On July 7, 2022, the Macro-Finance Salon (No. 188) was held online. This event was co-hosted by the International Monetary Institute (IMI) and the Department of Monetary Finance, School of Finance, Renmin University of China (RUC), and organized by the Macroeconomic Research Office of IMI. During the seminar, Zhang Bin, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS, delivered a keynote speech titled “New Citizens and New Models: Housing Markets for the future”. Professor Wang Guogang, School of Finance, RUC; Member of Academic Committee, CASS; Li Xunlei, Chief Economist, Zhongtai Securities; Xia Lei, Chief Economist, Sealand Securities and Chen Xiaoliang, Associate Editor&Reviewer, Institute of Economics, CASS gave speeches respectively. The salon was moderated by Zhao Xijun, Co-Dean, Academy of China Capital Market, RUC.

‘Name and shame’ remains a common practice in the fight against financial crime. Both states and financial institutions can be subject to it, each at their own level. In a recently published manual for national regulators, the World Bank illustrates this principle by citing Luxembourg.

Deutsche Bank announced a partnership with Smile Foundation to provide engineering scholarships to 200 young women from low-income backgrounds in India. The students, from Bengaluru, Jaipur, Mumbai, and Pune, will receive funding for a four-year engineering course at select colleges across the cities.

On Aug 8, driverless robotaxi services were launched in designated areas in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Chongqing, marking a significant step in the country's exploration of the commercialization of autonomous driving.

home prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities remained largely stable month-on-month in June

allows Chinese citizens to contribute up to 12,000 yuan ($1,872) annually to individual pension accounts that would be subject to closed-end management

Major Chinese banks allowed clients in some cities and provinces hard-hit by COVID-19 to delay their mortgage payments to assist clients with payment difficulties at a crucial moment in the fight against the pandemic.

More than 60 Chinese cities have launched financial adjustments in their property sectors since the beginning of the year

China's central bank announced Apr.2 that its digital yuan pilot program will be expanded to more domestic cities following its successful operation over the past years.

Beijing ranked first recently among 16 Chinese cities with a population of more than 5 million in a survey looking at people's satisfaction with the digital economy.

China's top 100 cities contributed around 70 percent of the country's GDP last year, playing an increasingly important role in supporting the nation's overall growth.

In China, more than 1.03 billion people were internet users by the end of last year, of whom, those over 60 were 119 million