Fall 1999
Thanks to the effort of Wu Qianli and some other people, CCI will launch the first of its speakers' series at 8 pm this coming Friday, October 15th. The venue will be M15 of Littauer at Harvard. It is the grey economics and goverment department building besides the Science Center. Mr. JIANG Xianzhou, Deputy General Manager of International Department, China Construction Bank, will be giving a talk on banking reform, with such issues as bank commercialization and management of bad debt. Below you will find a brief biography of his.
Please bring your friends who are interested in the topic. We look forward to seeing you there.
Xianzhou JIANG, Deputy General Manager of International Department, China Construction Bank. Graduated in 1982 from the Northeastern University of Finance and Economics, worked in the research institute under the Ministry of Finance till 1986 when he moved to China Construction Bank. Obtained master of science from Heriot Watt University in UK in 1993. His speech will be on Banking Reform in China, providing general overview, historical review, current situation, and future issues.
More and more people in China are realizing and concerned about the urgency of environmental protection and preservation in the era of explosive economic development.
CCI will host the fourth of its speakers' series for this semester at 8 pm this coming Friday, Nov. 12. Mr. ZHANG Hongjun, Director of Legislative Office of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress of China (EPRCC), will be giving a talk on environmental legislation and regulation in China. Below you will find a brief biography of his. The venue will be M15 of Littauer at Harvard. It is the grey economics and goverment department building besides the Science Center.
Before the talk, we will have dinner together with Mr. ZHANG at Da Sheng Restaurant in Harvard Square at 6:30. Da Sheng is located on Eliot Street across the Kennedy School of Government. You can also find the location by calling its number at 497-8288. Please inform Qianli by Wednesday 5 pm if you want to reserve a space for the dinner.
Please come to the talk and listen to the views of an expert and practitioner. Also bring your own views and questions to the Q&A session afterwards. Please bring your friends who are interested in the topic. We look forward to seeing you there.
Mr. ZHANG Hongjun is the Director of Legislative Office of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress of China (EPRCC). In the current tenure so far, he has drafted and revised China's environmental and natural resources conservation laws, including the Land Administration Law, the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law, the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, Noise Management Law, Mineral Resources Management Law, the Energy Conservation Law and the Solid Waste Prevention and Control Law. He has coordinated and organized research projects between EPRCC and various international organizations, including Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme.
Prior to that, Mr. ZHANG was the Program Officer of the National Environmental Protection Agency of China. He participated in planning, organizing and drafting of policy documents including China's Environment and Development Report for UN Conference on Environment and Development, China's Environmental Action Plan, the Eighth-Five-Years National Environmental Protection Plan, the Environmental Investment Report of China.
Mr. ZHANG has held various academic and research posts at Peking University, New York University School of Law, Yale University School for Forestry and Environmental Study and Yale Law School, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. and Center for International Environmental Law Washington, DC, Uppsala University School of Law, Uppsala, Sweden. He is currently pursuing an LLM degree at Harvard Law School.
Mr ZHANG obtained his B.S. in Geography and M.S. in Environmental Planning and Management, both with highest honor from Peking University. He received Ph.D. in law from Peking University School of Law, winning University Award for his Ph.D dissertation "Comparison on Environmental Law between the United States and China"
CCI and OYCF will hold the 3rd event of the semester at 8pm on Thursday Oct. 28th. The venue will be M15 of Littauer at Harvard. It is the gray economics and government department building besides the Science Center. Please refer to the introduction below for the speaker and the talk.
There will be a dinner with Professor Yao at 6:30pm in Ta Sheng Restaurant of Harvard Square. Interested people should reply this message to reserve a seat. Thank you for your interest.
---------------- To Face Difficulties In the Twenty First Century The Perspective Of China's Agricultural and Rural Development
Yao JianFu
Biography of Speaker:
Professor Yao graduated from Ha Er-bing Industrial University in 1957. Over the past several decades, he has focused his research on the Chinese agricultural development and the roles of the rural society in China's economic development. Professor Yao is a researcher at the Development Research Center of China's State Counsel and the director of the Research Center for Rural Economy at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Content of the Talk
A couple of years ago, an American economist visited China right after his trip from the former Socialist Eastern European Countries. He noticed the type of reforms in China is quite different from that in the Eastern European countries. The China's economic reform is mainly an agriculture reform rather than industry reform as in Eastern European countries.
China is still an agriculture country. The success of China's economic reform has been and will be tied to rural development. In the talk, Professor Yao will offer his views on difficulties of rural reform in the first half of 21st century and the role of rural development in the national economy.
Mr. Yao's topics will include: 1. Is it possible for Chinese agriculture to accomplish modernization in the first half of 21st century? 2. The regional geographic differences, and the selected modernization and industrialization. 3. The central problem in agriculture and rural society: the income of peasants. 4. Economic rules have to abide by natural rules for sustaining development. 5. Government Structure Reform: labor forces, social structure and the redistribution of incomes. 6. The dilemma of development between the substantial poorly educated rural population and the demands of modernization and market economy. 7. Social structure change and Expanding gap between the rich and the poor. 8. The phenomena of "number making officials" and "officials making numbers" 9. Dogmatism plus Feudalism.
The talk will be given in Chinese.
Seminar on US-China Relations
--- A briefing of fourteen interviews with leading experts and beyond
7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Oct 21, Thursday M15, Littauer Center (Economics Department) Harvard University (tentative)
1999 has witnessed a wide-ranging series of ups and downs in US-China relations: China's proposed entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) took a negative turn after an initial period of encouraging news; The US bombing of China's embassy in Belgrade aroused sweeping sentiments across the Ocean; The two-state statements ignited profound questioning of the ambiguous status of Taiwan. Informed observers cannot stop asking themselves the twofold question: What in the world has happened to US-China relations? And what will happen in the coming future? You are cordially invited to join a seminar to examine these and related critical issues.
The seminar will be based on a series of interviews I conducted in Washington, D.C. and New York City this past summer on behalf of Harvard China Review with fourteen prominent observers of contemporary US-Chinese relations. Among those interviewed were Bob Manning, Director of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Council on Foreign Relations; Douglas Paal, President of the Asia Pacific Policy Center; Robert Kapp, President of the US-China Business Council; and Shen Guofang, Ambassador of PRC to the UN. (Please see the enclosed list of interviewees for details.)
The seminar will cover the following areas: 1. The Direction of US-China Relations Is it possible for both nations to build a constructive, strategic partnership? If it is not possible, what can be the alternatives?
2. The Parameters of US-China Relations 1) Do strategic concerns fundamentally determine business and economic links? Or will integrated economies in the US and China shape the perceptions of strategic interests? 2) What are the major commonalties and differences in global perspectives of the US and China? How do they interact with other crucial factors? 3) Why is Taiwan critical to both the US and China? What are the main factors that define the strategic significance of Taiwan's status? 4) Is a free and democratic China necessary for stable US-China relations? If so, what does this mean for both nations? 5) How do domestic politics and foreign policy affect each other when the US and China negotiate? 6) Is an open media essential for forming accurate mass perceptions? Why is it in fact so hard to influence how the media report events?
3. An Evaluation of Recent Events 1) Why could not the US and China reach an agreement on China's WTO accession? 2) Was the embassy bombing significant as an isolated incident? 3) Will the People's Liberation Army (PLA) invade Taiwan?
4. Potential Paths for Both Nations 1) Is the US going to further modify global strategic infrastructure or will China's modernization successes effectively limit America's options? 2) What does a responsible China mean? Will a responsible China ensure stable US-China relations?
I will report on the comments given by each of the individuals interviewed for about forty minutes. We will follow this with an open discussion moderated by Dr. Ronald Suleski, an associate of the Fairbank Center at Harvard University.
Please confirm your attendance by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday so that we can reserve a proper seminar room. I hope you will be able to attend and look forward to your positive reply.
The event is co-sponsored by the Harvard China Review (HCR), the International Development Professional Interest Council (ID_PIC) at the Kennedy School, the Cambridge China Institute (CCI) and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF).
I am indebted to John Holden, President of the National Committee on US-China Relations); Pieter Bottelier, Former Senior Advisor and Mission Chief to China of the World Bank Group, and to Robert Heinzstein, Partner the firm of Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, LLP and former Under Secretary of the Department of Commerce for their kind support. I also thank Professor Ezra Vogel, recently Director of the Asia Center) and Professor Joseph Nye, Dean of the John F. Kennedy School, both at Harvard University, for their encouragement and support.
Yong Zhang MPA/ID 1 John F. Kennedy School
Interviewees list
Washington, D.C.:
Robert Manning, Director of Asia Affairs Council on Foreign Relations
Douglas Paal, President Asia Pacific Policy Center
Liu Xiaoming Minister, Embassy of China in the U.S.
Robert Kapp, President US-China Business Council
Richard Solomon, President US Institute of Peace
Bonnie Glasser, Consultant for Foreign Relations
Ralph Clough, Professor SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Don Wallace, President International Law Institute
New York City:
Jerome Cohen, Partner Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison
Andrew Nathan, Professor of Political Science East Asian Institute Columbia University
Shen Guofang, Ambassador of China to the UN
Peter Geithner, Former Representative in China Ford Foundation
John Young, Executive Counselor Committee of 100
John Holden, President National Committee on US-China Relations
David Denoon, Professor in Politics and Economics NYU
Spring 2000
CCI is fortunate enought to have secured Vice President of Xiamen University, Prof. ZHU Chongshi, to give us a talk at 8pm December 3 Friday. Prof. ZHU is a renowned Chinese banking legal scholar and his topic will be "China Commercial Banking Legal System: Problems and thinking of settlement." Below you will find a brief biography of his. The venue will be M15 of Littauer at Harvard. It is the grey economics and goverment department building besides the Science Center.
Before the talk, we will have dinner together with Prof. ZHU at Da Sheng Restaurant in Harvard Square at 6:30. Da Sheng is located on Eliot Street across the Kennedy School of Government. You can also find the location by calling its number at 497-8288. Please inform Qianli by December 1 Wednesday 5 pm if you want to reserve a space for the dinner. Please come to the talk and listen to the views of a leading scholar in the area. Also bring your own views and questions to the Q&A session afterwards. Please bring your friends who are interested in the topic. We look forward to seeing you there. THE TALK WILL BE CONDUCTED IN MANDARIN CHINESE.
Professor ZHU Chongshi Ph.D.,in Economics, Professor of Law and Economics, Xiamen University School of Law, Vice President of Xiamen University,PRC; Fulbright Visiting Scholar,Boston University School of Law. B.A.,in Economics,1978-1982,Xiamen University,PRC; Law Certificate, 1983-1984,Jilin University,PRC; Ph.D.,in Economics,1985-1990, Belgrade University,Yugoslavia. Professor ZHU teaches Banking and Financial Law, International Investment Law and International Economics. He has published 7 books and over 30 articles on topics of Banking and Financial Law and International Investment Law.
CCI is delighted to have secured Mr. Wang Zhenyao, former Head of Rural Governance Division, Deputy Director and Acting Director of Department of Basic-Level Governance at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to give us a talk at 8pm February 11 Friday. Mr. Wang is one of the pioneers in rural political reforms. His topic will be "Rural Election and China' Democratization." Below you will find a brief biography of his. The venue will be M15 of Littauer at Harvard. It is the grey economics and government department building besides the Science Center.
Before the talk, we will have dinner together with Mr. Wang at Da Sheng Restaurant in Harvard Square at 6:30. Da Sheng is located on Eliot Street across the Kennedy School of Government. You can also find the location by calling its number at 497-8288. Please inform Qianli by 5pm Thursday, February 10 if you want to reserve a space for the dinner.
Please come to the talk and listen to the views and episodes of a highly respected official. Also bring your own views and questions to the Q&A session afterwards. Please bring your friends who are interested in the topic. We look forward to seeing you there.
THE TALK WILL BE CONDUCTED IN MANDARIN CHINESE.
Speaker: Mr. Wang Zhenyao
Title of the Speech: Rural Election and China' Democratization
Resume: Mr. Wang Zhenyao is Deputy Director of Department of Disaster and Social Relief, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and currently in the Mid-Career Program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Mr. Wang Zhenyao received a B.A. degree in History from Nankai University in 1982 and a M.A degree in Political Science from Huazhong Normal University in 1986. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Wang worked as a research associate at the Institute of Rural Policy of the CCP, specializing in rural political reforms. In 1989, Mr. Wang joined the Ministry of Civil Affairs, first as Head of Rural Governance Division, then Deputy Director and Acting Director of Department of Basic-Level Governance. Since then, Mr. Wang had been in charge of the Rural Election Program for nine years.
Mr. Wang Zhenyao is a scholar-turned official and has kept his academic interest through his career. He has edited several books and published about fifty articles, in Enhlish as well as in Chinese, most of which are about China's political reforms. Mr. Wang's effort and hard working in promoting China's grassroots democratization has brought him huge fame in the international society. His story has appeared in Washington Post, New York Times, and many other journals and newspapers in recent years.
"Wang Zhenyao, a Ministry of Civil Affairs official who has spent the last >dozen years working to achieve elections in China's villages, says: 'In the Soviet Union, they just pulled down the Communist Party, and leapt straight into privatization. Elite change was far ahead of grassroots change.' Chinese surveyed the resulting chaos, he says, and concluded it wasn't the best way. Thoughtful Chinese now focus on building up the institutions China needs for good governance, such as a professional legal system and competitive grassroots >elections, he says."
Far East Economic Review 5/27/99
Fall 2000
Liberalism and Liberalism in Today's China
Speaker: Dr. Liu JunNing
Sponsored by The Cambridge China Institute (CCI) (a local affiliate of the Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) in Boston)
Venue: M-17, Littauer Hall (Government and Economics Departments), Harvard University (http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3LawSchool4.shtml)
Date and Time: 8-10pm, Thursday September 28, 2000.
Welcome to the fourth year of biweekly discussion series organized by Cambridge China Institute (CCI)! CCI provides a unique opportunity for discussing crucial issues related to China with scholars, government officials, and professionals from China and other parts of the world.
In this new academic year, we are honored to have Dr. Liu JunNing as our first speaker. Dr. Liu is one of China's most influential liberal scholars.
He obtained his doctor's degree in Politics from Beijing University. Since then, Dr. Liu has been working at China's Institute of Social Sciences
at Beijing and has published many books and articles on topics including liberalism.
Liberalism is not a new idea to the Chinese. It has been debated among Chinese reformers and intellectuals for more than a century. Although liberal democracy has been one of the government principles accepted both in
theory and in practice in most of the western countries, liberal democracy and liberalism seem still far from realization in today's China. Dr. Liu has been carefully and realistically examining liberalism and its relationship with economy, law and society through historical and global comparisons. In this session, Dr. Liu will offer his insight in liberalism and will explain why liberalism will be crucial for further advancing China's reform.
The session will last two hours in total. In the first hour, Dr. Liu will give a talk. Then, an hour of Q & A session follows. As a tradition, we will have a dinner with our speakers before the discussion. This time, the dinner will be held at 6:30 at YanJing restaurant at Harvard Square. If you
are interested in joining us for dinner, please contact Wang Hai at hwang35388@yahoo.com before Wednesday. Thank you.
For speaker's convenience, this particular session will be conducted in Chinese.
Tradition and Change: Law and Order in a Chinese Pluralist Landscape
Speaker: Liang, ZhiPing
Time: 8:00 pm, Thursday, November 16
Venue: Pound Hall, 419, Harvard Law School (http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/tour.shtml)
ZHIPING LIANG is Research Professor of Law at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese Academy of Arts. Professor Liang?s scholarly interests range from legal history, comparative legal culture, and legal theory to sociology of law. He taught on comparative legal traditions at People?s University of China and has lectured at many universities in China and abroad. He is Editor-in-Chief of Constitutionalism Translation Series and Legal Culture Research Center Series. He is also Visiting Scholar at Columbia University and Harvard University.
In this lecture, Professor Liang will give a talk on a deconstructive analysis of traditional and local practices in villages and their transformative effects on China's modernization. Presenting his audience with a fresh look at these seemingly provincial rules and practices, Mr. Liang has proposed that legal, economic or political reforms in China has and will continue to distill, modify, extend and eventually benefit from the traditional but positive practices in the villages. While the local practices often seemed to be limited to their particular historic background and lacked general applicability, they have played a rule in the formation of norms and orders in China's reforms. Professor Liang will introduce a new thinking on the relation between tradition and modernity and the implication of tradition for the 'rule of law' and modernity in China.
As a tradition, we will have a dinner with our speaker before the lecture. The dinner will be held at YanJing Restaurant at Harvard Square at 6:30 pm on the lecture day. If anyone is interested, please contact Hai Wang at Hwang35388@yahoo.com before Nov. 15.
This lecture will be given in Chinese for speaker's convenience.
