Chinese Financial markets For Undergraduate Students and Exchange Students in Fudan University, China Course description This course aims to providing students with a whole picture on how the Chinese financial markets originated and evolved, what reforms have been done in the past 30 years, trends in development, and challenges and difficulties in future reforms The course is a 3-credit mandatory for students from ABs, a joint program cooperated by Fudan University, Hong Kong Chinese University and Waseda University. It is also open to local students and exchange students in Fudan as an elective. Students majoring in economics or finance are preferred. Prerequisite courses include Macro-economics. Micro-economics and Financial Management Starting with a comprehensive introduction, the course covers major financial markets in China, including the central bank and the banking system, the bond market, the stock market and the foreign exchange market. Each will be discussed as an individual topic, in which the instructor first reviews the fundamental concepts and theories, explains the history and facts in China, presents examples and cases, and then talks about current and future reforms. Classroom discussion is greatly encourage However. all the markets are interrelated. and should be understood in the background of domestic economic reform and international financial market development as well. By moving forward gradually, the instructor tries to integrate the contents, and provides students with the underlying logic as a whole instead of only scattered pieces The total teaching time will be 3 teaching hours each in 19 weeks, including the final examination. In completing the course, students are required to do one presentation in the class in groups, which accounts for 30% in the final grading. The presentation will be 25-30 minutes, and can be of any topic related to the financial markets(central bank, the banking system, the security market, the exchange rate, etc. not limited to China. Chinese students may talk about new trends in the domestic market and present their comments and insights while international students can share their countries'experience so as to provide a global perspective for the courseChinese Financial Markets For Undergraduate Students and Exchange Students in Fudan University, China Course Description This course aims to providing students with a whole picture on how the Chinese financial markets originated and evolved, what reforms have been done in the past 30 years, trends in development, and challenges and difficulties in future reforms. The course is a 3-credit mandatory for students from ABS, a joint program cooperated by Fudan University, Hong Kong Chinese University and Waseda University. It is also open to local students and exchange students in Fudan as an elective. Students majoring in economics or finance are preferred. Prerequisite courses include Macro-economics, Micro-economics and Financial Management. Starting with a comprehensive introduction, the course covers major financial markets in China, including the central bank and the banking system, the bond market, the stock market and the foreign exchange market. Each will be discussed as an individual topic, in which the instructor first reviews the fundamental concepts and theories, explains the history and facts in China, presents examples and cases, and then talks about current and future reforms. Classroom discussion is greatly encouraged. However, all the markets are interrelated, and should be understood in the background of domestic economic reform and international financial market development as well. By moving forward gradually, the instructor tries to integrate the contents, and provides students with the underlying logic as a whole instead of only scattered pieces. The total teaching time will be 3 teaching hours each in 19 weeks, including the final examination. In completing the course, students are required to do one presentation in the class in groups, which accounts for 30% in the final grading. The presentation will be 25-30 minutes, and can be of any topic related to the financial markets (central bank, the banking system, the security market, the exchange rate, etc.) not limited to China. Chinese students may talk about new trends in the domestic market and present their comments and insights, while international students can share their countries’ experience so as to provide a global perspective for the course