In Search of New Sources of Growth: What China Should Do Next?
James Cook University,Cairns Campus
Cairns, Australia, 17-19July 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA) in conjunction with the College of Business Law and Governance, and the Cairns Institute at James Cook Universitywill jointly organise the CESA's 28th Annual Conference in Cairns, Australia, 17-19 July 2016.
In the past three decades, remarkable achievements have been made in China’sdevelopment, with economic growth averaged at 9% per annum. Rapid economicgrowth benefits ordinary Chinese, as can be observed that more and more Chinesetravel overseas, for sight-seeing, shopping and even hunting for real estateassets. Coupled with these remarkable achievements are a number of challengesthat are exerting an increasingly significant constraint on China’s road ahead,such as environmental pollutions, income inequality, and regional disparities.For example the widely spread smog in China’s major cities is likely to affectpeople’s health in a negative way. The recent policy shocks, namely the “OlympicBlue” and “APEC Blue”, appear to suggest a cost of 50% economic activities toimmediately address this issue.
Faced with such increasingly binding constraints, Chinese economy appears to settlein a lower growth trajectory, a status of so-called “new normal” (新常态).In response, policy makers are searching for new sources of growth, internally through institutional reforms such as the experimentation of free trade zonesand externally through a number of initiatives such as the One Belt and OneRoad initiative and the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Nevertheless, it is not clear how effective these measures will be and towhat extent the constraints will affect Chinese economy. Hence, it is veryopportune and most appropriate to hold an international conference to review, evaluate and outlook China’s economy into future. Accordingly the conferencecarries with the title: “In Search of New Sources of Growth: What China Should Do Next?”
The conference will invite selected distinguished scholars and governmentofficials, from China, Australia, and elsewhere, to deliver keynote speeches. Apolicy forum has also been planned to particularly cater for the business community and public sector to update their knowledge on the Chinese economy and market.
Major topics that will be dealt with at the Conference include, but not limited to:
· Economic growth and sustainability
· Economic/structural reform in China
· Resource demand andsupply and long-term strategies
· Environmental issues,climate change and regional development
· Globalisation,including the inward and outbound FDI, and urbanization in China
· Agricultural and rural development, such as food security issues, farm land reform, and theurban-rural relationship
· Tourism industry’sdevelopment and outlook
· Poverty and inequality alleviation
· The Belt and Road Initiative: New opportunities and challenges for the development
· Australia-China tradeand FDI relations, in particular trade in agricultural goods
· The role of competitionin China’s future growth
· Innovation as a newsource of growth
· The role of sharingeconomy
· Demography, ageing, and health issues in China
· Othermacro/micro-economic issues in China.
We would like to invite people from any background – industry personnel,government officials, academia, business consultants, and so on, who are interested in China’s economy – to join us at this important international event in Cairns, Australia.
Key Dates:
· March 31: abstracts ofpapers due (please email submissions in word files)
· April 15: Emails of acceptance of conference papers sent
· May 1: Conference online registration opens
· June 1: Conference online registration closes
· June 10: Full papersdue
· July 17: Registration and reception
· July 18 – 19: Conference
Keynote Speakers:
· Wing ThyeWoo, Professorof Economics, University of California Davis, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Economic Papers.
· Luigi Pistaferri, Professorof Economics, Stanford University, Co-Editor, American Economic Review.
· Other speakers to beinvited.
Policy Forum Panel:
· Moderator: Iain Gordon,Professor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Division of Tropical Environment and Societies, James Cook University
· Nicholas Hope, Directorof China Program, Stanford Centre for International Development, Stanford University, tentatively confirmed.
· Chen Zunhou, Professor,President of Hebei Finance University, member of the 13rd and 14th NationalPeople’s Congress of Baoding City, Hebei Province,tentatively confirmed.
· Other speakers to beinvited.
Publication:
Selected quality papers presented inthis conference will be invited to publish at a special issue of Singapore Economic Review (SER), subjectto the usual review process of SER. SER is a SSCI indexed journal and is rankedB by Australian Business Deans Council. The guest editors are Dr. Sizhong Sunof James Cook University, Professor Yanrui Wu of University of Western Australia and Assistant Professor Laura Wu of Nanyang Technological University.
Registration Fees:
· Member of CESA: A$300
· Non-member of CESA:A$350
· Students: A$200
Visa, Travel and Accommodation:
Visa, travel, accommodation and online registration information and assistance will be provided in due course.
Participantsare encouraged to book your accommodation as soon as you have decided to attendthe conference. Accommodation in Cairns is generally very tight and especiallyso in July due to high demand by tourists. The following website, http://www.cairnsaccommodation.com/,provides more information about various kinds of accommodation in Cairns.
Generally,one needs to book their accommodation a few months earlier for July occupancyin Cairns. We strongly urge you to make your bookings without any delay. Whilethe conference organisers will do whatever to help, we cannot guarantee youthat we can find one for you if you leave it too late.
To plan your stay in Cairns, you maywish to visit the following webpages to find more information about Cairns andthe region:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns
Paper Submission and Conference Inquiries:
Forany inquiries about the conference, please email:cesa28conference@gmail.com orcontact:
Convenor:SizhongSun (孙思忠)
College of Business, Law & Governance
Division of Tropical Environments and Societies
James Cook University, QLD 4814
Phone:+61 7 4781 4710
Fax:+617 4781 4019
Email:sizhong.sun@jcu.edu.au
Further conference information can befound at the conference websites:
http://www.ces-aus.org/2015/11/22/the-28th-cesa-annual-conference-james-cook-university-cairns-17-19-july-2016/
Local Organising Committee:
· Dr Hongbo Liu, JamesCook University
· Prof Stewart Lockie,James Cook University
· Prof David Low, JamesCook University
· Ms Janie Edwards, JamesCook University
· Ms Jennifer McHugh, JamesCook University
· Prof Philip Pearce,James Cook University
· Prof Natalie Stoeckl,James Cook University
· Dr Sizhong Sun, JamesCook University
· Prof Zhangyue Zhou,James Cook University
