Strategic Paths for China’s Urban Development Amid Profound Global Shifts

Urban development is an interdisciplinary and comprehensive research field that demands interdisciplinary intellectual exchanges and strategic-level discussions to propose strategic pathways for high-quality, sustainable urban development in China. Centered on the theme Strategic Paths for China’s Urban Development Amid Profound Global Shifts, Sub-forum X of Beijing Forum (2024) invites distinguished domestic and international experts and cutting-edge young scholars to exchange insights on urban geography, economics, sociology, urban planning, public health, public administration, ecological environment and other related disciplines.

Theme: Strategic Paths for China’s Urban Development Amid Profound Global ShiftsDate: November 14–15, 2024Venue: Lecture Hall 303, School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking UniversityLanguage: Bilingual (Chinese & English)Organizers: School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University; Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy

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Chair: Liu Zhi, Director, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy8:45 – 9:00 Opening RemarksHe Canfei, Dean & Professor, School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking UniversityAnacláudia Rossbach (Video Remarks), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Chair: Liu Zhi, Director, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy9:00 – 9:30 Keynote Speech 1: Urban Development Strategies in the Stock EraSpeaker: Li Xiaojiang, Former President, China Academy of Urban Planning & Design9:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speech 2: Smart Technology and Urban DevelopmentSpeaker: Anthony G.O. Yeh, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences UK; Chair Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break

Chair: He Canfei, Dean & Professor, School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University10:20 – 10:40 Topic: Back to Basics: Lessons for Sustainable and Equitable Urban Redevelopment from BrazilSpeaker: Enrique Silva, Chief Program Officer, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy10:40 – 11:00 Topic: Emerging Paradigms in Urban Mobility PlanningSpeaker: Om Prakash Agarwal, Researcher & Former Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute (India)11:00 – 11:20 Topic: The Form and Reform of Urban-Rural IntegrationSpeaker: Liu Shouying, Professor & Former Dean, School of Economics, Renmin University of China11:20 – 11:40 Topic: To Be ConfirmedSpeaker: Wang Kai, President, China Academy of Urban Planning & Design11:40 – 12:00 Topic: Enhancing Sustainable Urban Development through International CooperationSpeaker: Urda Eichhorst, Team Lead for Mobility and Cities, GIZ China12:00 – 12:10 Q&A

Chair: Liu Zhi, Director, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy14:30 – 14:50 Topic: Does Hukou Still Matter: Reforms, Mismatch and Household StrategiesSpeaker: C. Cindy Fan, Professor & Vice Provost, University of California, Los Angeles14:50 – 15:10 Topic: Governing Urban Development in ChinaSpeaker: Wu Fulong, Professor, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London; Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences UK15:10 – 15:30 Topic: Core and Periphery: The Great Divergence of Chinese CitiesSpeaker: Zhao Yanjing, Professor, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering & School of Economics, Xiamen University; Director General, Urban Planning Society of China15:30 – 15:50 Topic: Incremental Innovations in Digital-Intelligence Empowered Planning – Three Examples and ReflectionsSpeaker: Zhang Ming, Professor & Program Director of Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin15:50 – 16:00 Q&A16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break

Chair: Liu Zhi, Director, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy16:20 – 16:50 Keynote Speech: To Be ConfirmedSpeaker: Qiu Baoxing, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China

Chair: Zhang Ming, Professor & Program Director, The University of Texas at Austin16:50 – 17:10 Topic: High-Quality Development of Beijing under the Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei RegionSpeaker: Li Guoping, Professor, School of Government, Peking University; Director, Beijing Development Institute, Peking University17:10 – 17:30 Topic: Evolution and Optimization Paths of Urban Development Patterns Under Yangtze River Delta IntegrationSpeaker: Chen Wen, Research Fellow, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor, College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences17:30 – 17:50 Topic: Infrastructuring Mobilities in the Greater Bay Area: Effectuating Infrastructural Fix at the Intersection of Housing, Education and HealthcareSpeaker: He Shenjing, Head & Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong17:50 – 18:10 Topic: Public Service Equalization and Typical Supply Issues of Urban Public ServicesSpeaker: Yang Jiawen, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School18:10 – 18:20 Q&A

Chair: Yang Jiawen, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School9:00 – 9:20 Topic: Condominium Towers and Urban MyopiaSpeaker: Rachelle Alterman, Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology; Senior Researcher, Neaman Institute for National Policy Research9:20 – 9:40 Topic: Governance of the New Dual Structure and Selection of Housing Supply Patterns for New Citizens in China’s MegacitiesSpeaker: Ye Yumin, Class-II Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China9:40 – 10:00 Topic: The Transformation of Urban Renewal Strategy Under the Reshaping of the “Government-Market-Society” Relationship in China’s MegacitiesSpeaker: Tian Li, Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University10:00 – 10:20 Topic: The Dilemma of and Solutions to China’s Current Urban Renewal ModelsSpeaker: Tao Ran, Distinguished Chair Professor & Division Head of Development and Governance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen10:20 – 10:30 Topic: Emergent Pathways of Conjunctural Urbanism in China’s Greater Bay Area: Extended Urbanization, Intensive Redevelopments, and Regional InnovationSpeaker: George C.S. Lin, Chair Professor of Geography, Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Social Science; Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences UK10:30 – 10:40 Q&A10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

Chair: Liu Zhi, Director, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy11:00 – 11:20 Topic: Housing, Property Tax, and Sustainable Integrated Urban-Rural DevelopmentSpeaker: Wang Yaping, Distinguished Professor, School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University; Emeritus Professor, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences UK11:20 – 11:40 Topic: Strategic Considerations for a Sustainable Urban Housing System in ChinaSpeaker: Yi Chengdong, Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Central University of Finance and Economics11:40 – 12:00 Topic: A Capitalization Study on the Spatial Spillover Effects of Consumption-Oriented Public Real EstateSpeaker: Wang Zhifeng, Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Central University of Finance and Economics12:00 – 12:20 Topic: Prospects for Hong Kong’s Further InternationalizationSpeaker: James Jixian Wang, Research Director, Belt and Road Hong Kong Centre & Greater Bay Area Hong Kong Centre12:20 – 12:30 Q&A12:30 – 12:40 Closing Remarks

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