International Consortium for China Studies (ICCS)
China has become the second largest economy in the world, with a few challenges ahead. Its future performance in any field will have deep and
far reaching impact on the world economy. Due to a growing interest in understanding the Chinese economy, research centres for China studies
have been established in many nations of the world and, subsequently, a major international platform is needed to facilitate academic exchanges
among the above centres.
In response to the need, National School of Development of Peking University proposed to establish an international consortium for China studies,
aiming at organising annual conferences of its institutional members to share their research works in China studies. While the field of China
studies is multidisciplinary in nature, the International Consortium for China Studies (ICCS) will focus on social sciences, including economics,
political science, sociology, law and international relations. In even years, the conferences will be held in China, whereas in odd years, they
will be held by institutional members in other countries rotationally.
With its 25 founding institutional members around the globe, the inaugural conference of the International Consortium for China Studies has been
held at National School of Development, Peking University, on 20th - 21st April 2014. The ICCS Conference 2015 will be sponsored by the Oxford
Chinese Economy Programme (OXCEP) at St Edmund Hall of University of Oxford, on 6th - 7th August 2015. We are expecting participation from an
estimated 50 institutional members for the 2015 conference, with delegates from Asia, Europe, North America and Australia.
Schedule of the Inaugural Conference of the International Consortium for China Studies (ICCS)
National School of Development, Peking University
April 20 | 8:15am - 8:30am | Registration and Group Photo |
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8:30am - 8:40am | Welcome and opening remarks by Justin Lin and Yang Yao |
Session I | Topic: Industrial Policy |
8:40am - 9:10am | China's Transition and Modern Economics |
Presenter: Justin Yifu Lin, National School of Development, Peking University | |
9:10am - 9:40am | Comparative Advantage and the Effect of Industry Policies: Evidence from Chinese Export Processing Zones |
Presenter: Chen Zhao, China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University | |
9:40am - 10:10am | Mass Capitalism and Grass-root Innovations in China |
Presenter: Tomoo Marukawa, Institute of Social Science Contemporary China Research Base,the University of Tokyo | |
10:10am - 10:30am | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session II | Topic: Governance |
10:30am - 11:00am | How to Democratize Neoliberal Globalization? - the Role of Global Civil Society |
Presenter: Hyun-Chin Lim, Asia Center at Seoul National University | |
11:00am - 11:30am | Re-negotiating Sovereignty and Rights of Governance: Comparing Taiwan's Entry into the WTO and WHA |
Presenter: Sow Keat Tok, Faculty of Arts, Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne | |
11:30am - 12:00am | What Is New of the New Type of Great Power Relationship |
Presenter: Yawei Liu, China Research Center | |
12:00am - 2:00pm | Lunch Break |
Session III | Topic: Human Capital and Inequality |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | Inequality in China: an Overview |
Presenter: John Knight, the Oxford Chinese Economy Programme (OXCEP) at St Edmund Hall of University of Oxford | |
2:30pm - 3:00pm | Wasted Opportunities: Professional women returning to China |
Presenter: Jie Hao, China Studies Centre, the University of Sydney | |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Talent Management in China |
Presenter: Tony Fang, Chinese Economist Society | |
3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session IV | Topic: Financial Policy |
4:00pm - 4:30pm | Central government versus local governments in China: which determinants for cyclicality of the fiscal policy |
Presenter: Mary-Francoise Renard, l'IDREC (Institut de Recherche sur l'Economie de la Chine) au CERDI | |
4:30pm - 5:00pm | The challenge of containing local government debt: fiscal decentralization and public investment management in China |
Presenter: Christine Wong, The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at University of Melbourne | |
5:00pm - 5:30pm | Financial Repression and Real Exchange Rate |
Presenter: Xun Wang, Stockholm China Economic Research Institute | |
5:30pm - 6:00pm | Innovative Financing, Value Chain Development, and Poverty Alleviation in China: the Tale of Two Poverty Counties |
Presenter: Enjiang Cheng, The Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University | |
6:00pm - 8:00pm | Reception at Quanjude |
April 21 | |
Session I | Topic: Political Economy | 8:30am - 9:00am | Meritocracy and Economic Growth in China |
Presenter: Yang Yao, National School of Development, Peking University | |
9:00am - 9:30am | Institutional Breakthrough? China's New Approach to Political and Economic System Reform after the Third Plenum 2013 |
Presenter: Margot Schueller, The GIGA Institute of Asian Studies | |
9:30am - 10:00am | China's Political Economy and Political Science |
Presenter: Kellee S Tsai, The Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session II | Topic: Social Changes I |
10:30am - 11:00am | Perceptions of Democracy among Intellectuals in Contemporary China: Evidence from Study on Political Scientists in Beijing and Shanghai |
Presenter: Jung-nam Lee, Center for Chinese Studies, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University | |
11:00am - 11:30am | New Media, Public Opinion and Social Change in China: A Reflection |
Presenter: CHAN Joseph Man, the Universities Service Centre for China Studies | |
11:30am - 12:00am | Generational Shift in Chinese Public's Social and Political Values |
Presenter: Zhengxu Wang, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham | |
12:00am - 2:00pm | Lunch meeting to discuss the chapter of the association |
Session III | Topic: Social Changes II |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | Social Challenges of Urbanization in China 1978-2014 |
Presenter: Flemming Christiansen, Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) of the University of Duisburg-Essen | |
2:30pm - 3:00pm | Natural Disaster Governance and China's Changing Society ¨C Steps Forward and Backward? |
Presenter: Lauri Paltemaa, Centre for East Asian Studies at Unversity of Turku | |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Prospering from a Purge: the Role of "Counterrevolutionary Splittists" in Mao's Power Strategy |
Presenter: Victor Shih, 21st Century China Program, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at University of California at San Diego | |
3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session IV | Topic: Perspectives of China Studies |
4:00pm - 4:30pm | Urban China and China Studies |
Presenter: Carolyn Cartier, China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney | |
4:30pm - 5:00pm | China Studies in Korea: Challenges and Prospects |
Presenter: Young-Rok Cheong, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National Unviersity (GSIS) | |
5:00pm - 5:30pm | Building A Spatial Research Infrastructure for China Studies |
Presenter: Shuming Bao, China Data Center, University of Michigan | |
5:30pm - 6:00pm | Closing remarks and announcement on future activities by John Knight |
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