SPEAKER: Andrew Work, Co-Founder and Director, The Lion Rock Institute
HOSTING COMMITTEE: Alternative Investment Committee
MEMBER FEE: ¥600
GUEST FEE: ¥1200
DATE AND TIME: October 16, 2020 1:00 - 2:00pm
Post-Event Breakout Room 2:00 - 2:20pm*
REGISTRATION/CANCELLATION DEADLINE: October 16, 2020, 10:00
China, like several countries, has been exploring the development of a digital currency. Sometimes called altogether Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), the version under development in China is unique.
At this point, the PBOC CBDC isn't going to be an investment vehicle, which is how many people treat cryptocurrencies now. In fact, it isn't really even a national cryptocurrency. But it is going to have implications for anyone who is currently doing business with China.
Speaker Profile:
Andrew Work is the author of the only report on China’s forthcoming Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP) system, also known as the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency. Published by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, it is titled Crypto RMB: Finance Innovation or New Tool for Control? (download here).
Mr Work is a Hong Kong-based policy analyst and a co-founder and Director of The Lion Rock Institute (established 2004), Hong Kong’s first and only economic think tank focused on providing free market solutions to Hong Kong issues ranging from trade and taxation policy to budgetary planning and competition law. In November, he stepped down as the Managing Director, Head of Media, Asia and Europe at NexChange Group, a digital asset merchant bank and venture platform.
He is the founder and Editor in Chief of Harbour Times (established 2014), a publication focused on Hong Kong policy and politics (a New Work Media company). He is frequently called on to explain Hong Kong policy, politics and economics to local and global audiences and is widely quoted in global media. He is the former Executive Director of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and worked for The Economist Group, Penton Media and on Parliament Hill with a senior Cabinet Minister in Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and an MBA from the University of Victoria.
Alternative Investment Committee
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