The 18th CEA(UK) Annunal Conference and CCES-CEA J
First Call for Papers
CHINESE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION (UK)
The 18th CEA (UK) Annual Conference
“Integrating China into the World Economy”
Sponsored and Supported by
University of Nottingham
Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
China Policy Institute
Education Section of the Chinese Embassy
16 - 17 April 2007
University of Nottingham, UK
CEA (UK) was initially established in 1988. After 18 years of development, it has become the UK and Europe’s largest and most influential professional organisation promoting research on China. It is now supported and hosted by the University of Nottingham, with significant financial and intellectual support from the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy within the School of Economics, and the China Policy Institute.
The University of Nottingham is a leading research university with a strong China-focused strategy. It has the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, the China Policy Institute, a Confucius Institute and its own campus at Ningbo in China. The strategic partnership between the University and CEA (UK) will create an extensive network for scholarly activities and academic research on China in the UK, China and the rest of the world.
This is the first call for papers for the 2007 conference. Past conferences have attracted wide-ranging attention from academic institutions, government organisations, banks and industries, alongside the media in the UK and China. Prominent speakers have included ministers from the Chinese and British governments, the Chinese ambassadors to the UK, and eminent academic figures of international repute including Nobel laureates of economic sciences. Papers from these conferences have been published in leading economics and business journals, edited books and the CEA (UK)’s official journal, the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, published by Taylor & Francis. Since 2001, CEA (UK) has run parallel annual conferences in the UK and in one of the key universities in China. The 2007 conference in China will be held in Fudan University in Shanghai. Selected paper presenters at the Nottingham conference will be invited to attend the parallel conference in Fudan in September 2007.
The main themes of the 18th Annual Conference of CEA (UK) will include:
·Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty
·Globalisation and International Integration
·Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
·Innovation, Technology and Development
·Sustainable Development and the Natural Environment
·Financial Sector Reform and Foreign Exchange Policy
·Urbanisation and Rural-Urban Migration
·Labour Market Reform and Human Resource Management
Selected conference papers will be published in the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies and an edited book. The CEA (UK) conference this year will have four added features different from previous conferences:
·A PhD Colloquium: experienced supervisors will chair and comment on students’ papers
·Prizes awarded to best papers submitted and presented by PhD students
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The 1st linked Conference with the Federation of the Chinese Professional Societies (UK) on 18th April 2007, including all the main professional societies apart from the CEA (UK).
The conference will be opened by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham and his Excellency, Mr Zha Peixin, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the UK. Keynote speakers will include high level Chinese and British government officials, directors of multinational companies and eminent China experts. The following people have indicated their initial commitments to keynote speeches at the conference:
·Professor David Greenaway, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham
·Professor Charles Goodhart, Trustee of CEA, London School of Economics
Professor John Weiss, Associate Dean for Research, University of Bradford
·Professor Peter Nolan, University of Cambridge
·Professor John Knight, University of Oxford
·Professor Wing Thye Woo, University of California, Davis
·Professor Jun Zhang, Fudan University
Please send abstracts (500 words) by 31st January 2007 and full papers by 1st March 2007 to the CEA (UK) Secretariat, Ms Karyl Moore, China Policy Institute, China House, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK, tel. 0115 846 7769, e-mail, karyl.moore@nottingham.ac.uk.
Conference Participation (including membership of CEA, three issues of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, and lunches, but not accommodation), Full fee £95, student fee £35.
CEA (UK) 18th Annual Conference Organisation Committee
Dr. Zhongmin Wu (Chairman), Lecturer in Economics, University of Bradford
Professor Chris Milner, Head of Economics School, University of Nottingham
Shujie Yao, Professor of Economics and Chinese Sustainable Development, University of Nottingham
