This forum provides a platform for economists worldwide to discuss macroeconomic issues, particularly those related to China’s economy.

Purpose:
The purpose of this forum is to promote and expand high-quality research in macroeconomics, especially research on China’s macroeconomy. Macroeconomics includes fields such as economic growth and development, economic cycles, monetary economics, consumption and investment, income and wealth distribution, labor markets and employment, real estate markets, macrofinance, international finance and trade, structural transformation and industrial policy, monetary and fiscal policy, economic dynamics theory and numerical methods, and macroeconometric techniques.

Organization:
The forum's chairman is elected by the executive council for a two-year term, which is renewable. The secretary-general is responsible for the operation of the forum. The council’s responsibilities include nominating forum members, selecting conference locations and organizers, and discussing daily forum affairs.

Conference:
The main activity of the forum is organizing an annual conference. The conference is held in different cities in China and is initiated by the council and a temporarily convened conference committee.

Members:
Forum members consist of Chinese economists worldwide who research macroeconomics and are interested in China’s macroeconomy.The inaugural forum members are as follows (some members' affiliated institutions have changed).

Forum Chairman:
Professor Miao Jianjun

Academic Secretary-General:
Professor Miao Jianjun, Boston University

Conference Secretary-General:
Professor Bai Jinhui, Washington State University

Executive Council:
Bai Jinhui, Washington State University
Gong Liutang, Peking University
Ju Jiandong, Tsinghua University
Miao Jianjun, Boston University
Wang Pengfei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wen Yi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Zhou Hao, Tsinghua University

Senior Advisors:
Lin Yifu, Peking University
Wei Shangjin, Columbia University

Council Members:
Bai Jinhui, Washington State University
Bai Yan, University of Rochester
Zhang Chun, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chen Kaiji, Emory University
Chen Binkai, Central University of Finance and Economics
Gong Liutang, Peking University
Huang Xiaodong, Vanderbilt University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Ju Jiandong, Tsinghua University
Li Xuenan, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Lin Shu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Liu Xiaolei, Peking University
Lu Jun, Sun Yat-sen University
Luo Yulei, University of Hong Kong
Ma Jun, Tsinghua University
Miao Jianjun, Boston University
Nie Jun, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Ouyang Min, Tsinghua University
Pan Shiyuan, Zhejiang University
Qian Jun, Fudan University
Shi Kang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wang Cheng, Fudan University
Wang Jian, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Wang Pengfei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wang Qing, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Wang Yong, Peking University
Wei Shangjin, Columbia University
Xie Danyang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xiong Wei, Princeton University and Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen
Xu Junyi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xu Xianxiang, Sun Yat-sen University
Yin Heng, Renmin University of China
Yue Zhanwei, Emory University
Zhang Jing, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Zhou Hao, Tsinghua University
Zhu Shenghao, Nanjing Audit University
Zhu Tao, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhu Xiaodong, University of Toronto
Zou Wei, Wuhan University