On July 3rd, Qian Xingwang, Professor of University at Buffalo, the State University of New York gave an academic lecture titled with “External debt currency denomination and the currency composition of foreign exchange reserves”. Professor Li Zhihui held the lecture and Professor Hao Xiangchao and Assistant Professor Li Hao made comments. Post-graduate students of School of Economics attended the lecture.

Professor Qian Xingwang's main research interest are international finance, financial economics and applied econometrics. He has rich research experience in the core issues of international finance, including foreign exchange reserves, capital flows and foreign direct investment, with published papers in Journal of International Money and Finance, China Economic Review and other renowned journals.

During the lecture, Professor Qian analyzed the impact of external debt currency denomination on the currency composition of foreign exchange reserves, and shared research progress in related fields. Onsite professors and students actively discussed the research background, research methods, and future expansion directions of the paper.

Nankai University’s Young Economists Seminar Series No. 113: External debt currency denomination and the currency composition of foreign exchange reserves