The Cairncross Economic Research Foundation was established in 2007 in tribute to the late Sir Alec Cairncross (1911-1998) who made important contributions to Chinese economic policymaking, training of Chinese economists and the development of contemporary Chinese Studies in the United Kingdom. The Cairncross Economic Research Foundation is registered at the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau in November 2007.
The Foundation has received generous benefactions from leading Chinese and international corporations, including China Construction Bank, China International Capital Corporation, CINDA Securities, CITIC Securities, Cifi Group and China Vanke Corporation Limited.
- 11Economic Policy Research Studies Executed and Supported
- 6Publications
- 18International Seminars, Conferences and Lectures
- 51Scholarship Students Supported
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- 2009 to 2011 “Medium and Long Term Development and Transformation of the Chinese Economy: An International Perspective” More
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- 2013 to 2016 “Accelerating China’s Growth by Strengthening Competition: Some International Perspectives” More
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- 2010 to 2018 “The Study on the Improvement of the Regulation of Bankruptcy and Restructuring for Chinese Enterprises More
- Medium and Long Term Development and Transformation of the Chinese Economy More Chinese
- 2018 Nobel Prize Laureate
- 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate
- Senior Research Fellow at Development Research Center of the State Council
- Former Chairman of the UK's Competition Commission
- Professor of London School of Economics
- Policy Lessons from the Economics of Ideas November 19, 2009 Peking University More Paul Michael Romer is named as the “father” of new growth theory. He received Nobel prize in Economics in 2018.
- Globalisation, Structural Change and Income Distribution September 14, 2011 Tsinghua University More Professor Spence received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001. He is perhaps best known for his seminal work on job market signalling models.
- Challenges in China’s Economic Policy and System Reform December 2012, Chatham House&University of Oxford More In December 2012, Beijing Cairncross Foundation invited distinguished Chinese economist, Professor Wu Jinglian, to the UK to deliver the Cairncross Foundation Annual Lecture. This is the first time that the Foundation organized its Annual Lecture overseas. During Professor Wu’s visit to the UK, he met numerous British economists and scholars. The purpose of this activity was to allow China’s leading economist to have in-depth communications with the international community, and to share China...
- Competition Policy and Regulation of Prices in Natural Monopolies December 8, 2013 University of International Business and Economics More Sir Derek Morris was formerly Chairman of the UK’s Competition Commission (now the Competition and Markets Authority).
- Economic Governance, Growth and State Capacity November 6, 2015 Peking University More Tim Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics.