APMRN Country Report: China
27-29 October 2005
Seoul
List of members of in-country network
Prof. Huang Ping, CASS
Prof. Luo Keren, East China Normal University
Prof. Zhu Yu, Fujian Normal University
Dr. Ma Chunhua, CASS
Dr. Chen Xin, CASS
Mr. Zhan Shaohua, CASS
Prof. Cai fang, CASS
Prof. Zhang Juwei, CASS
Dr. Liu Jianjin, CASS
Prof. Wang Fenyu, Ministry of Science and Technology
Prof. Li Qiang, Hsinghua University
Prof. Zhou Daming, Sun Yet-san University
Prof. Zhang Xiaoshan, CASS
Prof. Li Peilin, CASS
Prof. Tian He, CASS
Ms. Pan Jie, CASS
Ms. Shi Jinqun, CASS
Ms. Zhou Yunfan, CASS
Ms. Li Dan, CASS
Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhang Juwei, Wang Xiaoyi, Yu jianrong
In-country or cross-country network activities in 2005
China team jointly co-organized the IOM-DFID Regional Conference on Poverty,
Development, and Migration in Lanzhou, China.
The research project ‘Urban Poverty Reduction among Migrants’ led by Prof.
Huang Ping and Dr. Chen Xin played an important role in networking researchers at
both the national and the local levels, including those in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian,
Chengdu, Kunming, Chifeng Prefecture in Inner Mongolia, Diqing Tibetan
Prefecture in Yunnan through.
Prof. Huang Ping was invited by UNESCO Assistant Director General Mr Sane to
deliver a speech on ‘What UNESCO for the Future?’ in September 2005.
Prof. Huang Ping participated in MOST Intergovernmental Bureau Session in Paris
in July 2005.
Professor Zhu Yu organized and chaired the session ‘Data and Methods in the Study
of Internal Migration’ for the 25th IUSSP General Conference in Tours in July 2005.
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Professor Zhu Yu presented the paper ‘Circulation as a means of adjustment to
opportunities and constrains: the settlement intention of China’s floating population
in the cities’ to the 25th IUSSP General Conference in Tours in July 2005.
Prof. Zhu Yu organized a conference on ‘China’s Urbanization and Co-ordinated
Rural-urban Development’ sponsored by Committee on Migration and Urbanization
of China Population Association, Fujian Normal University, Shanghai Academy of
Social Science, and Population Association of Fujian Province, with migrant
workers as one of the major themes for the conference.
Prof. Zhu Yu Chaired a forum on migrant workers in one of the two China’s top
demographic journals Population Research, involving seven leading scholars in the
fields.
Prof. Cai Fang and Dr. Chen Xin is participating in World Bank's Poverty
Assessment team; Dr. Chen attended the Jakarta conference on poverty assessment
organized by the World bank.
Workshops organized by Prof. Luo Keren, Dr. Chen Xin, Prof. Guo Hong et al. have
taken places in Shanghai, Dalian, Chifeng, and Chengdu.
A national exhibition on/for migrants was jointly organized by CASS and UNESCO
Beijing Office, which will continue in UNESCO headquarter in Paris in October
during the UNESCO General Conference in October 2005.
Research projects conducted in 2005
China team led by Prof. Huang Ping and Dr. Chen Xin has continuously worked
with UNESCO Beijing Office on the project ‘Urban Poverty Reduction among
Migrants’.
China team has worked on migration issues with CIDA and World Bank on issues
such as training for off-farm and migration activities, poverty reduction, and policy
debates.
As the principal investigator, Prof. Luo Keren is continuing his Research Project
‘Economic Globalisation and Demonstration Research of International Population
Migration and Floating’ funded By National Social Science Foundation.
As the principal investigator, Prof. Luo Keren is continuing his research project
'Shanghai’s Population Internationalization’ funded by Shanghai Philosophy and
Social Science foundation.
As the principal investigator of the Shanghai Sub-project, Prof. Luo Keren is
continuing his Research Project ‘Reducing the Poverty of the Youthful Migration in
East Asia’ funded by UNESCO Grant.
As the proncipal investigator, Prof. Zhu Yu started a new project ‘Migration
Patterns of China’s Floating Population and The Underlying Mechanism’ as a key
academic discipline development project of Fujian Province funded by Fujian
Provincial Government.
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As the principal investigator, Prof. Zhu Yu is conducting the project ‘A Study on
the Coordinated Development of Rural and Urban Populations in Fujian Province’
as part of studies on population development strategy of Fujian Province funded by
Fujian Provincial Government.
Publications
The paper ‘Together with Migrants’” as a result of the project ‘Urban Poverty
Reduction among Migrants’ led by led by Prof. Huang Ping and Dr. Chen Xin was
published in both English and Chinese.
The country paper by Prof. Huang Ping and Mr. Zhan Shaohua contributed to the
IOM-DFID Regional Conference on Poverty, Development, and Migration was
published by IOM in both English and Chinese.
Research papers by Huang Ping, Cai Fang, Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhang Juwei, Wang
Xiaoyi, Yu jianrong, Zhan Shaohua et al. have been published in Chinese Social
Sciences (English edition) and in Chinese in other CASS Journals.
Prof. Luo Keren’s paper ‘Forcast on scale of returning overseas talents and thinking
of strategies on Introduction’ was published in the 13th Issue of 2005 of the Journal
Facing the Pacific.
Prof. Zhu Yu’s migration related papers were published in Chinese in the journal of
China Population Association Population Research and in one of the Journals of
The Geographical Society of China Human geography.
Policy input/contacts
Most of the above conference, activities, and research projects have involved policy
makers.
Prof. Huang Ping, Mr. Zhan Shaohua, and Dr. Ma Chunhua have done research
papers for CIDA's strategy planning.
Prof. Huang Ping, Prof. Cai fang, Prof. Zhang Juwei, and Dr. Liu Jianjin et al. have
prepared research and policy papers for World Bank's preparation for policy study
for China's poverty reduction in 2006-2010.
Prof. Huang Ping has done a research on Drivers of Change for DFID for the MDGs
in China.
Prof. Zhu Yu is a member of newly appointed expert group on population and
development strategy of Fujian Province and is actively involved in relevant policy
discussion.
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