Beijing conference draws 280 participants from eleven countries

The CEA UK/Europe 2026 China Annual Conference was held in Beijing from 12 to 14

June 2026, on the theme "Towards Intelligent, Green, and Convergent Economics."

More than 280 scholars registered, from over 130 universities and research

institutions in eleven countries, including China, the United Kingdom, the United

States, Australia, France and Singapore.

The programme ran to eight keynote addresses, 35 parallel sessions and one

special academic session, with more than 160 papers presented. Contributions

were grouped into six areas: artificial intelligence and changes in economic

methodology; data science and causal inference; green transition and sustainable

development; the digital economy and industrial change; innovation ecosystems and

regional development; and regulatory innovation and risk management.

The keynote speakers were Thomas Sargent of New York University, Whitney Newey of

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hong Yongmiao of the University of

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cong Lin of Nanyang Technological University, Xiao

Zheng of the University of Southern California, Wu Yanrui of the University of

Western Australia, Xiu Dacheng of the University of Chicago Booth School of

Business, and Dong Yizhe of the University of Edinburgh.

Based on the association's original WeChat report of 15 June 2026.