China’s Rapid Urbanization: Development, Objectives and Governance Challenges
Cooperation between the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
March 30 Tuesday
Date/time
March 30, 2010, 8.30 - 19.30
Loc.
Beijing
With
Prof. Dong Lisheng, Prof. Huang Xiaoyong, Prof. Gao Xiaoping, Prof. Wang Puqu, Dr. Yun Jie, Prof. Tong Xin, Dr. Wang Shizong, Dr. Wang Lei, Dr. Zhu Xufeng, Prof. Zhang Junhua, Dr. B. Schulte, Dr. Liu Yanhong, Prof. Jan Vranken, Dr. Günter Dill
Type
Workshop
The conference with leading administrative scientists from China and Europe deals with questions from demandable government and administrative modernization to manage the rapid urbanisation process in China and other countries.
8.30
Registration of participants
Moderator of the morning session:
Prof. Dr. Dong Lisheng
Executive Deputy Director of the MPA Programme, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
9.00
Welcome and opening remarks:
- Prof. Huang Xiaoyong
Vice President of the Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Mr. Wolfgang Meyer
Resident Representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, China
9:15
The Urbanization Process in China: Development, Objectives and Perspectives
Prof. Gao Xiaoping
Vice President & Secretary-General of the Chinese Public Administration Society
9.45
The Registration System for Urban and Rural Citizens (Hukou System) and its Relevance for the Rapid Urbanization Process
Prof. Dr. Wang Puqu
School of Government, Beijing University
10.05
The Rural-Urban Disparity in China’s Urbanization Process and the Role of Government
Dr. Yun Jie
Institute of Political Science, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
10:25
Discussion
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Between Countryside and City: The development of a Migrant Workers’ Micro-Society on the example of Shenzhen
Prof. Dr. Tong Xin
Department of Sociology, Peking University
11:20
Urbanization Process and Building of the New Countryside: Zhejiang Experience
Dr. Wang Shizong or Feng Tao
School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University
11:40
Discussion
12:00
Lunch
Moderator of the afternoon session:
Dr. Wang Lei
Deputy Director General, Bureau for International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
14:00
The Administrative Challenge and Innovation Brought About by The Development of Binhai New Zone in Tianjin
Dr. Zhu Xufeng
Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University
14.20
New Public Policy in the Process of Low-Carbon Urbanization: China's Difficult Choice between the Black and Green Approach
Prof. Dr. Zhang Junhua
School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University
14:40
Discussion
15:00
Governing Education in Urban China: New Spaces and New Challenges
Dr. Barbara Schulte
Institute of East and Southeast Asia, University of Lund, Sweden
15:20
The Surplus and Shortage of Education in the Process of Urbanization in China
Dr. Liu Yanhong
Graduate School, Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences
15:40
Discussion
16:00
Coffee Break
16:15
Social Cohesion: A Substantial Dimension of Urban Sustainability
Prof. Dr. Jan Vranken
Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp
16:35
Successful Governance Innovations in Large Urban Centres and Megacities
Dr. Günter Dill
former University Professor, Director and Representative to Romania of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
16:55
Discussion
17:15
Panel Discussion:
Making Rapidly Growing Urban Centres a Good Environment for Human Life
With introductory statements by
- Dr. Günter Dill
- Prof. Dr. Jan Vranken
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Schulte
- Prof. Dr. Dong Lisheng
- N.N.
- N.N.
17:45
End of the conference
18.00
Common Dinner
Beijing, Chaoyang District
