On December 5, 2020, Local Government Debt Risk Prevention and High-quality Economic Development Seminar, organized by The School of Finance SWUFE and co-organized by China Industrial Economy Magazine, was held in Chengdu. Many experts and scholars gathered in Chengdu, closely following the theme of local government debt risk and high-quality economic development, carried out academic discussions and exchanges, provided academic support for local government debt risk prevention and high-quality economic development, and contributed wisdom and strength to high-quality economic development in the new era. More than 60 experts and scholars from more than 20 universities including Fudan University, Renmin University of China, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics participated in the discussion and delivered speeches.

Professor PENG Long, Executive Vice President of SWUFE and Mr. Zhang Qizi, deputy editor of China Industrial Economy, delivered welcome speeches, expressing sincere welcome to all the experts and scholars. In the morning, Professor XIONG Xiong from Tianjin University, Professor LI Zhisheng from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Professor YANG Zihui from Sun Yat-sen University and Professor ZHU Xiaoneng from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics delivered the keynote speeches. In the afternoon, a special discussion was held on local debt risk prevention and high-quality economic growth in four sub-sessions in parallel. 3 selected papers were exchanged in the second half of each session. The meeting adopts the form of mini-seminar, and each paper is arranged in 35 minutes. After the presenter gives a detailed description of the paper, two reviewers will put forward suggestions on the deficiencies and improvement of the paper. Participants of each sub-forum had in-depth and enthusiastic discussions on the selected 24 papers, which generated a lot of sparks of ideas. They were still full of enthusiasm at the end of the meeting, which brought new perspectives and new ideas to the study of local debt in this academic exchange.

This seminar brings new views, new thoughts and new results on the local government debt issue. In the collision of ideas and theories, the academic research has been continuously sublimated and produced excellent results, making positive contributions to the sustainable and healthy development of China's bond market and the high-quality development of local economy in the future.