China as a Global Power, Middle-Income Country, and Low-Income Country:
Implications for Social Science Research Collaboration
Workshop in Beijing, July 19-20, 2010
School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP)
Beijing Normal University, China
&
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague
Preliminary Program
As of June 21
July 18
Guests arrive in Beijing and check in at the Jingshi Hotel
Address: 19 Xinjiekouwai St., Haidian District, Beijing
Jingshi Hotel is within walking distance to the workshop venue.
July 19
Venue:
A-314 Main Building, Beijing Normal University
8:30 am
Guests will be met by the SSDPP contact person at the hotel lobby
8:45 – 9 am
Reception
9-9:30 am
Opening speeches by Professor Zhang Xiulan and Arjan de Haan
9:30 – 10:30 am
Issue I: Rise of China: What does it mean for the rest of the world?
Speakers:
Zhang Xiulan, BNU
Huang Chengwei, IPRCC
XuWeizhong, CICIR, perspective from international politics
10:30-11 am
Coffee Break
11 am – 12 pm
Issue I continued
Speakers:
AshwaniSaith, ISS
Alakh Sharma, IHD, perspective from another BRIC
Jeffrey Henderson
12 – 1:30 pm
Lunch (venue TBD)
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Issue II: China’s New Global Role
Speakers:
Li Xiaoyun, CAU
May Tan-Mullins and Marcus Power,
Miguel Salazar
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Issue II continued
Speakers:
Bram Buscher
Murat Arsel
Frauke Urban
3:30 – 4 pm
Coffee Break
4 – 5 pm
Issue III: Development Models and Transition: The Role of Agriculture
Speakers:
Li Xiaoyun, CAU
Jiang Pingan, XAU
Nico Heerink, Agricultural University of Wageningen
5 – 6 pm
Issue III continued
Speakers:
Murat Arsel and Anirban Dasgupta, ISS
Zhao Yongjun, University of Groningen
6:30 pm
Dinner (venue TBD)
July 20
Venue:
A-314 Main Building, Beijing Normal University
9 – 10 am
Issue IV: Old and New Poverties and Vulnerabilities
Speakers:
Wang Xiaoyi, CASS
Zhang Xiaoshan, CASS
Lu Caizhen, Kunming
10 – 11 am
Issue IV continued
Speakers:
Peng Xizhe, Fudan
Sarah Cook
Mahmood Messkoub
Xiao Suowei, BNU
11 – 11:30 am
Coffee Break
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Issue V: Management as Development Approach and the Beijing
Consensus
Speakers:
XueLan, Tsinghua
Qiao Jianrong, DFID Beijing, experiences from health sector reform
Yu Xiaomin, BNU
12:30 – 2 pm
Lunch (venue TBD)
2 – 3 pm
Issue V continued
Speakers:
Nyiri Pal, Free University Amsterdam
Arjan de Haan, ISS
Andrew Fischer
3 – 3:30 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Issue VI: Research Collaboration
4:30 – 5 pm
Concluding Remarks
6 pm
Dinner (venue TBD)
List of Participants
Arjan de Haan, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Andrew Fischer, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Ashwani Saith, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Murat Arsel, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Anirban Dasgupta, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Bram Buscher, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Mahmood Messkoub, , Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Zhang Xiulan, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University
Miguel Salazar, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University
Hu Xiaojiang, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University
Yu Xiaomin, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University
Xiao Suowei, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University
Zhao Yongjun, University of Groningen
Nico Heerink, Agricultural University Wageningen
Pal Nyiri ,Free University Amsterdam
Sarah Cook, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Alakh Sharma, Institute for Human Development
Jeff Henderson, Centre of East Asian Studies, University of Bristol
May Tan-Mullins, International Studies Program, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Marcus Power, Department of Geography, Durham University
Frauke Urban, Institute of Development Studies, UK
Qiao Jianrong, UK Department for International Development
Halima Begum, UK Department for International Development
Huang Chengwei, International Poverty Reduction Centre Centre, China
Jiang Pingan, Xinjiang Agricultural University
Li Xiaoyun, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University
Tang Lixia, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University
ZhaoLixia, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University
Wang Xiaoyi, Institute of Sociology, Chines Academy of Social Sciences
Wang Lei, Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Zhu Ling, Institute of Economy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Zhang Xiaoshan, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Cui Hongzhi, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Xue Lan, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Lu Caizhen, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peng Xizhe, School of Social Development and Public Policy, FudanUniversity
Xu Weizhong, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations
Contact Persons for Logistic Arrangement
Ms. Han Ruilian
Email: hanruilian@bnu.edu.cn
Tel: +86 (10) 58802804 ext. 806
Cell: +86 15210174632
Mr. Wang Xinsong
Email: xinsong@bnu.edu.cn
Cell: +86 13910037605
Workshop aims and objectives
China is rapidly (re-)emerging as a global economic and political actor, which we believe had direct
implications for research collaboration. Under the Joint-Scientific Thematic Research Programme, ISS
the Hague and Beijing Normal University is hosting an international workshop on the implications of
China being simultaneously a developing country, a middle-income country, and an international donor
and increasingly important actor in international organisations.
The aim of this dialogue is to articulate priorities for future Chinese-Dutch research collaboration,
within the field of international development studies. This focuses on the role of inter-disciplinary
social science research, which historically has focused on developing countries and funded as ‘aid’
activity, and is now presented with the challenge and opportunity to re-define its role in and modes of
cooperation with China and other emerging economies. This will be achieved through a series of
thematic discussions, in the form of a workshop over two days. Specific objectives of the workshop are:
1. To discuss the theoretical implications of the ‘rise of China’. What does its development path
imply for mainstream development theories, such as modernisation, political-economy and
dependency approaches? What are implications of knowledge on China for international
debates on, for example, development transitions, patterns of reform, the role of research and
innovation in policy making. Is the development of China historically unique, and what are
parallels with the rise of South Korea, India, and Brazil? What are new patterns of South-South
collaboration, the role of China in this, and new ways of engagement of Northern research
institutions?
2. To formulate ideas for future research collaboration in key areas of development, and to
identify comparative advantage. A list of possible themes includes:
a) Is there a Beijing Consensus? China’s reforms since 1978 and lessons for development
theories, for the Washington and Post-Washington consensus, and for political
economy and neo-classical approaches. Can China’s experience of reform unlock some
of the impasses in current international debates, such as on globalisation, and state
versus markets?
b) Inclusive growth: The rapid reduction of poverty, transition to new forms of poverty and
social exclusion, challenges posed by uniquely rapid ageing, and approaches to poverty
and local development in remote areas. Are there lessons from the Chinese experience,
for other developing countries, and for China’s new aid programme, in Africa and
elsewhere?
c) Sustainable earth, domestically and internationally: climate change, possibilities to move
to a low-carbon and sustainability of current growth path, management of and
governance reform of natural resources, land and water. China and the OECD post
2008: the economic crisis, social security and stimulus of the domestic economy, and
new forms of integration into and de-coupling from the world economy.
This global transformation is arguably the most important change in international development in the
first part of the 21st century. What are the implications for research collaboration, and for modes of
research funding?
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