2012年夏季达沃斯论坛于9月11日-13日在天津举行，本届论坛主题是“塑造未来经济”。我院朱宁副院长受邀担任嘉宾参与此次论坛。期间，朱宁副院长还接受了达沃斯的专访，针对中国金融改革表达了自己的观点。

First of all, all of the panellists insist that reform is the key to solving the existing problems in China’s financial sector. They seem to agree that further reforms in the financial sector, such as marketization of the interest rate, relaxation of capital flows under the capital account and financing of small and medium-sized companies are critical to the shift of the Chinese economic growth model in the future. Several panellists suggested that further reform of the financial sector will lead to better differentiation of financial sub-sectors (banking, brokerage and insurance), competitors (i.e. different types of banks) within each sub-sector, and products and clientele. Such differentiation will help further the growth of the Chinese sector.

Second, the panellists all spoke of financial innovations and their importance to the reform of the financial sector. A few areas worthy of particular attention include the development of the bond market, reform of the A-share market and development of a deposit insurance mechanism and asset-backed securities. Some panellists emphasized that the reform of the financial sector rests in the hands not only of the market participants, but also of the regulatory bodies, which themselves require further reform.
 

In addition, almost all panellists talked about the importance of globalization to the reform of the Chinese financial sector. As China becomes an increasingly important part of the global economy and more and more Chinese companies conduct business overseas, the Chinese financial sector is required to go global at the same time. The increasing use of RMB in the global trade and financial system and the gradual relaxation in the pricing mechanism of the RMB yuan and flow under the capital flow will not only help Chinese financial institutions become more globally oriented, but also help the Chinese economy to become more open.
 

The reform of the financial sector in China heavily depends on reform in other areas of China, most notably in the economic growth model and political and legal systems. In return, reform in the financial sector may also provide a catalyst for further reforms in the above-mentioned areas.
Finally, the panellists answered two questions: what are the biggest risks that you see facing the Chinese financial sector, and what are the most important areas of the financial sector in which you wish to see the greatest reform? The consensus is that the lack of further reform is probably the biggest risk facing the Chinese financial sector; and the development of the bond market and reform of the Chinese A-share stock market are the most important areas for future reform.