UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
“Economic,
Social and Legal Issues in
China’s Transition to A Market Economy”
Ventura,
California
October 28-29, 1999
Sponsored
by the UCLA Center for International and Business Education
and the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
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Thursday, October 28
6 p.m. Arrival and Check-In
7 p.m. Dinner
Keynote Presentation:
Current Economic Reforms in China
Baizhu Chen, USC Marshal Business School
Friday, October 29
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.: Session 1
Process of Economic Reform
Moderator: Yunxiang Yan (Anthropology, UCLA)
Youqin Huang (Geography, UCLA)
"Housing Choices and Changing Residential Patterns in Transitional Urban China"
Hongyi Lai (Political Science, UCLA)
"The Political Economy of China's Urban Reforms"
Michael Johnston (Sociology, UCLA) and Huimin Li (National Bureau of Statistics, China, )
"Champion of the Market -- How the NBS Defines Unemployment"
Liang Wei (International Relations, USC)
"The Implications of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization"
10:30 - 11 a.m. Break
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Session 2
Behavior of Firms and Individuals in Market Transition
Moderator: Randall Pereenboom (Law, UCLA)
Yueting Tong (Economics, UCSD),
"Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer and Firm Performance "
Kelly Lautt (Political Science, UCLA),
"Corruption and Market Reform in China"
Wei Hua (Management, UCLA)
"Testing the Cultural Boundaries of a Model of Trust: Subordinate-manager Relations in China, Norway and the U.S."
Xiaoguang Wu (Sociology, UCLA)
"Work Units and Income Inequality: the Effects of Transition in Urban China"
1 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Session 3
Social and Environmental Effects
Moderator: James Tong (Political Science)
Hongyan Xiao (Political Science, USC)
"The April 25 Incident and Its Implications: Falun Gong and CCP Ideological Work In a Period of Economic Change"
Timothy Fitzpatrick (Political Science, UCSD)
"The Domestic Distributional Effects of China’s Opening to the International Economy"
Marian Katz (Sociology, UCLA)
"Social Challenges of Transition: Individual Narratives about the Impact of Transition on Self, Family and Society"
Eric Zusman (Political Science, UCLA)
"The River Runs Dry: Negotiating Water Scarcity in the Yellow River Basin"
4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Break
4:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Conclusions
Richard Baum (Political Science, UCLA)
Archie Kleingartner (Management and Public Policy Studies, UCLA)
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Social Hour
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner
Four Points Hotel- Sheraton Ventura Harbortown
1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001
Telephone #: 805-658-1212Directions from Los Angeles: Take I-405 North to US-101 North towards Ventura/Los Angeles; Drive northbound (approx. 45 miles) to Telephone Road exit (turn left at exit light) and follow to Olivas (turn right). Follow to Harbor Blvd. (turn right) to next light at Schooner Drive. Make a left and then an immediate left into the parking lot.
