Shandong University hosted the 8th Annual Chinese Finance Meeting last month, from October 29th to 30th.

The annual meeting was held by the 8th China Finance Conference Council and the School of Economics of Shandong University. More than 200 experts and scholars from Peking University, Fudan University, Renmin University of China, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-sen University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Taiwan Political University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shandong University and other institutions attended the annual meeting.

Prof. Peng Shige, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Dean of School of Economics, and Director of Qilu Securities Financial Research Institute of Shandong University, gave a welcome speech at the opening ceremony. Prof. Fan Limin, Vice-President of Shandong University and Chairman of the 8th Annual Chinese Finance Conference Council, Prof. Lu Jun, the Dean of Finance Department of Lingnan College of Sun Yat-sen University, Yu Huamin, Deputy Governor of Jinan Branch of People's Bank of China, and Wang Chaodi, Deputy Director of Shandong Supervision Bureau of CBRC, all participated in the opening ceremony.

Prof. Hu Jinyan, Chairman of the 8th Annual Chinese Finance Meeting, Executive Vice-Dean of School of Economics, chaired the annual meeting.

Prof. Xu Xinzhong, Secretary General of 8th Chinese Finance Annual Meeting, Associate Dean of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, read out the outstanding paper list of this year's meeting. The paperDoes information dissemination mitigate bubbles,which was co-authored by Sandro C. Andrade from University of Miami, Jiangze Biany from University of International Business and Economics, and Timothy R.Burch from University of Miami won the first prize. The paperDoes Public Listing Help to Create Enterprise?,which was co-authored by Prof. Cao Tingqiu, from Shandong University, Prof. Wang Qinghai, from Georgia Institute of Technology, and Zhang Guangli, who is a master's student of Shandong University, won the second prize. The paperIs Country Market Portfolio Volatility Compensated for in a Global Setting?,which was co-authored by Samuel Xin Liang, K.C. John Wei, both from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the paperThe Dynamic Influence of Noise tradingauthored by Dr. Xu Yunhui from Shandong University won the third prizes.

In the Keynote Speeches, the experts and scholars launched a lively discussion about different themes of the annual conference. Prof. Zhang Xianwang, from University of California, Santa Cruz, Prof. Ma Junlu, Dean of School of Economics of Nankai University, Prof. Chen Zengjin, Yangtse River Scholar and Executive Vice-Director of Qilu Securities Financial Research Institute of Shandong University, Prof. Zheng Zhenlong from Xiamen University, Prof. Xu Xinzhong, Sandro C. Andrade, Prof. CaoTingqiu, all presented academic reports.

During panel sessions that followed, the experts and scholars discussed the issues about company finance, international finance, monetary theory and policy, financial engineering and risk management, behavior finance, asset pricing, governance, financial markets and institutions and company institutions in nine different groups.

Written by: An An

Photo by: Hou Fangyu, Deng Weiran, Lv Tingbiao

Edited by: Ben Hammer, Jing Zizhao

Source: School of Economics,www.view.sdu.edu.cn