The 9th International Forum Manual

CASS Forum（2010 Economics）

The 9th International Forum on  

Urban Competitiveness

Manual

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Nanjing Municipal People’s Government


24-25 June 2010

Nanjing China

◆       Forum

CASS Forum (2010 Economics) ---The 9th International Forum on Urban Competitiveness

◆       Theme

Innovation: Enhance Urban Competitiveness

◆       Time

   24-25 June 2010

◆       Location

The Purple Palaze, Nanjing

◆       Sponsored by

Global Urban Competitiveness Project (GUCP)

◆       Hosted by

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Nanjing Municipal People’s Government

◆       Organized by

The Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, CASS

Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS

Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

China (Nanjing) Institute of Urban Development Strategies

◆       Supported by

The Better Hong Kong Foundation

Center for City and Competitiveness, CSAA

Social Sciences Academic Press




Welcoming Remarks



Distinguished guests,



Hello, everyone.



On the occasion of the opening of the CASS Forum (2010, Economics) – 9th International Forum on Urban Competitiveness (IFUC) in Nanjing, as organizers of the forum, we would like to extend, on behalf of CPC Nanjing Committee and 7.6 million Nanjing people, our warmest welcome to all the distinguished guests coming from afar.



Nanjing has been an important city famous for its history and culture since ancient times.  The special geographical location and rich achievements in humanities have given Nanjing the reputation of being a beautiful place and hometown of emperors.  And the Purple Palace Nanjing, the venue of our forum and accommodation, is ideally situated amidst green forest and beside shimmering lake, conjuring up a poetic image of travelers passing by green mountains and boats crossing over clear water.

The convocation of the CASS Forum (2010, Economics) – 9th IFUC in such a beautiful environment is sure to bring about rich results and leave you a nice memory of Nanjing.  We look forward to join hands with you again in the future.
We finally wish all distinguished guests a pleasant star in Nanjing and the 9th IFUC a complete success.

Zhu Shanlu,

Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Secretary of CPC Nanjing Committee

Ji Jianye,

Mayor of Nanjing

23 June 2010

Forum Arrangement

1. Date:

June 24 and 25, 2010

The Organizer is responsible for delegates’ accommodations from June 23 evening to June 25, noon.

2. Venue:

The Purple Palace, Nanjing (Forum venue and accommodation)

Address: No.18 Huanling Road, Nanjing

Telephone：+86（25）84858888

Fax：+86（25）84858706

Sofitel Zhongshan Golf Resort Nanjing（accommodation）

Address：No.18 Huanling Road, Nanjing

Telephone：+86（25）85408888

Fax：+86（25）84308002

3. Forum venue

Summit: Zijin Room, Purple Palace

Parallel Forum: Purple Mountain Ballroom and Yangtze Ballroom, Purple Palace

Forum venue

4. Hotels and transportation

Hotels

For the convenience of delegates attending forum, the organizers provide shuttle bus between forum venue and two hotels.  See the following table for the bus schedule：

Shuttle bus schedule

5. Meals

Purple Palace：                       Sofitel Zhongshan Golf Resort Nanjing：

Breakfast：June 24  7:00-7:40              Breakfast：June 24  7:00-7:40  

   June 25  7:00-8:20                      June 25  7:00-8:20

Lunch  12:15-13:30                    

Dinner  18:00-20:30                    

Meals

6. Tour

Destination: The Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Taicheng Wall

Departure: 13:30-13:45 June 25

Venue: Lobby of Main Building, Purple Palace

     Lobby of Sofitel

Contact: Yang Xiaoming, Xu Guoqing

Mobile：13851463239,13951652662

（Please check out and take your luggage with you if leaving on the 25th）

7. Organizer（for forum arrangement and travel to/from airport）

Room：Room 2203, Main Building of Purple Palace

      Room 3032, Sofitel Zhongshan Golf Resort

Contact：Gong Kangning, Zhang Wei

Mobile：13951699431, 18951691262

8. Reminder: Organizer is responsible for hotel room only. Delegates shall pay for their laundry, phone, mini-bar and all other fees.

Agenda

23 June 2010    Check in

13:00

Location: The Purple Palaze

        Sofitel Zhongshan Golf Resort

Morning, 24 June 2010, High-Level Forum

08:00 Group photo

  Location: The conference hall

      08:10-08:40 Opening ceremony

  Location: The Purple Hall of the conference hall, The Purple Palaze

      Moderator: Ye Hao, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Nanjing Committee and Director General of the Publicity Department of CPC Nanjing Committee

      Speakers:

      1. Wang Weiguang, Deputy Secretary of CASS Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of CASS

      2. Zhu Shanlu, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Secretary of CPC Nanjing Committee

      3. Peter Karl Kresl, Chairman of Global Urban Competitiveness Project (GUCP)

      08:50-11:30 Theme discussion: Scientific and technological innovation: enhancing urban competitiveness

  Location: The Purple Hall of the conference hall, The Purple Palaze

      Moderator: Yang Yang, Director General, Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS

1.      Thematic report by Pei Changhong, Director, Institute of Finance and Trade Economics (IFTE), CASS

2.      Nanjing Mayor Ji jianye on the technology innovation experiences of Nanjing Municipal People’s Government

3.      Speeches by famous experts and scholars

Hong Yinxing, Secretary, CPC Nanjing University Committee

Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute (NERI)

Wang Fenyu, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED), Ministry of Science and Technology

Li Xiaoxi, Convener of Economic Faculty of the Education Ministry and Vice Chairman of Beijing Normal University Academic Committee

Zhang Ming, Lead Urban Economist at the World Bank

12:00-13:30 Lunch meeting

Location: Jin’s Café, F1, Purple Palace Main Building

Parallel Forum 1: Roundtable discussion between leaders of best performing cities

14:00-17:00

Location: F1, Main Building of Purple Mountain Ballroom

      1. Issuance of certificate for best performing cities

      Moderator: Pei Changhong, Director, IFTE, CASS

      Peter Kresl, Chairman of GUCP, announces global best performing cities.

      Leader of CASS presents certificates for best performing cities.

      2. Roundtable discussion

      Moderator: Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Executive Committee, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

      Leaders of Guangzhou, Qingdao, Ningbo, Suzhou, Nanchang, Hefei, Nantong, Nanjing

Parallel Forum 2: Cities and scientific and technological innovation: expert

14:00-17:00

Location: Yangtze of the Purple Palace

Session 1

      Moderator: Ye Nanke, President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

      Zuo Xuejin, Executive Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

      Zhang Haohan, Vice President, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences

      Zhang Hongyan, Director, Urban Studies Center, Nanjing University

Peter J. Brain, Executive Director, National Institute for Economic and Industry Research, Australia

David Maurrasse, Associate Professor, Columbia University

Coffee break (10 minutes)

Session 2

Moderator: Jing Linbo, Deputy Director, IFTE, CASS

Li Chenghua, Vice President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

Stefano Mollica, President, AISLO, Italy

Leo van den Berg, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Guido Ferrari, Professor, University of Florence, Italy

Evening, 24 June 2010

      Dinner

18:00-20:00

Location: Zijin Room AC Convention Center at Purple Palace

      GUCP internal meeting

20:00-21:00

Location: The Yangzi Hall of the main building, The Purple Palaze

Morning, 25 June 2010

Parallel Forum 3: Launch of urban competitiveness report and discussions (09:00-11:00)

Location: The Zhongshan Hall of the main building, The Purple Palaze

      Session 1: Launching ceremony for the English edition of Global Urban Competitiveness Report

      Moderator: Peter Kresl, GUCP Chairman and Professor, Bucknell University, USA

      Introduction of the English edition: Edward Elgar, Managing Director, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

      Introduction of report contents: Ni Pengfei, Director, Center for City and Competitiveness, CASS

      Session 2: Launch of Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2009) by GUCP

      Moderator: Xie Shouguang, President, Social Sciences Academic Press

       Speech: Pei Changhong, Director, IFTE, CASS

Peter Kresl, GUCP Chairman and Professor, Bucknell University, USA

      Launch of report: Ni Pengfei, Director, Center for City and Competitiveness, CASS

      Coffee break (10 minutes)

      Session 3: Discussions on urban competitiveness

Moderator: Li Chenghua, Vice President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

      Dong-Sung Cho, Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

      Xu Kangning, Dean, School of Economics & Management, Southeast University

      Francois Gipouloux, Research Director, CNRS, France

Cheol-Ho Shin, Professor, Sungshin Women’s University, Republic of Korea

      Jaime Sobrino, Professor, El Colegio de Mexico

Parallel Forum 4: Launch of world city report and discussions (09:00-11:00)

Location: The Yangzi Hall of the main building, The Purple Palaze

      Session 1: Launch by GUCP/GaWC of Global Urban Connectivity annual Report

      Moderator: Ye Nanke, President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

      Launch of report: Peter Taylor, Academicianof the Academy of Social Sciences, UK

Kathy Pain, ALDAR Professor of Real Estate Development, University of Reading, UK

      Coffee break (10 minutes)

      Session 2: Discussions on world cities

      Moderator: Zhang Hongyan, Director, Urban Studies Center, Nanjing University

      Richard leGates, Professor, San Francisco State University, USA

Jianfa Shen, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hiroo Ichikawa, Professor, Meiji University, Japan

Harold Wolman, Professor, George Washington University, USA

Tang Fangfang, Laboratory Director, National School of Development, Peking University

      Shen Wei, Associate Professor, ESSCA, France

11:00-11:30 Closing Ceremony

Location: The Zhongshan Hall of the main building, The Purple Palaze

Moderator: Jing Linbo, Deputy Director, IFTE, CASS

Speakers:

1.      Pei Changhong, Director, IFTE, CASS

2.      Peter Kresl, GUCP Chairman

3.      Karen Tang, Executive Director, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

4.      Ye Nanke, President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

Afternoon, 25 June 2010

      Tour

About the Organizers

China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

CASS is the highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences and a national center for comprehensive studies in the People’s Republic of China. CASS was established in May 1977, growing out of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It has four past presidents, namely, Professor Hu Qiaomu, Professor Ma Hong, Professor Hu Sheng and Professor Li Tieying. The present president is Professor Chen Kuiyuan.

CASS consists of 31 research institutes and 45 research centers. The research areas cover as many as 300 disciplines, among which 120 are national key ones. Now CASS has a total of over 4,200 research staff members, of whom 1,676 have senior professional titles, and 1,200 intermediate professional titles.  Among them, there are renowned scholars with great academic achievements and international reputation as well as young, pioneering researchers.  

Covering a whole spectrum of disciplines, CASS is engaged in innovative theoretic development and policy researches leveraging its great pool of talents and research materials.  In the process of reform and modernization, CASS defines its mission as enhancing the humanities and social sciences research in China.

Nanjing

Nanjing is the provincial seat of Jiangsu province and a sub-provincial city with great historical and cultural heritage. Being a traffic hub in Yangtze River Delta that connects east and west, it also serves as a key state innovation base, a regional center for modern service industries and an important modern manufacturing base in the Yangtze River Delta. Nanjing, a livable riverside city, won Habitat Scroll of Honour Special Citation by UN Human Settlements Programme. It is going to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

As one of the four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Nanjing has great historical and cultural heritage.  For thousands of years, it has been prosperous on the Yangtze River that has nurtured the Yangtze civilization. Sitting along rivers and by mountains, Nanjing is a beautiful city full of historical sites, surrounded by the dragon-like Zhong Mountain curling in its east and the tiger-like Stone Mountain crouching in the west.

Nanjing is an important manufacturing center as well as one of the four scientific research education cities in China.  It is home to a number of leading universities and research institutes, making the city a key center of higher education and scientific research.  Nanjing ranks among the “40 Cities with the Best Investment Climate” by nine ministries and No.5 in the “Top 50 Cities in Comprehensive Strength”.

Institute of Finance and Trade Economics，CASS (IFTE，CASS)

IFTE, CASS was founded in June 1978. Its predecessors were research groups on finance and commerce under the Institute of Economics, CASS. In the past 30 years, following a tradition of integrating theory with practice, IFTE,CASS has always focused on applied researches from  macro, strategic and forward-looking perspectives on the foundation of basis theoretic studies, covering fields like public finance, taxation, banking, circulation, international trade and investment, price, tourism, urban economy, real estate, information services and service economic theories.　The Institute has generated a series of scientific research achievements that have a great influence on national decision making and academic development, made by many world-famous scholars and experts in various fields.  IFTE, CASS is growing into a bastion of academic excellence in finance and economics research as well as an important think tank for CPC central committee and the State Council.

Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS

Bureau of International Cooperation (BIC) is a functional department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in charge of acedemic exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries and regions.

CASS, as China’s top academic research organization in humanities and social sciences, has always actively engaged in academic exchanges.  By the end of 2009, the exchange network of CASS had extended to over 100 countries and regions and the academy has established cooperation and exchanges by agreement with over 130 academies, research institutes, schools of higher education, foundations and government agencies.  Extensive and in-depth exchanges have facilitated the implementation of the “going out” strategy in humanities and social sciences research and contributed to enhancing Chinese-foreign communication, understanding, friendship and cooperation.

Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences (NJASS)

Established January 1997, NJASS is a public service unit directly under Nanjing Municipal Government in joint operation with Nanjing Social Sciences Association.  Under NJASS are three research institutes: Institute of Economic Development, Institute of Social Development and Institute of Culture and History.  Nanjing Public Opinion Survey Center also has all its functions working at NJASS.  Associated institutions include China (Nanjing) Institute of Urban Development Strategies, Institute of Hexi Development, Institute of International Peace, Institute of Intangible Heritage, Institute of Educational Science and Demography Development Research Center

NJASS research covers major topics in modern Marxism theories and economic, social and cultural development.  It is engaged in various academic activities and international academic exchanges.  NJASS also report its research findings and policy recommendations to CPC Nanjing and the municipal government of Nanjing.  Since its inauguration, NJASS has fulfilled the responsibilities of academic research, cultural heritage preservation, theoretic innovation, policy advising, educating and social services under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping theories, the Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development. It leverages its advantages in the pool of knowledge, expertise and research network to serve the key tasks of CPC Nanjing and the Municipal Government of Nanjing.

NJASS has taken on an open-minded and pragmatic approach ever since its establishment. Focusing on research, human resources and management, it has produced over 500 research findings in social sciences, serving the needs of Nanjing and Jiangsu and providing effective theoretic support and consulting to CPC and government decision making. NJASS actively plays its due role as a new social sciences think tank and has been recognized as ‘Best Municipal Academy of Social Sciences’ for several times.

China (Nanjing) Institute of Urban Development Strategies

Initiated by CPC Nanjing and Municipal Government of Nanjing and sponsored by Nanjing University, Southeast University and NJASS, China (Nanjing) Institute of Urban Development Strategies is the first academic “union” focusing its research on urban development strategies and innovative measures in China and abroad.  Professor Hong Yinxing, Party Secretary of Nanjing University, is the President and the institute advisors include Party Secretary Zhu Shanlu of CPC Nanjing, Mayor Ji Jianye, Nanjing and Party Secretary Hu Lingyun of Southeast University.

The Institute carries out strategic research on how cities become market centers of production factors, how industrial centers full of factories grow into economic centers of corporate headquarters and how cities develop into education, research and cultural centers leading modern civilization.  Its research projects bring together researchers in various universities and institutes.  The Institute will hold workshops to invite experts and scholars in China and abroad to discuss in Nanjing urban development issues unique to Nanjing as well as those common to world cities.

The Better Hong Kong Foundation (BHKF)

BHKF was formed by influential Hong Kong business and community leaders in 1995 to build confidence in Hong Kong economic and social development and enhance greater international understanding between East and West by facilitating communications between Hong Kong, China and the global community. Dr. Ronnie Chan is Chairman of the Executive Committee and Ms. Karen Tang, its Executive Director.  It is a non-profit making organization with no political affiliation.  The Foundation's principal objective is to help build a better Hong Kong.

Center for City and Competitiveness，CASS

The Center for City and Competitiveness, CASS was a team of researchers directly under CASS leadership established on April 26, 2010, with Wang Weiguang, executive vice president of CASS, as its advisor, CASS vice president Li Yang as head of academic committee, IFTE director Pei Changhong as the council director, IFTE research fellow Ni Pengfei as center director.  The center is made up of researchers from IFTE Division of Urban and Real Estate Economics and urban competitiveness program.  Scholars from home and abroad will also be involved in the center research work in various manners.

In recent years, the team has been very innovative in its research. Their findings on urban competitiveness won a “Sun Yefang Economics Award” and research on housing development in China won the sponsorship of Major Programs of National Social Sciences Foundation.  Its bluepaper on urban competitiveness and other findings have become important academic brand names for CASS with strong domestic and international impact, further consolidating CASS leadership in these research fields as well as providing consultancy to central and local decision makers.  The team brings together urban competitiveness experts worldwide and set up the Global Urban Competitiveness Project (GUCP) group to engage institutions like the World Bank and renowned individual scholars in high level research cooperation.  The international forum on urban competitiveness held by the center gives CASS greater influence and greater voice in the international academic circles.

Global Urban Competitiveness Project

Global Urban Competitiveness Project （GUCP）is sponsored by Professor Peter Karl Kresl ( Bucknell University, the U.S.A) and Dr. Ni Pengfei( Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) during the first international forum on urban competitiveness in August, 2004. GUCP project group is a group dedicated in researching city competitiveness which was founded by top experts and scholars from the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan etc. in April, 2005 in Ottawa, Canada. GUCP aims to gather all specialists and experts who are interested in urban competitiveness to conduct research. GUCP has a committee, in which Professor Peter Karl Kresl is president and Ni Pengfei is general secretary.

Social Sciences Academic Press

Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) was established in 1985, it is a professional publishing institution, specialized in the field of humanities and social sciences, directly under the leadership of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In 1998, SSAP entered a stage of so-called “Path-breaking II” and based on the rich academic works and expert resources in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, SSAP has great ambitions and always insists on the target to “Create Classics of Social Sciences, Provide Academic Works for Posterity”, which obtained distinguished achievement. The sales income is annually increasing average 20%.

SSAP have published books of famous academic brand, such as ‘Yearbooks’, ‘Guide to the World States’, ‘One Hundred Years of Oracle Bone Inscription Research’, Collection of Translated Works on Globalization . SSAP has maintained a publishing capacity of 1000 publications and 350million characters annually. There is a high-quality team of over 200 members for editing, publishing and sales business, with young doctors and masters as the main body and experts of different academic disciplines from CASS as the main support.

In the new development period, SSAP, by combining social needs, self-condition and development of publishing industry, has decided on a new goal of path-breaking, that is: to construct a platform for promoting works of humanities and social sciences, to develop itself into a professional academic press of books, magazines, audio-video and electronic and digital publications for high-level readers and clients in China and abroad, and to be a supplier of the humanities and social sciences resource with unique competitive powers, thus, SSAP can be a notable domestic and overseas specialized academic publishing press.      

List of VIP Guests

Domestic

Wang Weiguang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President, CASS

Zhu Shanlu, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Secretary of CPC Nanjing Committee

Ji Jianye, Mayor of Nanjing

Hong Yinxing, Secretary of CPC Nanjing University Committee

Ye Hao, Director-General, Publicity Department, CPC Nanjing Committee

Lu Bing, Vice Mayor of Nanjing

Wu Yimin, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Guangzhou Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Guangzhou

Wang Guangzheng, Vice Mayor of Qingdao

Cheng Yuechong, Vice Mayor of Ningbo

Cao Fulong, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Suzhou Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Suzhou

Yang Renping, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Nanchang Committee，Minister of the Orgnzation

Li Hong, Vice Mayor of Hefei

Mao Zhixiong, Mayor’s Assistant of Chengdu

Huang Weidong, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Nantong Committee, Secretary of CPC Nantong Committee

Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute

Li Xiaoxi, Convener of Economic Faculty of Ministry of Education and Vice Chairman of Beijing Normal University Academic Committee

Pei Changhong, Director, IFTE, CASS

Yang Yang, Director-General, Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS

Xie Shouguang, President, Social Sciences Academic Press

Jing Linbo, Deputy Director, IFTE, CASS

Ni Pengfei, Director, Center for City and Competitiveness, CASS

Li Dan, Chief of the Department, Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS

Wang Fenyu, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED), Ministry of Science and Technology

Tang Fangfang, Laboratory Director, National School of Development, Peking University

Zuo Xuejin, Executive Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Zhang Haohan, Vice President, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences

Zhang Hongyan, Director, Urban Studies Center, Nanjing University

Xu Kangning, Dean, School of Economics & Management, Southeast University

Ye Nanke, President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

Li Chenghua, Vice President, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences

Overseas

Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Executive Committee, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Karen Tang, Executive Director, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Qiu Dachang, Trustee, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Hu Zhu, Fund Director, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Wu Yingmei, Fund Director, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Ye Shuqiang, Fund Director, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Zhou Yiping, Communication Manager, the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Wu Peiqi, Far East Development Ltd., the Better Hong Kong Foundation

Peter Taylor, Academician, Academy of Social Sciences (UK); Professor, Loughborough University

Peter Kresl, GUCP Chairman and Professor, Bucknell University, USA

Richard leGates, Professor, San Francisco State University, USA

David Maurrasse, Associate Professor, Columbia University

William Fred Lever, Professor, University of Glasgow, UK

Dong-Sung Cho, Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Cheol-Ho Shin, Professor, Sungshin Women’s University, Republic of Korea

Jaime Sobrino, Professor, El Colegio de Mexico

Guido Ferrari, Professor, University of Florence, Italy

Kathy Pain, ALDAR Professor of Real Estate Development, University of Reading, UK

Peter J. Brain, Executive Director, National Institute for Economic and Industry Research, Australia

Francois Gipouloux, Research Director, CNRS, France

Harold Wolman, Professor, George Washington University, USA

Stefano Mollica, President, AISLO, Italy

Leo van den Berg, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Jianfa Shen, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zhang Ming, Lead Urban Economist at the World Bank

Hiroo Ichikawa, Professor, Meiji University, Japan

Edward Elgar, Managing Director, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Shen Wei, Associate Professor, ESSCA, France

Media List

Domestic

CCTV

Xinhua News Agency

People’s Daily

Guangming Daily

China News Service

Economic Daily

Phoenix TV

China.com.cn

Social Sciences of China

International

Reuters

Nikkei

Asahi Shimbun

NHK

Financial Times

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

The Economist Magazine

Lianhe Zaobao

About CASS Forum

According to the report of the 17^th CPC national congress , China is set to “develop philosophy and social sciences”, “encourage people working in these fields to serve as a think tank”, and “introduce related outstanding achievements and distinguished scholars to the world arena.”  The launch of CASS Forum is an important step taken by CASS to implement CPC guidelines and the “going out” strategies for philosophy and social sciences.

CASS established China Social Sciences Forum (CASS Forum) in 2010.  Based on the research achievements and expertise of CASS as well as its extensive network of academic exchanges, the Forum engages in high level research on economic and social development of China, major global issues, Chinese cultural heritage preservation and development and international cultural exchanges and interaction.  Renowned scholars home and abroad, experts from think tanks and international organizations, representatives of governments and businesses will discuss current issues from both strategic and forward looking perspectives.  The Forum will also invite high level guest speakers from governments, academia and industries to communicate with forum delegates.

The Forum aims to become a high level platform for social sciences and humanities discussions on which the world may know more about China.  The Chinese academia can also learn from scholars worldwide through the Forum, contributing wisdom and power to the harmonious development of China and the world at large.  

The Forum has one annual meeting and several workshops. The workshops deal with major disciplines in social sciences and humanities including Marxism research, economics, sociology, international issues, legal science, philosophy, history and literature etc.  Under the Forum framework, eighteen international workshops are to be held in 2010, focusing on themes such as “Macroeconomic performance and policies in China”, “China’s Labor Market, Post Financial Crisis”, “Social Security and Human Resources Development, Post Financial Crisis”, “Carbon Budget and Climate Justice”, “Urban Competitiveness”, “Social Mobility and Social Harmony”, “Soft Power and the Changing International System”, “Post Crisis Regional Economic Integration”, “Asian Regional Cooperation”, “Sino-EU relations after the Lisbon Treaty”, “the 21^st Century Archeology, China and the World”, “Modern China and the World”, “Comparative Studies on the Reflections and Reconciliations in East Asia and Europe post WWII” and “the Cultural Origins of Modern Lifestyles”, etc.  The Forum annual meeting is scheduled in October this year.

About International Forum on

Urban Competitiveness

The international forum on Urban Competitiveness is sponsored by GUCP, which is composed of specialists and experts from the U.S.A, Canada, China, Britain, the Netherlands, Mexico, Italy and Hong Kong. The conference, co-organized once a year by one organization to which GUCP members are affiliated and one organization in the host, invites scholars, officials and business executives who are interested in urban competitiveness. The GUCP secretariat sits in Institute of Finance and Trade Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The conference of GUCP has been held four times. (for details see the attached table)

The first was held in Qingdao international news centre on Aug. 22-24, 2004, co-hosted by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Qingdao municipal government and co-organized by Institute of Finance and Trade Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Propaganda Department of Qingdao Municipal Communist Party of China Committee, and Economic Daily. More than 100 participants attended the conference, including high-level officials from the State Council and ministries, multinational corporation executives and renowned experts in the field of urban competitiveness.

The second was held in Ottawa, Canada on April 16-18, 2005 by Canadian Policy Research Institute. Experts from the U.S., Canada, China, Britain, the Netherlands, Mexico and Hong Kong participated in the conference. The participants explored the latest theoretic research progress on urban competitiveness, reached a consensus on the definitions of some key concepts in urban competitiveness and launched a conference declaration.

The third international forum was held in Chengdu International Convention and Exhibition Center on June 9-11, 2006, co-hosted by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin University, Chengdu Municipal Government and organized by institute of Finance and Trade Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, International Cooperation Bureau of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Regional and Municipal Economy Research Institute of Renmin University, General Office of Chengdu Municipal Government and Chengdu Development and Reform Commission. The theme of the conference is the Urbanization Path for China: Urban and Rural Integration.  Experts from many countries in the field of urbanization and urban competitiveness and officials from Chinese central government and relevant international organizations participated in the conference for discussions on the Chinese path of urbanization—urban and rural integration as well as the approaches of improving comprehensive urban competitiveness.

The forth was held in Seoul on Dec.5-7, 2007, organized by ROK Ministry of Regional Autonomy and the Industry Research

Institute. The theme of the conference is International Urban Competitiveness and Urban Positioning Strategies. Experts from the U.S., China, Britain, the Netherlands, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Korea participated in the conference and exchanged views on urban competitiveness theories, and updates on empirical and strategic research. Leaders of ROK Government, mayors, renowned experts, entrepreneurs, an media representatives also attended discussions.

The Fifth of Urban Competitiveness was held in Yangzhou city, Jiangsu province, on July 26-27, 2008, by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Yangzhou municipal government, together with Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, being responsible for concrete work. Leaders from the host organizations, members of the project group, leaders from relative departments and commissions of the State Council, exports from universities and colleges and research institutes, the mayor, as well as scholars in urban competitiveness from countries and regions such as USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Hong,, , Kong (China) and so on, attended the conference. With "The sustainable road for urban development in oriented countries" being the theme, they took the ideas and practices in Yangzhou as the case, exchanged research results, and discussed deeply about the effective approaches to improve urban competitiveness.

The Sixth took place at El Colegio de Mexico, on November 20th and 21st, 2008. The general purpose of the Sixth Conference was to know and discuss theoretical perspectives, empirical studies and formulation and implementation experiences of public policy that help in understanding the competitive performance of Mexican cities in the international

context; this would be the base to propose recommendations, both to enrich research and to improve comprehension of public policy actions necessary for the urban competitiveness of Mexico.    This conference was organized by El Colegio de Mexico, with the financial support of the National Council of Science and Technology.

The Seventh meeting of the GUCP, The Conference on Pennsylvania's Cities and Towns, took place in Philadelphia (USA), with support of the Department of Community and Economic Development of he Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Apr 2 sc —4th, 2009.  Presentations were made by GUCP members plus former mayor of Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Don Zucco and David Maurrasse, a consultant from New York City.  Presentations were focused on issues of local governance, aging, industrial tourism, urban competitiveness, and urban planning.  They were designed to be of benefit to local authorities and decision-makers in Pennsylvania's cities and towns.  It is anticipated that the proceedings of the Conference will be published as a paper bound book by Bucknell University Press later this year or early in 2010."

The Eighth Conference of Urban Competitiveness took place on Dec.10-12 2009 at Naples Italy. More than 10 countries experts and government officers from Italy attended the conference. The main thematic areas focus on (1) Beyond the crisis: main tendencies and probable futures; (2) Future of cities: urban and rural areas, science and knowledge, sources and energies for life; (3) competitiveness, sustainable development, economy of change. The conference hosted by AISLO.

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