Introduction

Abstract

Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economist Forum, known as Wudaokou Forum, holds annually in PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, hosted by Center for International Finance and Economic Research (CIFER). The Forum was founded in March 2019, in cooperation with JD.Com. Due to COVID-19, the annual meeting in 2020 was missed, and the second annual meeting held in April 2021. As the third annual forum, consisted with the style before, twenty leading chief economists were invited to give their opinions on the main theme which is the outlook in economy and policies in China and a changing world order in 2022 this year. The forum consists of four roundtable discussions with themes of (1) Outlook on the World Economy, Finance and Global Order, (2) China's Economic and Policy Outlook, (3) Innovation, Finance and Tech Competition, and (4) Monetary Policy and Economic Growth. In the roundtable, each speaker first delivered his/her main opinion and then speakers went to heated discussions. This volume is an overview of the forum.