2004 China International Conference in Finance
Shanghai, China
July 8-10, 2004

 

                
    The 2004 China International Conference in Finance £¨CICF 2004 thereafter£© will take place in Shanghai, China on July
 8 to 10, 2004.  The conference will be organized by China Center for Financial Research (CCFR), Tsinghua University, Sloan
 School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
    The conference intends to provide an open platform to bring together researchers from around the world to exchange and
 discuss new developments in research, practice and policies finance. 
 
    China Center for Financial Research, Tsinghua University
    Sloan School of Management, MIT
    China Europe International Business School £¨CEIBS)

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

 
    CICF 2004 follows the standard format of international conferences with open calls for papers and reviews by a program
 committee consisted of established scholars in the field.   The program committee received 407 high quality papers from 
Mainland China (217), North America (92), Europe (23), Australia Area (46), and other Asian countries and areas (29).
    After the careful evaluation by the Program Committee, 46 papers have been accepted.  Including the 38 papers accepted
 by CIFC 2003, which was postponed to this year due to SARS, a total of 84 papers will be presented at the conference.


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

 
Conference Chair:
Wang, Jiang, NTU Professor of Finance, MIT; Director, CCFR, Tsinghua University

Organizing Committee (Alphabetical)
Gao, Bin, Associate Professor£¬University of North Carolina; Special Term Professor, Tsinghua University
Ge, Jun, Director of the Dean's Office, CEIBS
Huang, Haizhou, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund; Special Term Professor, Tsinghua University
Liang, Neng, Professor of Management, CEIBS
Liao, Li, Associate Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua 
University; Executive Associate Director, CCFR, Tsinghua University
Song, Fengming, Professor of Finance, Tsinghua University
Wang, Jiang, NTU Professor of Finance, MIT
Xu, Xiaonian, Professor of Economics and Finance, CEIBS

Program Committee Chair:
Gao, Bin
Huang, Haizhou

Program Committee of CICF 2004

Secretary-General: 
Liao, Li
CCFR, Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Email: liaol@em.tsinghua.edu.cn
Tel: +86 10 6277 3180
Deputy Secretary-General: 
Ge, Jun
CEIBS
699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai 201206, P. R. China
Email: gjun@ceibs.edu
Tel: +86 21 2890 5123

GUEST SPEAKERS:

 
Keynote Speakers:

Stewart C. Myers
Gordon Billard Finance of Finance, MIT
Former President of American Finance Associate
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

Jinglian Wu
Bao Steel Professor of Economics, CEIBS
Research Fellow, Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China
National Committee Member and Associate Director of Economic Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Research Fellow, China Academy of Social Science

Invited Guest Speakers:

Symposium - China's Financial Reform
Zhou, Xiaochuan		Governor, the People's Bank of China
Shang, Fulin		Chairman, China Security Regulation Commission (to be confirmed)
Li, Jiange			Deputy Director, Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China
Feng, Guoqin		Vice Mayor of Shanghai
John L. Thornton		Professor, Tsinghua University; former COO, Goodman Sachs (to be confirmed)
Lester Thurow		Professor and former Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

Symposium - Financial Institution Innovation
Guan, Guoliang		Chairman, New China Insurrance Co. Ltd
Lu, Guanqiu		Founder, Zhejiang Commercial Bank and Minsheng Life Insurrance Company
Wang, Jun			Chairman, Tailong Credit Company
Yang, Changbo		Managing Director, China International Capital Company

Symposium - Real Estate Finance
Xie, Ping 			Director General of Bureau of Financial Stability, the People's Bank of China
Ji Fengxiang		Director, National Statistical Bureau
Wan Daning 		Chief Executive of Nanwei County, Shanghai
Yang Xiaoping 		CEO, Shanghai ZhongHai Real Estate Development Co.


CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

 

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08:30 - 10:00        Opening Ceremony 
                     Opening Remarks, Jiang Wang, Conference Chair
                     Welcome Remarks, Mayor of Shanghai
                     Remarks of Representatives from Tsinghua University, MIT, and CEIBS
                     Remarks of Guest Speakers

                     Keynote Speech - Professor Stewart C. Myers 

10:10 - 10:20        Break

10:30 - 11:50        Symposium on China's Financial Reform
                     Chair: Huang, Haizhou
                     Guest Speakers:
                     Zhou, Xiaochuan	Governor, the People's Bank of China
                     Shang, Fulin	Chairman, China Security Regulation Commission (to be confirmed)
                     Li, Jiange		Deputy Director, Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China
                     Feng, Guoqin	Vice Mayor of Shanghai
                     John L. Thornton	Professor, Tsinghua University; former COO, Goodman Sachs (to be confirmed)
                     Lester Thurow	Professor and former Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

12:00 - 12:50        Lunch

13:00 - 14:00        Keynote Speech - Professor Jinglian Wu

14:15 - 15:45        Symposia

                     Financial Institutions Innovation
                     Chair: Xu, Xiaonian
                     Guest Speakers:
                     Guan, Guoliang	Chairman, New China Insurrance Co. Ltd
                     Lu, Guanqiu 	Founder, Zhejiang Commercial Bank and Minsheng Life Insurrance Company
                     Wang, Jun		Chairman, Tailong Credit Company
                     Yang, Changbo	Managing Director, China International Capital Company

                     Real Estate Finance
                     Chair: Professor Jianping Mei
                     Guest Speakers:
                     Xie, Ping 		Director General of Bureau of Financial Stability, the People's Bank of China
                     Ji Fengxiang	Director, National Statistical Bureau
                     Wan Daning 	Chief Executive of Nanwei County, Shanghai
                     Yang Xiaoping 	CEO, Shanghai ZhongHai Real Estate Development Co.

15:45 - 16:00        Break

16:00 - 18:00        Academic Session I

Session 1/Room 1     Market Manipulation and Speculation
					
                     Stock Market Manipulation - Theory and Evidence
                     Rajesh K. Aggarwal, Dartmouth College
                     Guojun Wu, University of Michigan
                     
                     Speculative Trading and Stock Prices: An Analysis of Chinese A-B Share Premia
                     Jianping Mei, New York University
                     Jose A. Scheinkman and Wei Xiong, Princeton University

                     Fooling all of the people some of the time: A theory of endogenous sequencing in confidential negotiations
                     Thomas H. Noe, Tulane University
                     Jun Wang, SAS Institute Inc. 

                     The stabilizing and welfare analysis of speculation
                     Qihan Su, Weizhong Chen, Tongji University

Session 1/Room 2     Banking and Regulation

                     Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery and Banking
                     Haizhou Huang, International Monetary Fund
                     Dalia Martin, University of Munich
                     Chenggang Xu, London School of Economics
                     
                     Banking Regulation around the World: Patterns, Determinants, and Impact
                     Li, Tao, University of Michigan & Hong Kong University of Science and 
                     Technology
                     
                     Financial Infrastructure, Underwriter Reputations, and Securities Fraud
                     Wei-Ling Song, Drexel University
                     
                     Corruption and international valuation: does virtue pay?
                     Charles M. C. Lee, Ng, David, Cornell University

Session 1/Room 3     Stock Returns

                     Empirical Studies about the Return of China Stock Market
                     Baotong Su, Wei Chen, Xiamen University
                     
                     The Cross-section of Volatility and Expected Returns
                     Andrew Ang, Robert J. Hodrick, Columbia University
                     Yuhang Xing, Rice University
                     Xiaoyan Zhang, Cornell University
                     
                     What Determines Chinese Stock Returns?
                     Fenghua Wang, Shanghai Stock Exchange
                     Yexiao Xu, University of Texas at Dallas
                     
                     Studies about the Haircut of China Stock market
                     Fred Song, Hui Tan, Tsinghua University

Session 1/Room 4     Futures and Options

                     The Rise and Fall of the Government Bond Futures Market in China
                     Chao Chen, Zhongguo Zhou, California State University, Northridge
                     
                     The Information in Option Volume for Stock Prices
                     Pan, Jun - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                     Allen M. Poteshman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                     
                     The Volatility Risk Premium Embedded in Currency Options
                     Buen Sin Low, Shaojun Zhang, Nanyang Technological University
                     
                     Differences of Opinion of Public Information
                     H. Henry Cao, University of North Carolina
                     Hui Ou-Yang, Duke University

18:00 - 19:30        Cocktails


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08:30 - 10:30        Academics Session II

Session 2/Room 1     Trading Behavior and Stock Return Predictability

                     Optimal Transaction Filters under Transitory Trading Opportunities: Theory and Empirical Illustration
                     Ronald J. Balvers, West Virginia University
                     Yangru Wu, Newark & New Brunswick Rutgers University
                     
                     An Empirical Study on Momentum and Contrarian Strategies in China Stock Market
                     Xin Yang, Zhanhui Chen, Tsinghua University
                     
                     Investing for the Short Run when Return Volatility is Predictable
                     Leping Wang, University of Pennsylvania

                     What impacts the trading?
                     Jibao He, Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Session 2/Room 2     Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation

                     Repricing Alternatives, Optimal Repricing Policy, and Early Exercise of Executive Stock Options
                     Yang, Jerry T., University of Arizona
                     Willard T. Carleton, National Tsinghua University, Tsinchu, Taiwan
                     
                     When to Fire a CEO: Optimal Termination in Dynamic Contracts
                     Stephen E. Spear, Carnegie Mellon University
                     Cheng Wang, Iowa State University & Carnegie Mellon University
                     
                     Shareholders Structure, Investors Protection and Corporate Performance
                     Kemin Wang, Jingyong Chen, Jilin University
                     
                     Block Equity Transfers and Corporate Control
                     Zhicheng Wang, Yi Zhang, Peking University

Session 2/Room 3     Corporate Finance I

                     Why Do Firms Disguise Their Profits? Theory and Evidence from China
                     Qiao Liu, Geng Xiao, University of Hong Kong 
                     
                     Ultimate Corporate Ownership Structure and Capital Structure: Evidence from East Asia
                     Julan Du, Yi Dai, Chinese University of Hong Kong
                     
                     Expropriation, Regulation, and Firm Value: Evidence from Events in China
                     Henk Berkman, University of Auckland
                     Rebel A. Cole, DePaul University
                     Jiang Fu, University of Auckland
                     
                     CEO selection and compensation with asymmetric information and moral hazard
                     Jiang Luo, James J.D. Wang, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Session 2/Room 4     Interest Rate and Credit Market

                     Predictability of Interest Rates and Interest-Rate Portfolios
                     Turan Bali, Baruch College
                     Massoud Heidari, Caspian Capital Management, LLC
                     Liuren Wu, Baruch College
                     
                     How Much of the Corporate-Treasury Yield Spread is Due to Credit Risk
                     Jingzhi Huang, Penn State University
                     Ming Huang, Stanford University
                     
                     Collateral Channel and Credit Cycle: Evidence from the Land-Price Collapse in Japan 
                     Jie Gan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
                     
                     Studies about the Credit Risk Valuation of China Non-performing Asset
                     Hongyan Cai, China Huarong Asset Management Corporation

10:30 - 11:00        Break

11:00 - 12:30        Academics Session III

Session 3/Room 1     Behavioral Finance

                     Rational Panics, Absorbing Regime Switching and Stock Market Crashes: Empirical Evidence From The 
                     State-Share Paradox
                     Yinggang Zhou, Cornell University
                     Dengta Chen, Peking University
                     
                     Difference of Behavior among Insiders, Institutions, and Individual Investors: Evidence from Ownership Structure
                     Honghui Zhu, China Europe International Business School
                     
                     Why Stocks May Disappoint
                     Andrew Ang, Geert Bekaert, Columbia University
                     Liu, Jun - University of California - Los Angeles

Session 3/Room 2     Earnings Quality and Management

                     The Valuation of Domestic and Foreign Earnings and the Impact of Investor 
                     Sophistication
                     Callen, Jeffrey L.- University of Toronto
                     Ole-Kristian Hope, Dan Segal
                     
                     Earnings Quality, Insider Trading, and Cost of Capital
                     David Aboody, John Hughes, Jing Liu, University of California - Los Angeles
                     
                     Cash Dividend in China: Earnings Management, Liquidating, and Tunneling
                     Chi-Wen Jevons Lee, Tulane University
                     Xing Xiao, Tsinghua University

Session 3/Room 3     IPO and SEO

                     Pricing Taiwan's Initial Public Offerings
                     Chang, Kuo-Ping, Yu-Min Tang, National Tsinghua University, Tsinchu, Taiwan 

                     On The Anticipation of IPO Underpricing: Evidence From Equity Cave-outs
                     Lawrence M. Benveniste, Huijing Fu, Paul J. Seguin, University of Minnesota 
                     Xiaoyun Yu, Indiana University 

                     Product Market Advertising and New Equity Issues: Theory and Empirical Evidence
                     Thomas Chemmanur, Boston College
                     An Yan, Fordham University

Session 3/Room 4     Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy

                     The Internal Instability of RMB Exchange Rate: its Structural and Institutional Causes
                     Yingli Pan, East China Normal University
                     
                     The Conducting Mechanism of the China's Monetary Policy and the Empirical Analysis
                     Ning Xie, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
                     
                     Emerging Market Exchange-Rate Exposure
                     Chue, Timothy K., David Cook, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

12:30 - 14:30        Lunch Break

14:30 - 16:30        Academics Session IV

Session 4/Room 1     Asset Pricing

                     Comparative Analysis of Two Factors Influencing the Short-term Price Behavior of Financial Assets
                     Ping Li, Yong Zeng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of Chendu
                     
                     On the Explanatory Power of Asset Pricing Models Across and Within Portfolios
                     Raymond Kan, University of Toronto 
                     
                     Liquidity and Asset Pricing: Empirical Analysis of the Turnover and Expected Return of China Stock
                      Market 
                     Dongwei Su, Yuanxun Mai, Jinan University
                     
                     Model Uncertainty, Limited Market Participation and Asset Prices
                     Henry H. Cao, University of North Carolina
                     Tan Wang, University of British Columbia
                     Harold H. Zhang, University of North Carolina

Session 4/Room 2     Corporate Finance II

                     Empirical Analysis of China List Companies M&A Performance
                     Xindan Li, Hongliang Zhu, Bing Zhang, Hao Luo, Nanjing University
                     
                     Why Does Analysts' Forecast Dispersion Predict Stock Returns? A Corporate Guidance Perspective
                     Mark Liu, Boston College
                     Danielle Xu, Tong Yao, University of Arizona
                     
                     The Cost of Capital and the Return on Corporate Investment of A-Share Listed Company
                     Zheng Zhang, Xiaojing Meng, Li Liu,  Peking University
                     
                     Financial Intervention in Early Development: A Theory
                     Chun Chang, Yijiang Wang, University of Minnesota & Tsinghua University

Session 4/Room 3     Corporate Behavior and Capital Market

                     Anomy of the Regulation and Deregulation of IPO and Market Shrink
                     Wuxiang Zhu, Chengyan Jiu, Tsinghua University
                     
                     Governance Mechanisms and Equity Prices
                     K. J. Martijn Cremers, Yale School of Management
                     Vinay B Nair, New York University
                     
                     The Roles of Government against Stock Market Manipulation
                     Yongdong Shi, Xianfeng Jiang, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics
                     
                     Privatization via Overseas Listing: Evidence from China's H-Share Firms
                     Jin Jia, Motorola Innovation Centre
                     Qian Sun, Nanyang Technological University
                     Wilson Tong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Session 4/Room 4     Fund Management

                     Information Content and Market Reaction of the Change of Closed-end Managers
                     Minlei Ye, Renmin University of China
                     Weizheng Yu, Tsinghua University
                     
                     Is Penny Trading Optimal for Closed-end Funds in China?
                     Li Wei, New York Stock Exchange
                     Donghui Shi, Shanghai Stock Exchange
                     
                     Information Content for the Index Componential Stock
                     LIqiang Sun, Chao Chen, Tsinghua University
                     
                     Do Hedge Funds Have Enough Capital? A Value-at-Risk Approach*
                     Anurag Gupta, Bing Liang, Case Western Reserve University

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08:30 - 10:30        Academic Session V

Session 5/Room 1     Investor Behavior and Asset Pricing

                     International Evidence on Institutional Trading Behavior and Price Impact
                     Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, Pankaj K. Jain, Christine Jiang, Robert A. Wood,
                      University of Memphis 
                      
                     Transaction and Price Duration in China Stock Market
                     Wei Chen, Xiamen University
                     
                     Are domestic investors more informed than foreign investors?  Evidence from the Perfectly Segmented
                      Market in China
                     Kalok Chan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
                     Albert J. Menkveld, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
                     Zhishu Yang, Tsinghua University

Session 5/Room 2     Risk and Return

                     The Determinant Factors of the Cross-Section Return: Risk Factors and Stock Characteristics
                     Xu, Nianxing, Shinong Wu, Xiamen University

                     Risk, Dispersion of Analysts Forecasts and Stock Returns
                     Shisheng Qu, Laura Starks and Hong Yan, University of Texas at Austin
                     Empirical Analysis for Calculating VaR Using Adjusted Hill Estimation
                     Wuyi Ye, Baiqi Miao, University of Science & Technology of China

Session 5/Room 3     Market Liquidity and Information Asymmetry

                     The Effects of Investor Protection on the Information Asymmetry of the Securities Market
                     Yihui Wang, Li Liao, Tsinghua University
                     Xiaotie Deng, City University of Hong Kong
                     
                     Institutional Equity Flows, Liquidity Risk and Asset
                     Ashley W. Wang, University of California - Los Angeles
                     
                     IPO underpricing and after-market liquidity
                     Andrew Ellul, Indiana University
                     Marco Pagano, Universit¨¤ di Napoli Federico II

Session 5/Room 4     Venture Capital and IPO

                     Venture capital investments by IPO underwriters: Certification or conflict of interest?
                     Xi Li, University of Miami
                     Ronald W. Masulis, Vanderbilt University
                     
                     The Accuracy of IPO Profit Forecasts in Thailand and their Relationships with Stock Market Valuation
                     Ravi Lonkani, Chiang Mai University
                     Michael Firth, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
                     
                     Venture Capital in China: Investment Decision-making Processes and Success Factors 
                     Paul Vega, Li Choy Chong, University of St. Gallen, University of St. Gallen
                     Wei Zhang, Tsinghua University

10:30 - 11:00        Break

11:00 - 12:00        Academic Session VI

Session 6/Room 1     Stock Price Process 

                     Predictability of Chinese Stock Returns: Contrarian or Momentum?
                     Yang Li, Yuhui Liu, China Academy of Social Security
 
                     Empirical Test of the Inter-day Volatility of China Stock Market
                     Libin Tao, Zhaoben Fang, University of Science and Technology of China

                     Understanding the Sources of Momentum Profits: Stock-Specific Component versus Common-Factor
                      Component
                     Qiang Kang, University of Hong Kong 
                     Canlin Li, University of California - Riverside

Session 6/Room 2     Corporate Finance III

                     Corporate Governance and Firm Valuations in China
                     Chong-En Bai, Qiao Liu, Joe Lu, Frank M. Song, and Junxi Zhang, 
                     University of Hong Kong
                     
                     Comparative Study on Forecast Approaches of Corporate Financial Distress
                     Changjiang Lu, Xianhua Zhang, Jilin University
                     
                     Ownership Control and Capital Structure
                     Zheng Sun, Baohua Chen, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics

Session 6/Room 3     Term Structure of Interest Rates

                     An Empirical Study on Multi-factor Interest Rate Models with Yield Curve data in the Shanghai Stock
                      Exchange
                     Longzhen Fan, Fudan University
                     
                     Forecasting the Joint Probability Density of Bond Yields: Can Affine Models Beat Random Walk?
                     Alexei V. Egorov, Yongmiao Hong, Haitao Li, Cornell University 
                     
                     Dynamic Behavior of Interest Rates in China
                     Hai Lin, Zhenlong Zheng, Xiamen University

Session 6/Room 4     Real Estate Finance

                     Real Estate Market Integration in Europe: Evidence from the Stock Market
                     Jian Yang, Prairie View A&M University
                     James W. Kolari, Guozhong Zhu, Texas A&M University
                     
                     Optimal Life-Cycle Asset Allocation with Housing as a Collateral
                     Rui Yao, Baruch College
                     Harold Zhang, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                     
                     What Explains Household Stock Holdings?
                     Miquel Faig, University of Toronto
                     Pauline M. Shum, York University 



FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:

Limited financial assistance is available for paper presenters/discussants on need basis.
Applications for financial assistance need to be completed with paper submissions.
Download Financial Application
Completed applications shall be submitted by E-Mail, address: cicf2004@ccfr.org.cn


REGISTRATION:

    Speakers, Discussants, and Session Chairs

	Please complete the forms and send it back to the Organizing Committee before June 15, 2004:
	
	CICF2004
	China Center for Financial Research, Tsinghua University
	Beijing 100084, P.R.China
	Tel: +86-10-62773180/62788163
	Fax: +86-10-62773180
	Email: cicf2004@ccfr.org.cn, ccfr@em.tsinghua.edu.cn

	Download The Registration Form


    Audience


GENERAL INFORMATION:

The City
Shanghai, the largest city in China, attracts people at home and abroad like a magnet. People come here for its culture, its history, its people and all the vigor and vitality it shows in its rush to international metropolis status. Like a pearl set in the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, Shanghai is the showcase of China's fast growth and a bonanza of tourist attractions, business opportunities and cultural activities. Today's Shanghai is designed with the aim of letting more people all over the world have a better understanding of Shanghai, especially of its current developments.

Conference Dates and Venue
The Conference will be held at Shanghai International Convention Center from July 8 to 10, 2004.
Shanghai International Convention Center, having another name as Oriental Riverside Hotel, is a 5-star Convention Hotel located in the heart of Lujia zui---Shanghai's Financial & Trade Zone.
Add: 2727 Riverside Avenue Pudong, Shanghai,China 200120

Coffee and Tea
The participants will be supplied with coffee and tea during breaks.

Passport and Visa
A valid passport and visa for visiting China are required. Upon receiving your Registration Form, CCFR, Tsinghua University will send you an official invitation letter with which you can apply for an entry visa at the Chinese Embassy or the nearest consulate general. Please send the Registration Form before June 15, 2004.

Weather
The weather in Shanghai in July is hot and rainy. To bring an umbrella is advisable. The average daily temperature is about 28¡ãC (82.4¡ãF), with the high at around 32¡ãC (89.6¡ãF) and low at around 24¡ãC (75.2¡ãF). All meeting rooms are air conditioned.

Insurance
The Organization Committee cannot accept any liability for personal accidents or loss of or damage to the private property of participants, students and accompanying persons during the conference or indirectly arising from the conference. It is advisable that participants take out adequate travel and health insurance before leaving their own countries.

Electricity
The electricity is supplied at 220V, 50Hz in China.

Currency Exchange
In China, only RMB is used. However, exchange centers can be found at airports, most hotels and large shopping centers. The exchange rate is about US$ 1 = RMB 8.30 Yuan. When exchanging money, please keep your receipt by which you can change any remaining RMB back to foreign currency when leaving China. Visa, Master, American Express, Diners Club and JCB are accepted in many department stores and hotels. It may be difficult to draw cash with credit cards.
The Bank of China and most hotels can cash travelers check issued by any foreign bank or financial institution. Participants will need to show a passport and pay a 0.75 percent commission. Travelers' check signed over to a third party cannot be cashed in China, but can be presented for collection through the Bank of China.

Arrival in Shanghai
Taxi service is available at both Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Airport (domestic flights only) the whole day.
The cost from Pudong International Airport to Shanghai International Convention Center is about US$25, or RMB 200 Yuan.
The cost form Hongqiao Airport to Shanghai International Convention Center is about $13, or RMB 100 Yuan.
Please find the Taxi Note in this announcement to help you to the hotel and venue.

Reconfirmation of Air Ticket
Departure air ticket (both international and domestic) should be reconfirmed 72 hours in advance. Calling the airline office in Shanghai could make it. But these offices do not work in weekend.

Airport Tax
Domestic flights requests RMB 50 Yuan per person and international flights requests RMB 90 Yuan per person.


HOTEL INFORMATION:

Reservations could be made through completing that form and sent (fax/email) it to CCFR. To guarantee the room reservation, the please sent it out before June 20, 2004. The period of preferential price is from July 7 to July 11, 2004. Accommodation will be allotted based upon availability at the time your registration is received according to a first-come first-served basis. Any change made to the reservation prior to arrival must be communicated to CCFR, but not to the hotel.
1.The hotels accept major credit card payment.
2.Unless upon request, the hotels will only keep the reservation till 18:00.
3.For those who intend to share rooms, please write down your roommate's name on the Hotel Reservation Form.
4.Shuttle bus from hotels to the conference hall will be provided in morning and after the sessions every day.

Accommodation Daily Rate Address Distance from
Convention Center
Oriental Riverside
Hotel Shanghai
[Booked Out]
US$130-US$150 Net 2727 Riverside Avenue Conference Hotel
Holiday Inn
Pudong(4*)
Superior Queen:RMB665 Net
Superior Twin: RMB750 Net
(inclusive of one breakfast/per room)
899 Dongfang Rd. 20 Minutes by driving
Ramada
Pudong(4*)
Superior Queen/Twin: RMB550 Net
(inclusive of one breakfast)
18 Xinjinqiao Rd. 30 Minutes by driving
Motel 168 Standard Room: RMB258 Net 179 Xinjianqiao Rd. 30 Minutes by driving
Yin Biao Garden
(Service Apartment)
Single Room: RMB250 Net
(inclusive of one breakfast)
Double Room: RMB280
(inclusive of two breakfast)
450 Hongfeng Rd. 30 Minutes by driving


CONFERENCE CONMMUNICATION£º

Mr. Feng ZHAO
China Center for Financial Research (CCFR), Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, P. R. China£¨100084£©
Email: ccfr@em.tsinghua.edu.cn
Tel: +86 10 6278 8163
Fax: +86 10 6277 3180

Ms. Flora ZHU
China Europe International Business School
699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai 201206, P. R. China
Email:zflora@ceibs.edu
Tel: +86 21 2890 5205
Fax: +86 21 2890 5108


Tel:8610£­62788163     Email£ºzhaof2@em.tsinghua.edu.cn