HISTORY
The International Finance Forum (IFF), founded in Beijing, China in October 2003, is committed to discussing key issues in the global financial and economic realms, addressing the world's major challenges, and promoting more inclusive and extensive cooperation and growth by engaging IFF members, stakeholders and global elites. IFF also strives to provide more membership services, including events, researches, consultation, media and publication, training, education, global projects, and initiatives.
In September 2003, in response to international demand and the financial situation, the proposal to establish the IFF received resounding support from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, former US President Bill Clinton, the Chinese government, United Nations agencies, relevant international economic organizations, and world-renowned and well-respected financial figures. In its later development, the IFF has received endorsements from more than 200 political and financial leaders, including UN Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon and António Guterres, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Seungsoo, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, President Emeritus of the European Council and former Prime Minister of Belgium Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal José Manuel Durão Barroso, Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde and Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Supachai Panitchpakdi.
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2023
The IFF 20th Anniversary & Annual Meeting 2023 kicked off in October 2023 in Guangzhou, with the theme ‘New Capital, New Value, New World Revitalization & Cooperation in a Fragmenting Global Economy.’ The 7th SRIA Summit was held during the Annual Meeting.
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2022
The IFF 2022 Spring Meetings, themed ‘New Global Landscape: Challenges and Responses,’ were held on April 27-28.
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2021
The IFF 2021 Spring Meetings, captioned ‘Global Governance and Development in the Post-Pandemic Era,’ were held on May 29-30, 2021, in Beijing. The Silk Road International Association (SRIA) Summit was held during the IFF Spring Meetings.
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2019
The IFF 16th Annual Meeting took place in November 2019 in Guangzhou, with the theme ‘Global Stability – New Transition, New Development.’ The 3rd SRIA Summit was held during the Annual Meeting.
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2017
The IFF 14th Annual Meeting styled ‘Global Bay Area Development: New Drive, New Growth, New Order’ was held in Guangzhou in November, and announced the building of the IFF Permanent Conference Site. In the same year, the SRIA was formally established and held its 1st SRIA Summit.
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2015
The IFF 12th Annual Meeting, titled ‘New Drivers of Global Growth,’ concluded successfully. In that same year, The IFF China Report 2015 was released in association with Central Banking Publications in Hong Kong, Washington, DC, and London.
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2013
The IFF 10th Annual Meeting convened with the slogan ‘Resume Reform: The Future of China and the World,’ and set up the framework of the IFF Global Network Center.
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2011
The IFF 8th Annual Meeting, whose topic was ‘New Frameworks of Global Finance: Reform and Influence,’ was hosted with much success with the support of senior Chinese and global leaders.
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2009
The IFF 6th Annual Meeting ran with the motto of ‘Revitalization & Reform: After the Global Financial Crisis.’ With the UN’s support, the IFF Advisory Committee of 25 global financial and economic leaders was constituted.
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2007
The IFF 4th Annual Meeting, staged under the banner of ‘Financial Globalization: Opportunity and Challenge,’ issued the ‘IFF Strategic Anthology.’
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2005
The IFF convened a seminar on ‘Rebuilding the Bretton Woods System’ as an adjunct to the G20 Summit.
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2003
The IFF held its 1st annual meeting, themed ‘Financial Globalization and China's Financial Reform,’ and launched a global initiative.
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2022
The IFF 19th Annual Meeting took place in December 2022 in Guangzhou, with the theme of ‘The Ever-changing World: Reshaping Our Shared Future.’
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2021
The IFF 18th Annual Meeting gathered in December 2021 in Guangzhou, with the mantra of ‘Sustainable Development under Global Challenges: Competition, Change, and Cooperation.’
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2020
The IFF 17th Annual Meeting kicked off in November 2020 in Guangzhou, with the theme of ‘Comprehensive and Sustainable Development Wide Consultation, Cooperation, and Crisis Response.’ The 4th SRIA Summit ran concurrently with the Annual Meeting.
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2018
The IFF 15th Annual Meeting ‘New Globalization: A Path to the Future’ was held in November in Guangzhou and released the first Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Survey upon the BRI's fifth anniversary. The 2nd SRIA Summit was hosted along with the Meeting.
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2016
The IFF 13th Annual Meeting, ‘F20 Initiative: Restore the Essence of Finance,’ released The IFF China Report 2016 and announced two important initiatives - the F20 Initiative and the Silk Road International Association (SRIA) Initiative.
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2014
The IFF 11th Annual Meeting was held under the rubric of ‘Reform the World Financial Order.’ The IFF also organized six Leadership Dialogues in 2014.
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2012
The IFF 9th Annual Meeting on the topic of the ‘Global Economic Transition and Financial Reform‘ highlighted the Leadership Dialogue with Paul Volcker.
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2010
The IFF 7th Annual Meeting ‘Global Finance of the Post-crisis Era‘ announced construction of the IFF Institute, an international, professional and strategic think tank.
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2008
The IFF 5th Annual Meeting, themed ‘Global volatility: Impacts on China and the World,’ announced the plan for IFF publications.
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2006
The IFF 3rd Annual Meeting adopted the motto 'New Landscape for China's Financial Opening up', and released a report with the same title.
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2004
The IFF 2nd Annual Meeting 'Financial Development and Governance Structure' took place, during which the IFF Declaration was proclaimed.