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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

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.

End of the conference

18.00

Common Dinner