Nobel Laureates give speeches

On September 1, 2023, to further broaden the eyesight and sharpen the edge of the city’s officials, Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Executive Leadership Academy invited two Nobel laureates to give online speeches.

The host is introducing Nobel laureates in bilingual.

In the morning that day, Harvard University professor Eric Maskin shared his opinion about mechanism design theory and the influence of economic globalization. Professor Maskin is a famous economist, mathematician and the founder of econometrics and one of the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his wonderful contribution to laying the foundation of mechanism design theory.

Professor Eric Maskin, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics

Prior to Harvard University, professor Maskin once taught in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Cambridge University and other world famous higher learning institutions. His research fields also cover social choice theory, game theory, contract theory, information theory，incentive theory and others.

Speaker in the afternoon was University of California Berkley professor George Smoot. Smoot shared his opinion about climate change,carbon peak, carbon neutrality and sustainable development. Professor Smoot was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2006, together with professor John Mather, for the discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Such a discovery helps further the inflationary universe and the Big Bang theory of the universe.

Professor George Smoot, awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2006

In September 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in the 75th United Nations Assembly that China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by the year of 2060. This is not only the need of our social and economic transformation and upgrading, but also our solemn commitment to the international community.

After the lessons, two professors interacted with listeners and answered questions patiently. The two speeches were presided over by Haitao Dong, vice-president of the leadership academy in both Chinese and English.

“As China’s pilot zone and demonstration area for reform and opening up to the outside world, internationalization is one of the most important characteristics of Shenzhen. Only by insisting on such a inclusive, pioneering，innovative and international spirit, can Shenzhen develop from a small fishing town into a prosperous metropolitan city with more than 20 million residents in about 40 years. Such a spirit was the key and password to our past achievements, In a highly competitive society, such a spirit is surely and will be an important guarantee for our further development and future prosperity,”Dong said.

According the Dong, the academy will  continuously hold such international forums and try the best to build the academy into an important platform for communication between China and foreign countries, for upholding and the promotion of Chinese culture.