China Business News Announced 2013 Financial Books of the Year

BEIJING, December 7, 2013 --China Business News (CBN)，a leading business daily in China, announced Financial Books of the Year 2013 during CBN Annual Meeting held on December 7, 2013.

The 24 Financial Books of the Year are recognized with great financial value and unique contributions. The authors, ranging from financial leaders, regulators to economists, attended this event, with a hope that their works could shed some light on China’s economic and financial reforms and pump vitality into the global financial system.

2013 CBN Financial Books of the Year “Big Winner” goes to:

Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence, by William L. Silber

2013 CBN Financial Books of the Year “Short List” include:

The Unloved Dollar Standard: From Bretton Woods to the Rise of China, by Ronald I. McKinnon;

After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead, by Alan S. Blinder;

China's Road to Greater Financial Stability: Some Policy Perspectives, by Udaibir S. Das, Jonathan Fiechter and Sun Tao.

2013 CBN Financial Books of the Year “Recommended Financial Books” include:

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, by Benn Steil;

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't, by Nate Silver;

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think, by Viktor Mayer-Sch?nberger and Kenneth Cukier;

The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World, by Kishore Mahbubani.

Among others, a number of Chinese books can also be found on the complete list in the appendix.

CBN Financial Book Awards Ceremony boasted a star-studded lineup. Liu Shijin, Deputy Director of Development Research Center of the State Council, and Yang Kaisheng, former President of Industrial and Commercial Bank, delivered the keynote speeches.

Among the guests who shared their views on the books were Zhu Min, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Wan Jianhua, Chairman of Guotai Junan Securities, Nie Qingping, General Manager of China Securities Finance Corporation Limited, Peng Wensheng, Chief Economist of China International Capital Corporation limited, Jia Kang, Director of Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance, Wang Xiaolu, Deputy Director of National Economic Research Institute, etc.

Other award-winning authors shared their viewpoints through videos, including Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, William L. Silber, Marcus Nadler Professor of Finance and Economics at NYU Stern School of Business, Alan S. Blinder, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Udaibir S. Das, Head of Basel III Implementation Group, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision at Bank for International Settlements, Sun Tao, Economist of Asia Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund, Benn Steil, Director of International Economics of Council on Foreign Relations, Wu Jinglian, Research Fellow of Development Research Center of the State Council, Xie Ping, Executive Vice President of Chinese Investment Corporation, and Chen Dongsheng, Taikang Life Insurance Co., etc.

China Business Network (CBN)

China Business Network (CBN), established in July 2013, is under the management of Shanghai Media Group (SMG). CBN is committed to providing instant, accurate and professional business news and information services to Chinese investors. With relentless efforts in the past decade, CBN has become the largest business media group covering TV, radio, magazine, daily newspaper, website, news agency and information service.

China Business News (CBN)

China Business News, one of China's leading daily business newspapers, is headquartered in Shanghai. With “shoulder the responsibility of the times” as its core value, CBN is the most trusted business newspaper in China, committed to providing professional mainstream reports for the market. To cover in-depth reports, CBN has set up a network nationwide covering Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, etc. Moreover, it has spread the tentacles abroad, with 230 journalists based in New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Tokyo, Seoul, etc.

CBN Annual Meeting

CBN Annual Meeting marks a grand gathering of financial regulators, economists and leaders in the financial industry, providing a platform for exchanging views on global economic overview and prospect. CBN Annual Meeting stages various events, including CBN Financial Value (CFV) Ranking Awards Ceremony, Financial Summit, CBN Financial Book Awards Ceremony, etc.

CBN Financial Value (CFV) Ranking

CFV ranking is selected by a jury of influential Chinese academics, international economists, and financial executives. CFV awards include Financial Game Changers of the Year, Financial Institutions of the Year and Financial Books of the Year, etc.

Appendix

CBN Financial Value (CFV) Ranking -- 2013 Financial Books of the Year

(The complete list)

Big Winner

Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence

（中文版《力挽狂澜：保罗?沃尔克和他改变的金融世界》）

Short List

《两次全球大危机的比较研究》

《聚焦新秩序:国际金融热点精述》

《中国金融改革思路（2013-2020）》

《建设上海国际金融中心——分析政策和实践》

《金融e时代》

《影子银行与银行的影子》

《看多中国》

The Unloved Dollar Standard: From Bretton Woods to the Rise of China

(中文版《失宠的美元本位制》)

After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead

China's Road to Greater Financial Stability : Some Policy Perspectives

Recommended Books

《重启改革议程》

《中国经济双重转型之路》

《中国政府间财政关系再思考》

《渐行渐远的红利——寻找中国新平衡》

《新供给：经济学理论的中国创新》

《国家破产：主权债重组机制研究》

《战略思维》

《国民收入分配战略》

《解放土地——土地信托化的理论与实践》

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't

(中文版《信号与噪声》）

Big Data:A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live,Work and Think

(中文版《大数据时代:生活、工作与思维的大变革》）

The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World

(中文版《大融合：东方、西方，与世界的逻辑》）

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White,

and the Making of a New World Order