LECTURES IN GOVERMMENT AND ECONOMICS No. 29 

On April 20, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) will host an online lecture entitled "Urbanization in the Age of AI and the Role of Government." This lecture will be presented by Ming Lu, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy. The webinar represents the twenty-ninth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

Topic: Urbanization in the Age of AI and the Role of Government

Lecturer: Ming Lu, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy 

Moderator: David Daokui Li, Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University and Co-President of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE)

Organizers: Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) and Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) 

Time: April 20 (Monday), 20:00 - 21:30

Video Replay: https://www.51xueshuo.com/#/viewLive?planCode=2044729660843102208

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Speaker Bio: 

Ming Lu is Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy (SHINE), and research fellow of China Institute of Urban Governance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.  He is appointed as a member of the National 15th Five Year Plan Expert Committee and a member of the Shanghai Decision Making Advisory Committee. He worked as a professor at Fudan University, and as a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. His research covers regional and urban-rural development, labor economics and Chinese economy. Recently, his work evaluates the urban and regional development policies, and their effects on resource allocation and economic sustainability from a perspective of spatial political economics.