Topical Talk XIII

Geopolitics, China'a "Dual Circulation" Strategy, and the Greater Bay Area Development

Prof. Li Chen shared a talk entitled “Geopolitics, China’s “Dual Circulation” Strategy, and the Greater Bay Area Development” on 18 March 2025.

Professor Li Chen is an Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Centre for China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a Research Fellow (by courtesy) at CUHK’s Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance (IGEF). As a political economist, he has conducted research, written and taught on a wide range of issues in China’s political economy in the global context, such as China’s state-owned-enterprise reform, financial governance, government-business relations and industrial & regional development policies. He received his PhD and MPhil in development studies from the University of Cambridge and dual bachelor degrees of law and economics from Peking University.

In this talk, Prof. Li reviewed the profound structural shifts in global geopolitics and political economy during the recent decade and China’s “Dual Circulation” development strategy as a response to these changes. It examined the challenges and opportunities facing China’s economic development and reformed in the increasingly complex and volatile geopolitical and geo-economic environment. It further discussed the strategic importance of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area under China’s “Dual Circulation” paradigm in the changing global context.