DRC/ASEM Project

Project Workshop

As a capstone for the initial phase of the DRC/ASEM project, an intensive expert's workshop was conducted in Beijing on March 27-28, 2006. The main objective of the workshop was to disseminate results of the project to interested researchers from public, private, and academic institutions around China. As the program below indicates, many provinces and policy issues were represented. A special session was also devoted to showcasing related modeling activities of other Chinese agencies and independent researchers. The following workshop materials have been approved for distribution: Group Photo

Workshop program (English, Chinese)

Session 1 - Methodological Introduction
Introduction to Regional Data Development, David Roland-Holst, UC Berkeley
Introduction to Regional Modeling, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, World Bank

Session 2 - Overview of the Project and Regional Studies
Introduction to the Project, Li Shantong, DRC
A Three-Region CGE Model for Chinese Policy Analysis, He Jianwu, DRC
Water Use in the Beijing Regional Economy, Duan Zhigang, Peking University
Development Policy in the Liaoning Regional Context, Gao Ying, Peking University
Rural-Urban Labor Mobility in Hubei, Hu Feng, Peking University

Session 3 - Regional Studies Continued
European Union experience with regional data development and policy analysis, Peter McAdam, European Central Bank
Price Transmission and Rural Poverty: An empirical application to Anhui province, David Roland-Holst, UC Berkeley and Xu Zhaoyuan, Peking University
Sustainable Energy Use and Modernization (Beijing), David Roland-Holst and Fredrich Kahrl, UC Berkeley, Li Shantong, DRC, Duan Zhigang, Peking University
New Socialist Suburbs: Rural-Urban Linkages from Shanghai, David Roland-Holst, UC Berkeley and Xing Weibo, Peking University

Presentations by Distinguished Chinese Researchers
Huang Jikun
Ren Ruoen
Fan Mingtai
Fan Jin
Wang Fei
Jiang Kejun
Sun Lin