The 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum opened in on May 18 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and former governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech at a closed-door meeting held the previous day. Guo Yong, vice chancellor of Tsinghua University Council; Jiao Jie, dean of Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (Tsinghua PBCSF); and Xie Wei, president of SPD Bank, delivered remarks at the opening ceremony respectively. Zhang Xiaoyan, associate dean and Chair Professor of Tsinghua PBCSF, moderated the opening ceremony.

The 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum, themed Global Financial Governance in a Changing World: New Challenges, New Opportunities, New Developments, will be held from May 17 to 20. The forum features thematic sessions, report and achievement releases, closed-door meetings, and an International Strategic Advisory Council Meeting. Senior political and economic leaders, renowned scholars, and industry experts from both China and abroad will address new ideas, new trends, new practices, and new developments of global financial development, exploring new pathways and contributing new insights for high-quality financial development, the building of a leading financial power, and the improvement of global financial governance.

In the following session, Zhu Min, former deputy managing director of the IMF and former deputy governor of the PBoC; Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001; and Masaaki Shirakawa, former governor of the Bank of Japan, participated in a high-level dialogue.

Editors: Li Han, John Paul Grima