2006 Conference on Public Affairs in
The conference organization committee gladly reports that we had witnessed another great conference on November 18th, 2006 – the Third CIPA Annual Conference.
Distinguished scholars from both US and China spoke at the conference, including James Hsiung ( Professor of Political Science, New York University), E.S. Savas (Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College of the City University of New York), Jiayi, Wang (Vice President and Professor, Northwest Normal University ), Jushan Bai (Professor of Economics, New York University ), Yan Sun ( Professor of Political Science, City University of New York), Pierre Landry (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University), Qiuhong Xiong (Deputy Director of the Department of Procedural Law at the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), and Emily Hannum (Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania).
The conference ran from 9:30am to 5:00pm and attracted nearly 100 participants. The topics discussed included the educational reforms in current China, the development of legal systems especially on intellectual property rights, the marketization reforms in different sectors, and the political development in current and future China.
On behalf of CIPA council and Board, the conference organization committee wants to thank you for your continuing support for CIPA, which is the very source to make CIPA stronger and better. Particularly, we want to thank you for
Your interests and passions for the discussion and research on Chinese Public Affairs;
Your participation;
Many good suggestions you have given us.
We look forward to having your continuing attention and support in the days to come. Please click here for the speakers’ information and their presentation.
Political Development Panel
Yan Sun: Corruption, Growth and Reform: The Chinese Enigma (PowerPoint Slides)
Feng Deng: The History, Transformation, and Rationality of Leadership Responsibility (PowerPoint Slides)
Legal Reform Panel
Pierre Landry: The Institutional Diffusion of Courts in China: Evidence from Survey Data (PowerPoint Slides)
Jingxia Shi: 十二年磨一剑：企业破产法的诞生与中国市场经济的完善 (PowerPoint Slides)
Qiuhong Xiong: The Past, Present and Future of the Chinese Criminal Procedure Law of Mainland China (Outline)
Ying Du: The Routes to Establishing Chinese Precedent System：A Tentative Study in Intellectual Property (PowerPoint Slides)
Keynote Speech
James Hsiung: Changing Intellectual and Political Climates Surrounding the China Debate: Future of IR Theory
Public Education Panel
Tanja Sargent: Institutionalizing Educational Ideologies: Curriculum Reform and the Transformation of Teaching Practices in Rural China (PowerPoint Slides)
Emily Hannum: Health, Poverty and Children's Education in Rural Northwest China (PowerPoint Slides) (Abstract)
Jiayi Wang: Achievement, Problems and Strategies for Chinese Basic Education Development (PowerPoint Slides) (Abstract)
Fang Lai: Parental Preference and Heterogeneous Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from the Middle School Education Reform in Beijing’s Eastern City District (PowerPoint Slides) (Abstract)
Marketization Panel:
E.S. Savas: Public-Private Partnerships (PowerPoint Slides)
Jushan Bai: Structural Changes, Common Shocks, and Panel Data Analysis (Outline)
Hong Wang: Health Care Reform in China