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华尔街华人金融论坛成功举行

    由北京大学大纽约地区校友会及复旦大学美国校友会牵头，联合纽约地区其它十四家校友会及专业协会共同举办的"金融危机中的美国和中国金融业"论坛于八月二十九日在位于曼哈顿的哥伦比亚大学商学院举行。论坛吸引了二百多名与会者及大纽约地区的众多中文媒体。当天虽然天气恶劣，阴雨连绵，但与会者仍热情踊跃，会场座无虚席，气氛十分热烈。

    本次论坛的主讲者包括来自中美两国金融，法律，政府等多个行业领域高层的专家。首先进行特邀演讲的是来自天津的渤海证卷总裁王春峰。他就将天津市建设成中国北方的金融中心这一主题进行了阐述。随后高智发明中国区主管严圣就其在金融危机中的个人经历及对中国金融市场的未来展望发表了精彩演讲。严圣指出只要机制没有发生根本变化, 美国以后仍没有可能'免疫于金融危机, 新的监管措施只是换汤不换药。

    在此之后，金融论坛的分专题讨论全面展开。"人民币的国际化之路和中国企业的海外发展"专题引起了与会者的浓厚兴趣。哥伦比亚大学商学院教授魏尚进与中金国际销售和交易部主管黄海洲发表了不同的见解。魏尚进认为人民币国际化应循序渐进，水到渠成，不能一口吃成一个胖子。黄海洲则认为有关方面应采取积极措施推动，促进人民币国际化的进程。奥本海默基金董事总经理李山泉，中石化驻美国投资者办公室首席代表方争群也发表了自己的见解。该专题还扼要讨论了影响中国经济可持续性发展的因素。

    论坛的其它专题讨论包括中美政府对金融市场的监管；对冲和私募基金在金融危机中面临的挑战，及金融危机如何推动金融衍生品市场的发展。与会的专家学者各抒己见，并就 许多问题展开了热烈的讨论，台上台下互动积极。会议结束时许多人都意犹未尽 会后，许多与会者都表示获益匪浅，认为此次论坛非常成功，水平很高。北大及复旦校友会的众多志愿者，尤其是主要组织者周洪，彭谦和杨光为论坛的成功举行付出了许多时间，精力。杨光精彩的主持也为论坛增色不少。北大及复旦校友会会长楼新跃和周谷声也在会上先后发表了热情洋溢的讲话。大家都希望将来能有更多的此类机会听取专家见解并互相交流。

特邀嘉宾严圣就自己在金融危机中的经历发表演讲

Keynote speaker Yan Sheng is addressing the audience in the forum

最受欢迎的专题讨论：哥大商学院魏尚进教授谈人民币的国际化

The most welcomed panel discussion: professor Wei Shangjin is speaking about the internationalization of RMB

金融论坛组委会成员与嘉宾欢聚一堂，举杯共庆

Members of the forum's organizing committee cheers with speakers

The 2009 Wall Street Forum - Opportunities and Challenges to Financial Industry in US and China - was held successfully at Columbia Business School on August 29th. This forum was organized by Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York and Fudan University Alumni Association USA along with 14 other Chinese associations in New York City. More than 200 participants and several key Chinese media in Greater New York area joined the forum and had warm discussions with speakers despite the rainy weather.

The featured speakers include leading experts and senior executives in finance, law and government from both U.S. and China. Mr. Chunfeng Wang, President of Tianjin Bohai Securities, opened the forum by discussing the outlook of developing Tianjin to be the financial center in Northern China. Mr. Sheng Yan, President of China Operation for Intellectual Ventures, gave a remarkable lecture by talking about his personal experiences amid the credit crisis as well as his visions of Chinese financial markets. Mr. Yan addressed that the new financial regulations cannot make U.S. immune to the future financial crisis without fundamental changes in Wall Street business mechanism.

Then occur the panel discussions on various hot topics. Among them, “RMB as an International Currency and Overseas Expansion of China’s Enterprises” arose great interest for both the panelists and the audience. Professor Shangjin Wei of Columbia Business School believes that the globalization of RMB must follow progressive steps at a measured pace. Mr. Haizhou Huang, Co-Head of S&T Department of CICC, suggested that authorities should make more aggressive moves to facilitate the globalization process. Mr. Shanquan Li, Managing Director of Oppenheimer Funds, and Mr. Zhengqun Fang, Sinopec US Investor Relation Representative, also shared their insights into this issue. Also discussed by the panel briefly was the sustainability of China ’s economic development.

Other panels covered the topics of Government's Regulation of the Financial Markets in US and China, Challenges to Hedge Fund and Private Equity under the Financial Crisis, and how will the Financial Crisis Evolve the Derivatives Market. The intense discussions and warm interactions among panelists and the audience impressed many participants. A lot of them said they had benefited much from this successful conference and would like to have more of this kind of opportunities to interact with leading experts. The lead organizers, Mr. Hong Zhou, Mr. Qian Peng and Mr. Guang Yang dedicated a lot of energy, time and resources to the forum. In addition, the master of ceremony, Mr. Guang Yang, added much to the conference’s success. Furthermore, Mr. Xinyue Lou, president of Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York, and Mr. Gusheng Zhou, president of Fudan University Alumni Association, both made enthusiastic and congratulatory speeches.