The China, Humanities, and Global Studies (CHAGS) Research Hub, Faculty of Arts, presents:
Liberalism, Neoliberalism, and Hong Kong’s Approach to Distribution and Social Issues
Speaker:
Ping Huang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Moderator:
Daniel Vukovich, The University of Hong Kong
Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 4:00–6:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: CPD–2.45, 2/F, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU
All are welcome. Registration is required.
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106365
Hong Kong’s approach to distribution and social issues has, from the jump (1841), been rooted in liberalism, both old and “neo.” In recent years this has come into crisis and the SAR is, necessarily, pivoting towards new, emerging alternatives of economic and political governance that turn in part on a proactive, state-led market development. How has this come to be, and what are the incipient trajectories? Professor Huang will range over the consequences of Hong Kong’s historical approach, the added pressures from Sino-US power relations, and ways forward for the SAR in the current conjuncture.
Ping Huang (黄平) is a Senior Research Fellow and Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中國社會科學院), where he serves as Director of the Center for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Studies (台港澳研究中心) and President of the Chinese Institute of Hong Kong (香港中國學術研究院). He is also President of the Chinese Society of World Politics Studies (中國世界政治研究會) and Advisor of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies (全國港澳研究會).
