Victor Fung, chairman of the Li & Fung Group in Hong Kong and a long-time friend of the National Committee, offers an Asia/Pacific perspective on the multilateral trading system.

In an assessment of the post-1997 landscape in Asia, NYU professor David Denoon discusses the factors that make China the new hub for economic dynamism in Asia, how the lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis continue to influence China’s economic policies and the implications of China’s increasing economic power for U.S. policymakers.

Dr. Fang Xinghai, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Services, Shanghai Municipal Government, focused on steps Shanghai is taking to position itself both as China’s financial center and, over the longer term, an international financial center.