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 China Reform Foundation (CRF) |
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China Research Foundation for Economic Reform(CRF), established in 1995, is a non-profit, non-governmental institution based in Beijing and registered with the People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Civil Affairs People's Republic of China (Registration No.50001847-7).
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| mission |
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The main goal of the Foundation is to promote scientific and policy-oriented research activities on a broad range of important issues concerning China's current economic reform and development, to encourage high-quality economic analyses of subjects of interest to business,government,and the general public, so as to contribute to the process of China's modernization.
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| Current Program Area |
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The Foundation plans to support research projects in following areas:
Economics of Transition: Major difficulties and trends in China's economic system reform;
Economics of Transition: Development of non-state sector and reform of state-owned enterprises;
Macroeconomics: China's macroeconomics stabilization and sustainable growth;
Macroeconomics: Monetary policy and fiscal policy in the period of economic system transformation;
Financial Market: Financial system reform and development of financial market;
Public Finance: Fiscal reform and the central-local relations;
Development Economics: Regional disparity and urban-rural disparity and the sustainability of economic growth;
Development Economics: Impacts of factor mobility on economic growth;
Development Economics: Distribution and structure of foreign direct investment in China;
International Economics: Foreign trade, foreign exchange, capital inflow and their relation with China's macroeconomic operation;
International Economics: China's foreign economic policies in late 90s .
Corporate Governance: Development of corporate governance in China's non-state enterprises;
Corporate Finance: Capital Portfolio management of China's industrial firms.
The researches should be theoretically well-defined, empirical, policy-oriented, and forward-looking.
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| Organization |
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Board of Trustees ,the highest decision-making authority of the Foundation composed of senior economists, former government officials, major donors and outstanding social figures.
Academic Committee, the academic executive responsible for selection and approval of research programs and researchers.
Finance Committee, responsible for management of the endowment fund.
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| Benifits for Major Donors |
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The Foundation's functions depend fully on contributions from a variety of sources. To ensure its financial and intellectual independence, the foundation solicits donations from all types of donors, including individuals, corporations,governments and other foundations.
Donors will fully enjoy the legal right. To ensure the rational and effective management and use of fund, all activities of the foundation will be subjected to strict supervision of donors.
Grand Patron For major endowments of US$1 million or more.Donors receive special recognition in all publications sponsored by the Foundation, including its newsletters, books, monographs, programs and conference proceedings; receive all the latest research reports, close contact with all researchers affiliated with the Foundation; and invitations to all functions and conferences supported by the Foundation(Grand Patrons may also allocate part of their donation for a "Program Endowment" and/or "Fellowship Endowment", see categories below .)
Program Sponsor For endowments of US$300000 per specific research program. The Program will bear the donor's name, such as ,"ABC(company or individual) Program of Corporate Finance". Donors also receive all reports generated by the research program, close contact with researchers in the program, and invitations to all conferences sponsored by the Foundation.
Fellowship Sponsor For endowments of donation of US$200000 each. The fellowship will bear the donors name, such as ,"ABC(company or individual) Fellowship of Macroeconomics". Donors receive all reports written by the research fellow(s), close contact with the fellows, and invitation to conferences.
General Contributor For endowments of US$30000 or more. Donors receive research publications by request and invitations to conferences.
The Foundation will institutionally secure proper and efficient management and allocation of the endowment fund according to national laws and regulations. All donors have full rights to audit and to monitor the programs supported by the Foundation.
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