Chairman: Cheng Siwei, former vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), China.
* * * Co-Chair: Paul Volcker, Chairman of the US President's Economic Recovery Advisory Council. Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Directors
Manager: Li Guixian, former State Councilor of China and Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Chairman of the International Advisory Committee: Han Seung-soo, former Prime Minister of South Korea and President of the 56th UN General Assembly.
At present, the global financial crisis has prompted us to unite, and it is urgent to establish a broader cooperation and dialogue mechanism to regularly negotiate and solve many major issues including the financial crisis. The International Finance Forum (IFF) has been working hard for this goal. It is committed to promoting global cooperation among all members and participants, attracting elites from the global financial community, discussing and negotiating major issues facing the international financial field, coping with the most important challenges in the world, and promoting more inclusive and extensive global cooperation and development.
Our mission:
Adhering to the spiritual mission of "building global finance-new capital, new value and new world", we are committed to becoming a multilateral dialogue channel with strategic vision.
Our goal:
By establishing an open, fair and just operation mechanism, we will ensure the independence, objectivity and authority of international financial forums, ensure the full disclosure of information in the global financial field, and realize:
(1) Promoting the reform of the international financial system and establishing a new international financial order;
(2) promoting multilateral dialogue and international financial cooperation and exchanges;
(3) Promoting the perfection of financial supervision system, corporate governance structure and financial risk control mechanism;
(4) Promoting financial stability, financial innovation and sustainable development;
(five) to promote and carry out a wide range of research, consulting and education projects.
For a long time, the International Finance Forum (IFF) has always adhered to a forward-looking, authoritative and high academic standard, and has been increasingly concerned by the international financial community and all walks of life, which has had a tremendous impact and has become an exchange platform to promote further exchanges, cooperation and development in the global financial community.
History and achievements:
The International Finance Forum was established in Beijing, China in June 2003. It is committed to promoting global cooperation among all members and participants, attracting global elites, discussing and negotiating major issues in the international financial field, meeting the most important challenges in the world, and promoting more inclusive and extensive global cooperation and development. And bring more projects to members, including forum meetings, forum research and consultation, forum media, forum education and forum global projects and initiatives.
From June 5, 2002 to 10, the International Finance Forum started to launch preparatory initiatives according to the international financial situation and needs, and received positive responses from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Canadian Prime Minister jean chretien, former US President Bill Clinton, China government departments, UN system agencies, relevant international economic organizations and global financial leaders. In the later development, it was joined and supported by more than 200 global political and financial leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former British Prime Minister Blair, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny shipley, South Korean Prime Minister Han, Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz, UN Under-Secretary-General and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Since 2003, the Forum on Forests has held regular annual global meetings. Up to now, more than 500 political, economic and financial leaders and famous experts from all over the world have attended and delivered speeches, and more than 65,438+00000 people from all walks of life have attended the conference, which has achieved extensive influence.
On June 28th, 2003, 65438+1October 28th, 78 distinguished representatives from China government departments, United Nations system agencies, relevant international economic organizations and more than 20 countries and regions gathered in Beijing, China to formally hold the first annual meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF). More than 600 people from all walks of life attended the meeting, which aroused strong concern from the international community.
On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2004, representatives and famous experts and scholars from China government departments, United Nations system agencies, relevant international economic organizations and more than 20 countries and regions attended and published the Declaration of the International Forest Forum, announcing the establishment of the International Forest Forum Council and a permanent body.
June 2007+10, IFF strategic library series was officially published. IFF series is a collection of research results, speeches, financial leaders and IFF members. Published regularly according to the annual meeting and research results. At present, a series of books, such as New Pattern of Financial Opening in China and Global Financial Crisis: Its Impact on the World and China, have been published one after another.
In September 2008, the Forum, an independent academic journal of the Forum, was launched and prepared for publication. The inaugural issue was launched during the global annual meeting of the Forum in June 2008.
In June 2009, IFF and the Central University of Finance and Economics established the IFF Research Institute of the Central University of Finance and Economics, aiming at integrating the high-end resources of global economy, finance and academia, and establishing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary research, education and training and think tank institution with international influence, including providing strategic and policy research reports for government decision-making departments, providing a high-end platform for exchange and discussion, providing first-class research, consulting and education and training services for financial institutions, and cooperating with world-renowned universities. At present, the teaching and research office building under construction of IFF Research Institute has six classical quadrangles, covering an area of 18 mu, with a total construction area of more than 20,000 square meters. All the renovation and supporting infrastructure will be completed by the end of 2065,438+00, and it will officially start operation in 2065,438+065,438+0.
On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2009, with the support of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, IFF and the Tongzhou District People's Government of Beijing formally signed a strategic agreement on the permanent site of IFF, and determined that the permanent site of IFF was officially settled on the side of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Tongzhou District, Beijing, with a planned total area of 3 square kilometers. It will be built according to the international leading green and low-carbon design standards, including an independent international conference center, a five-star hotel, an IFF research park, and the King's Library. The completed IFF permanent meeting place will become an international financial exchange and cooperation platform with world influence and a "new landmark business card" for the financial development of China and Beijing.
On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2009, IFF signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation with United Nations system agencies/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership, and jointly established IFF International Advisory Committee.
Special record:
World financial development and international financial liberalization have become an inevitable trend. We should understand and study the development of various countries, and it is necessary to establish a useful world financial exchange platform through dialogue. The International Finance Forum is an important exchange platform dedicated to promoting the financial development goals of China and the world.
-International Financial Forum
I'm especially glad to see you working so hard. Holding an international financial forum will promote mutual communication and understanding and make important contributions to economic and social development.
-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
I am very happy to extend my warm greetings to all of you who participated in the international financial forum. The meeting was held at an important moment. The global financial crisis is worsening, posing an increasingly serious threat to the global economy, especially to the poorest and most vulnerable members of the human family. Even before the latest round of financial turmoil, our common efforts to reduce poverty have been challenged by rising food and energy prices and accelerating climate change. The main task of achieving the Millennium Development Goals is more challenging than ever. We can't let the global financial crisis worsen, let our previous achievements go down the drain and let more people fall into poverty. We must protect those people whose lives are in danger.
-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
I am honored to welcome you to the international financial forum. As a new member of the WTO, China's influence in international affairs is constantly expanding, and it is also facing great challenges from the financial field. The forum raised the realistic problems that China is facing in the ever-changing and developing global economic environment. I believe you will benefit greatly from the unique insights of senior officials and financial leaders from all over the world.
-jean chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister
Economic globalization is interdependence in the true sense and the general trend of world economic development. As the core of economy, finance is a very important aspect in the process of financial globalization and economic globalization. We should strive to establish a balanced and fair international financial market through international cooperation.
-Cheng Siwei, Chairman of the International Finance Forum.
Vice Chairman of the Tenth China the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC)
On the occasion of the opening of the International Finance Forum, I sincerely wish the conference a complete success. During my tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I deeply realized the important value of the global economy and strongly felt the unprecedented close relationship between the global economies. The international financial forum can provide excellent opportunities for people around the world to discuss and influence the global economy, so it is a great event to participate in this forum. This is why I want to participate in and support the international financial forum, and I express my heartfelt wishes.
-Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister
The International Finance Forum (IFF) is a good platform, where I met many famous people and scholars from the global financial community. Here we can brainstorm, pool our wisdom and experience, and let us know more about and discuss some current problems. In the next five years, China will become an important leader in global innovation. Her innovative measures to solve various problems encountered in domestic development may have a significant impact on the global market, and China will certainly become a very important country on the world stage.
-Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny shipley
It is very necessary to establish a long-term international financial forum in China. The rapid development of China's economy has become the focus of the world, and the global capital flow has gradually turned to China as the core. Actively participating in and establishing a high-level dialogue platform will have a positive impact on China's financial reform and opening up and the development of international capital. As a permanent global financial summit, the establishment and convening of the International Financial Forum will express its voice to the world.
-robert mundell, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Governments and financial circles should make joint efforts to establish a more perfect global financial system and a more effective coordination mechanism. The international financial forum is a grand meeting of the global financial community. The Forum issued the Declaration of the International Financial Forum, and the annual meeting of the International Financial Forum will be held regularly, providing a window for the international financial community to exchange and talk. This window has strengthened the ties between financial circles of various countries, strengthened the ties between China and the world, and strengthened the ties between government, academia and financial circles.
-Jiang Zhenghua, Vice Chairman of the 10th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC).
International Finance Forum (IFF) has always been very important, but it is not as important in history as it is today, because today we are facing the most important challenges in the global financial and economic fields. IFF members are all leaders from the global financial community. I believe that the International Finance Forum (IFF) will definitely become a landmark forum.
-morris strong, former UN Under-Secretary-General.
Strengthen cooperation, especially through long-term strategic cooperation with the International Finance Forum (IFF), to help China establish a broader financial market and benefit the poor. I believe that international financial forums are crucial to shaping China's role in the global economy.
-Zephyrin Diabre, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.
It is a great honor to participate in the international financial forum, where I have met many outstanding global financial leaders and leaders. The International Finance Forum is a high-standard forum. A year ago, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met here. It was that meeting that laid the basic tone for the development of China's financial system. We hope that China can make a very important contribution that China should make.
-John Lipski, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Cooperation can make progress, especially in the financial field. The new development of the global multipolar market makes us face great challenges, and we must strengthen cooperation and dialogue and participate in it. It is hoped that all systems can further coordinate and cooperate to build a safer trade and financial system.
-Former US Secretary of Commerce and Trade Representative Mike Kanter
The financial crisis has made the global elites clearly realize that it is necessary to reform the global financial system, and non-governmental organizations also need to actively explore how to get out of the crisis. Now that Asia has its own International Finance Forum (IFF), the Asian economy is showing signs of recovery. China and other emerging countries have provided impetus for the recovery of the world economy. I am very happy to see the determination and efforts of the China government to overcome the crisis in the international financial forum, and I believe that the international financial forum can make its own contribution to overcoming the international financial crisis.
-Han Seung-soo, President of the 56th UN General Assembly and former Prime Minister of South Korea.
The whole world is facing extremely severe challenges. We need strong leadership, firm determination and reform, so that we can realize all our potential and make our next generation and the whole world have very stable and peaceful development.
-Former Pakistani Prime Minister shaukat aziz
I am honored to speak at this very important meeting of the International Finance Forum. In the past many years, this forum has brought together national leaders, senior experts and leaders of international economic organizations from China and other countries, and they have become the most famous and influential activities in the world, both in the financial and economic circles.
Edmund Alfan Daley,
Chairman of the European Group of 50 and former French Finance Minister
It is a great honor to participate in the international financial forum. Beijing is now leading the world out of the crisis. In the past year, China played an increasingly important role in the global economy and became one of the main members of the G20. I am glad that China has given strong support to the IMF, especially when the IMF is dealing with the crisis.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund