Common Challenges, Common Efforts: Working Together for a Better World

7th – 8th September 2008

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Organized by
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences & Shanghai Municipal Information Office
In Cooperation With
P.R.China State Council Information Office

8-9 September 2008
Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Center
1000 Yan’an Zhonglu, Shanghai, China

The 3rd World Forum on China Studies will be held on 8-9 September 2008 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China. The Forum is being jointly organized by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and the Shanghai Municipal Information Office, and in cooperation with the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China.

The theme of the 3rd World Forum is “Common Challenges, Common Efforts: Working Together for a Better World.” The theme covers China’s economy, sociology, culture, politics, history, philosophy, international relations and other primary research fields within China Studies.

This theme of the 3rd World Forum is a continuation and deepening of the first two Forums, “Harmony but Not Uniformity: China in Multi-Perspectives” (2004), and “China and the World: Harmony and Peace” (2006).

Together, the three Forums inquire into the global significance of China’s development, and initiate a discussion about the past, present and future of China Studies in order to understand how China may achieve coexistence and mutually beneficial relationships in a global context.

The Forums have had an impact at both the domestic and international levels and have become an important platform for research and exchanges within China Studies.

The 3rd World Forum on China Studies will consist of an Opening Session (opening remarks, keynote Speeches, guest speeches and commentary speeches) on the morning of Monday, 8 September 2008, 15 simultaneous panels on the afternoon of 8 September and the morning of 9 September, 3 simultaneous roundtables on the afternoon of 9 September and one series of lectures on the afternoon of 8 September and on the morning of 9 September. More than 100 scholars from abroad and 200 from various parts of China (of these, 40 from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) are invited to attend the 3rd World Forum on China Studies.

Forum Theme
Common Challenges, Common Efforts: Working Together for a Better World

Panel Topics

Panel 1
Economic Theories and Policies for Social Harmony

Panel 2
A Review of China’s Development: the 20th Century and Thirty Years of Reform

Panel 3
Economic Globalization and Thirty Years of Opening-Up in China

Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Chief Executive of ICTSD will deliver a keynote speech in this session.

Panel 4
China’s Image in Various Perspectives

Panel 5
China and the Transformation of International System

Panel 6
A Review of and Prospects for the Construction of China’s Legal System

Panel 7
Chinese Strategies for Sustainable Energy Development and Climate Change

Panel 8
China’s Reform and Social Transformation

Panel 9
Modern Chinese Urban Development and Changes in Social Life

Panel 10
The Harmonious Development of China’s Metropolises: Experiences and Lessons

Panel 11
China’s Soft Power and the Integration of Eastern and Western Cultures

Panel 12
Promoting Chinese Values and Strengthening Comprehensive Competitiveness in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

Panel 13
China’s Transitional Society and Social Services of Religious Organizations

Panel 14
Comparative Studies of the Automobile Industries of China and Other Countries

Panel 15
Cultural Exchange between China and South Korea

Roundtable Topics

Roundtable 1
Thirty Years of Reform and Development: China’s Path

Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Chief Executive of ICTSD will deliver a keynote speech in this session.

Roundtable 2
Finding the Way: China’s Coexistence with the World

Roundtable 3

Methodology in China Studies

Further information

Agenda