Kent County Council China Strategy: Seminar discussions

 

Chair: Dr Frank Pieke, Director, British Inter-university China Centre (BICC), University of Oxford

 

Day 1 Friday 12 January 2007

 

10.00-12.30: Inward investment

Professor William Callahan, Co-Director, and Dr Elena Barabantseva, Fellow, British Inter-university China Centre (BICC), University of Manchester

Presentation: “Foreign investment from China”

Dr Eric Thun, University Lecturer of Chinese Business Studies, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Presentation: “Recent changes in business and investment strategies of Chinese firms”

Ms Winnie King, Fellow, British Inter-university China Centre (BICC), University of Bristol

 

2.00-4.30: Rural regeneration

Professor Peter Ho, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Presentation: “Land rights, land appropriation and rural development”

Dr Daniel Buck, University Lecturer Human Geography of China, University of Oxford

Presentation: “rural industry and development”

Dr Sarah Cook, University Lecturer, Institute for Development Studies, Sussex University

 

Day 2 Saturday 13 January 2007

 

10.00-12.30: Government franchising

Dr William Hurst, Postdoctoral Career Development Fellow, Modern Chinese Studies, University of Oxford

Presentation: “Reform of local administration”

Dr Sarah Cook, University Lecturer, Institute for Development Studies, Sussex University

Presentation: “Public service sector reform”

Professor Ka Ho Mok, Director, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Bristol

 

2.00-4.30: Education and migration

Professor Ka Ho Mok, Director, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Bristol

Presentation: “The growth of private education in China”

Mr Wei Shen, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geography, Loughborough University

Presentation: “Chinese students in the UK”

Dr Biao Xiang, RCUK Fellow, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford

Presentation: “Drivers of emigration from China”