To promote the leading role of Hong Kong as an international financial and banking centre, the Institute of Global Economics and Finance (IGEF) hosted an advanced programme for central bankers from 5 to 7 February. Participants of the programme included central bankers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and others. Featured speakers included Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, former Chief Executive, HKSAR; Prof. Liu Mingkang, former chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and BCT Distinguished Research Fellow of IGEF; Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, former CUHK Vice-Chancellor and Claire Landau Professor of Economics of IGEF; Dr. Eddy Fong, former chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission; and Mr. Keith Pogson, senior partner of Ernst & Young.

The programme serves as an important platform for central bankers from non-G20 countries and regions to exchange and update their knowledge on banking policy and regulation.