CHINA’S BREAKTHROUGH Strategic Choices, ASEAN Impact and Opportunities
ABOUT THE SESSION
China is entering a new stage of economic development, facing both domestic structural challenges and a changing external environment. This lecture explores China’s strategic choices for its next phase of growth, with a focus on New Quality Productive Forces, and examines the potential impact and opportunities for ASEAN economies and businesses.
The session will evaluate how China arrived at its current economic state, analyzing previous growth drivers, domestic structural pressures, and external geopolitical challenges. Furthermore, it will outline China’s search for new growth engines, including the shift towards productivity, technology, and industrial upgrading. Finally, the lecture will delve into the implications for ASEAN, highlighting potential shifts in investment and supply chains, and identifying emerging opportunities for regional companies as China rebalances its economy.
FEATURED SPEAKER ：Professor Rong Sen
Professor Rong Sen is a distinguished expert in macroeconomics, finance, and international markets, with 18 years of financial-sector experience and four years of professional experience in the City of London. He has lectured at leading institutions including Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and previously served as Deputy Head of a joint financial research task force involving China’s NDRC and the Asian Development Bank.
His expertise spans China’s economic trends, global geopolitics, RMB internationalization, and the overseas expansion of Chinese enterprises. A UK Government Chevening Scholar, Professor Rong holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Investment Management from the UK and is known for connecting macroeconomic insights with practical business and policy strategies.
FROM MACRO TRENDS TO STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS
This session is designed to help business leaders move beyond headline economic indicators and develop a more structured understanding of the forces shaping China’s next phase of growth. Understand the structural shifts. | Interpret the strategic choices. | Anticipate the regional implications. | Identify emerging business opportunities.
An Executive-Level Conversation on China, ASEAN and the Next Wave of Growth