Dates:            July 2-4, 2006

Location:        Shanghai, P. R. China

Organizers:       Chinese Economists Society (www.China-CES.org)

- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) (www.shufe.edu.cn)

- Shanghai City Government （to be invited） (www.cq.gov.cn)

 

The Chinese Economists Society (CES) is a non-profit professional organization with over one thousand members of Chinese economists and international scholars with research expertise and interests in China's economy, policies, and development. It publishes the China Economic Review which enjoys worldwide circulation and has become one of the most authoritative academic publications in English on the Chinese economy. CES’ annual conference attracts hundreds of participants worldwide to address major economic issues and challenges facing China and the world.

 

CES will dedicate the 2006 Annual Conference to the theme of "Governing Rapid Growth in China" with a focus on institutional foundations to balance efficiency and equity. The theme is significant and timely from both the research and policy perspectives. China has achieved unprecedentedly high rates of economic growth in the past several decades. However, the growth has been accompanied by rapidly increasing inequality, which threatens social stability and long-term sustainability of economic growth. Facing the challenges, the Chinese government has recently proposed a human-centered development strategy in an effort to build a harmonious and well-off society. The objective of the symposium is to provide a forum for constructive discussions on the notion of efficiency and equity and on how to achieve the goals of more encompassing development through institutional innovations.

 

Finally, a good understanding of the China's experience in the past two decades would not only help China optimize its long term development strategy, but also offer great lessons and implications for other nations to better shape their future development policies. With its unique economic and political systems, China's rapid growth has defied many conventional economic theories and posed an intellectual challenge for economists to rethink development strategies. The many difficult problems associated with growth also call for great research efforts to find policy solutions. A dialogue between leading domestic and international scholars and policy makers will bring about fruitful results.

 

- Sources of growth in a changing world

- Shock, vulnerabilities, and growth

- Natural resources, environment, and growth

- Demographic transition and growth

- Trade, FDI, and financial capital towards sustainable growth

-  Poverty, inequality and happiness

-  Inequality and social consequence

-  Privatization and shared growth

-  Western China development: opportunities and strategies

-  Rural-urban gap: policy options

-  Development, transition and gender equality 

-  Decentralization, governance and regional inequality

-  Improving education and healthcare systems

-  Social safety net and welfare programs

-  The role of civil society in poverty reduction

-  Mitigating the conflicts between growth and environment

-  Local governance and pubic goods provisions

-  Social capital, empowerment, and political reforms

-  Land rights and growth

-  Balancing the interests of workers and investors.

 

-  The impact of rising China on the world factor and product markets

-  Learning from developed countries to better govern rapid growth

-  Lessons of Chinese economic reforms and growth

-  Managing increasing conflicts with trade partners.

 

Xiaobo ZHANG      CES President, International Food Policy Research Institute

Xiao-Yuan DONG   CES Vice President, Professor, University of Winnipeg

Guan Gong              CES Vice President, Associate Professor, SUFE

Yongmiao HONG    CES Vice President, Professor, Cornell University

Jack HOU             CES Vice President, Professor, California State University

Scott ROZELLE     CES Vice President, Professor, Univ. of California, Davis

Shufang ZHANG   CES Vice President, Ph.D. candidate, Havard University

Hua FANG            Assistant to President, SUFE

Guoqiang TIAN      Dean, School of Economics, SUFE

Lin CHENG           Associate Dean, School of Economics, SUFE

Yonggang HU               Associate Dean, School of Economics, SUFE

Pingfang Zhu          Associate Dean, School of Economics, SUFE

 

Dr. Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute

Professor Fang Cai, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Professor Aimin CHEN , Indiana State University and Sichuan University

Dr. David Dollar, World Bank China Country Director

Professor David LI, Institute of World Economics Research, Tsinghua University Professor Shi LI, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Beijing Normal University

Professor Justin LIN, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University

Professor Assar Lindbeck, Stockholm University

Professor James Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate, University of Cambridge

Dr. Martin Ravallion,  Lead Economist and Senior Research Manager, the World Bank

Professor Mary-Françoise Renard, Director, CERDI, France

Professor Gerard Roland, Unversity of California at Berkeley

Professor Yingyi QIN, University of California at Berkeley

Professor Min TAN, President of SUFE

Dr. Guanghua WAN, World Institute for Development Economics United Nations Univ.

Professor Jinglian WU, Peking University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Professor Weiying ZHANG, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

 

The deadline of submission is February 15, 2006. Submissions of organized sessions, completed papers, or extended abstracts (3-5 pages) are invited. The organized session should include title, chair, paper titles and abstracts, authors and discussants. The full-text of a paper should be within 15 pages (single space) with an abstract limited to 400 words, keywords and JEL classification codes, and should follow the style guidelines in the appendix. Papers should be submitted online to the Chinese Economists Society (www.China-CES.org). High quality papers presented at the conference will be solicited for submission to special issues in several renowned domestic and international journals as well as book volumes in Chinese and English.

 

To honor Professor Gregory Chow's (Princeton University) contribution to CES, the Gregory Chow Best Paper Award ($1,000 each) has been established to honor 1-2 outstanding papers presented at the annual CES meetings for junior scholars (receiving a PhD within the past five years or graduate student). The awardees must be an active CES member, and the primary author of a paper submitted to the conference.

 

VIII.      CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND SUBSIDY (see www.China-CES.org)

The registration fee is $75 before May 15, 2006 and $100 after May 15, 2006.

The conference will cover the local accommodation costs of one presenter per accepted paper who is from overseas, has registered the conference, AND paid the CES membership dues by May 15, 2006. Logistic details will be available in the near future on the CES website.