The University of Macau (UM) on 30 May (next Thursday) will hold a talk, titled ‘The China-US Trade War: Challenges and Opportunities for China, the Greater Bay Area and Macao’, as part of the University Lecture Series. Prof Lawrence J Lau, a renowned economist, will be the keynote speaker. All are welcome.

Prof Lau is a well-known economist and an expert on global and Chinese economic development. He is currently Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and he served as the vice-chancellor and president of CUHK between 2004 and 2010. Before joining CUHK, he taught in the Department of Economics at Stanford University for a long time (from 1966).

During the talk, Prof Lau will share his insights on the causes and the impact of the current China-US trade war. He will discuss how China and the US, the two largest economies in the world, can find a way out in their relations characterised by ‘rivalry-partnership’ and ‘competition-complementarity’. He will also discuss whether the new type of major-power relations may lead to a win-win situation, and address the challenges and opportunities for China, the Greater Bay Area, and Macao.

The event is co-organised by UM and the Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation. It will start at 4:00pm in Mr and Mrs Lau Chor Tak Lecture Theatre (G078), Anthony Lau Building (E4), UM. It will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin. Those who are interested should register at https://isw.umac.mo/evm/register/uls_lau. For enquiries, please call 8822 4504.