The China Finance 40 Forum or CF40 is a Chinese think tank created in 2008 which specializes on issues of economic and financial policy. In January 2021, the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program ranked CF40 as #8 top think tank in China, and #31 among think tanks in China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea.[1]
CF40 was created on 12 April 2008 as a club of 40 finance experts under 40 years of age, thus its name. It was founded and developed by Wang Haiming, previously a journalist and chief editor at 21st Century Business Herald.[2]Chen Yuan was its founding chairman.
CF40 is based in Beijing. It has also created the Shanghai Finance Institute (SFI) in Shanghai and the Northern Finance Institute (NFI) in Tianjin, in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Both these institutes have had Wang Haiming as their Executive President from their creation.[3]
One of CF40's flagship events is the yearly "Bund Summit" in Shanghai, a series that started in 2019. The 2020 Bund Summit[6] was the venue for Jack Ma's speech on financial regulation in China which has been widely associated with the suspension of Ant Group's initial public offering.[7]
CF40 publishes studies and a periodical journal, China Finance Review. Its yearly "Jingshan Report" is a reference publication on China's financial system.[8]
Also as of early 2021, CF40's Academic Committee was chaired by Qian Yingyi[zh] and its members include Huang Yiping and Pan Gongsheng.[9]Jin Keyu was an academic member in 2024.[10]:136 By late 2024, the chair of the CF40 Academic Committee was Cai Fang[zh], and its other members were Bai Chong'en, Gao Shanwen, Long Guoqiang, and Zhu Jun.[11]
In 2021, CF40's resident Senior Fellows included Guan Tao,[12] and its nonresident Senior Fellows included Xiao Gang, Zhang Bin,[12] and Zhang Xiaohui.[13] By 2023, Guo Kai was also CF40 Senior Fellow.[14]
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