-editor of Journal of Health Economics.
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Dr. Jianjun Miao. Tsingshan Chair Professor and Dean of School of Economics, Zhejiang University. A former Professor of Economics at Boston University. a Fellow of SAET and a senior Fellow of ABFER. the founder of the China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM) and the China Forum of Macroeconomic Research.
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Dr. Zheng (Michael) Song. Wei Lun Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Fellow of the Econometric Society.
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Dr. Shang-Jin Wei. N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University. Chief Economist of Asian Development Bank from 2014-2016. Director, NBER Working Group on the Chinese Economy.
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Dr. Wei Xiong. John H. Scully ’66 Professor in Finance
Professor of Economics, Princeton University. Academic Dean of School of Management and Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Fellow of the Econometric Society.
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Invited Speakers (confirmed and listed in alphabetical order by last name):
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Dr. Hengjie Ai. Professor of Finance, Robert M. Steiner Chair in Business, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Dr. Xi Chen. Associate professor of Public Health, Global Health, Economics, and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University. Fellow, Global Labor Organization. Editor, Journal of Population Economics.
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Dr. Zhao Chen. Professor & Deputy director, China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University. Vice Dean and Chairman, Academic Committee of School of Economics, Fudan University.
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