Call for Papers:International Workshop o...
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding ofthe People's Republic of China, and the 90th anniversary of the founding of ZJUSchool of Economics
Call for Papers:
International Workshop on Production CapacityCooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative
Nov. 9-10, 2019,Hangzhou
Zhejiang University with academic support of The Singapore Economic Review (SER), wehave planned to hold the International Workshop on Production CapacityCooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative, theworkshop is scheduled for Nov.9-10, 2019, in Hangzhou, China. High-qualitypapers would be accepted by SER for publishing a special issue, but papers haveto be through the double-blind peer review, and The SER will open an channelfor the special issue paper submissions internationally in Jan. 2020.
1. TheAim of the Workshop
It has been five years since the officialannouncement of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. In retrospect, thefive-year development of the Belt and Road Initiative has got significantachievements, including the multilaterally beneficial cooperation among morecountries and more people along the Belt and Road route, especially in areaslike the infrastructure’s co-construction and co-sharing, international cooperationin production capacity, education exchanges, and etc.
However, we acknowledged that the development of theBelt and Road Initiative has also encountered some problems and facing challenges,including the environmental problems, political differences, religious belief,cultural differences and conflicts, in the development procedure, the institutionaldifference among different countries, and so on. These problems and challenges havebeen affecting and will affect the global efficiency of the industrial cooperationand labor division, and the maximization of the global economic and socialbenefits of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The planned “International Workshop on Production CapacityCooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative” is tosummarize the past experience, analyze the problems and challenges, and findthe solutions, which may make useful suggestions to help a steady progress anddevelopment of the production capacity cooperation within the Belt and Road Initiative.
The workshop is planning to invite renowned scholarsfrom countries and regions like Russia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Germany,Italy, Spain, Singapore, Japan, etc. The workshop will focus on and discuss thesubjects including: infrastructure construction and financing, overseaindustrial park problems, the effects of Chinese enterprises’ outflow of ForeignDirect Investment (FDI), the oversea industrial safety, the difficulties andobstacles in international cooperation in production capacity, theenvironmental-friendly development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
2. TheTheme and Subjects of the Workshop
Theme
The International Cooperation in Production Capacityand Environmental Responsibility within the Belt and Road Initiative
Subjects
Overseas Infrastructure construction and financing;
Issues with Overseas Industrial Park;
The Sustainability of Chinese Outward Foreign DirectInvestment (OFDI);
Overseas Industrial Safety;
Difficulties and Obstacles in InternationalCooperation in Production Capacity;
Productivity spillovers and technological diffusion;
Environmental-Friendly Development within the Beltand Road Initiative;
Green development and inclusive growth within the Belt andRoad Initiative.
3. Keydates
20 Aug. 2019, Deadline for Abstract submission,
5 Sept. 2019, Decisions notified on abstracts,
25 Oct. 2019, Deadline for paper submission
4. Key-notespeakers:
Prof. Euston Quah, Albert Winsemius Chair Prof. inEconomics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Editor of The SingaporeEconomic Review;
Prof. Bruno Dallago, Founder Prof. in SocialScience, University of Trento, Italy
Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Maxim Khomyakov, State University, High Schoolof Economics, St. Petersburg Campus, Russia
Prof Anthony Black, University of Cape Town, South Africa
DR. Silvia Lombardi, State Bureau of Statistics, Italy
DR. Wiebke Rabe, Free University of Berlin, Germany
5. OrganizingCommittee:
Prof. Jinchuan Shi, Centre for Research of PrivateEconomy, ZJU
Prof. Xianhai Huang, School of Economics, ZhejiangUniversity
Prof. Zhikai Wang, Centre for Research of Private Economy,Zhejiang University
A/Prof. Zibin Zhang, Centre for Research of PrivateEconomy, Zhejiang University
6. Submissioncontacts:
Ms. Yifan Zhang, crpe@zju.edu.cn,+ 86 571 87952835
Mr. Chong He, 11801009@zju.edu.cn,+ 86 13163240308
The Schedule of the Workshop
Date | Time | Location | Subjects |
Nov.8th,2019 | 12:00 - 23:00 | Zijingang Intl. Hotel | Registration |
Nov.9th,2019 | 09:00- 12:00 | Zijingang Intl. Hotel | Opening Ceremony, Keynote Speaking |
Nov.9th,2019 | 14:00- 17:00 | Zijingang Intl. Hotel | Overseas Infrastructure construction and financing; Issues with Overseas Industrial Park; The Sustainability of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI); Overseas Industrial Safety; |
Nov.10th,2019 | 09:00- 10:20 | Zijingang Intl. Hotel | Key-note speaking |
10:30- 12:00 | Difficulties and Obstacles in Production Capacity Cooperation; Productivity spillovers and technological diffusion; | ||
Nov.10th,2019 | 14:00- 16:30 | Zijingang Intl. Hotel | Environmental-Friendly Development within the Belt and Road Initiative; Green development and inclusive growth within the Belt and Road Initiative. |
16:40-17:00 | Conclusion remarks |