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On 9 April 2026, the “Malaysia-China Distinguished Economists Programme” lecture, organized by the Institute of China Studies (ICS) of Universiti Malaya and co-organized by the Malaysia-China Business Council (MCBC) and Bank of China (BOC) Malaysia, was successfully held.
This lecture series aims to deepen mutual understanding of economic policies and social development through high-level dialogue. Professor Yu Miaojie, President of Liaoning University and PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis, was invited as the keynote speaker. During the session, Professor Yu highlighted the forward-looking layout of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and elaborated on how it drives economic cooperation and productivity between China and the rest of the world through institutional opening-up and industrial upgrading.
In the morning, Professor Yu first attended a government-business roundtable meeting to conduct pragmatic discussions on macroeconomic issues with Deputy Minister of Finance YB Liew Chin Tong, Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) YB Sim Tze Tzin, Executive Director and Chief Executive of MCBC Dato’ Tan Tian Meng, and a team of officials led by Khazanah Nasional Bhd’s Chief Investment Officer Dato’ Hisham Hamdan.
In the afternoon, Professor Yu proceeded to Universiti Malaya for a public lecture, where he engaged with guests including Deputy Minister of Finance YB Liew Chin Tong, Chairman of the Malaysia-China Business Council Tan Sri Dato’ Low Kian Chuan, CEO of BOC Malaysia Mr. Wu Jun, and Professor Ngeow Chow Bing, Director of the Institute of China Studies at UM. Professor Yu emphasized that through technological innovation and strategic alignment under the 15th Five-Year Plan, Malaysia and China can achieve deep complementarity in enhancing productivity and jointly address the challenges of the middle-income trap. The programme will continue to introduce professional insights to provide deeper reference points for future economic and trade cooperation and policy communication between Malaysia and China.
