For those in Oxford, or close to

Symposium on “Rural Development in China”

Keynote lecture (40 minutes, with 15 minutes for discussion)

“Human Capital in Rural China and the Challenges of Economic Development” by Dr Scott Rozelle, Stanford University

Break (10 minutes)

Round-table discussion (55 minutes)

“Challenges facing China’s Rural Development”

Dr Christine Wong, Senior Research Fellow in Contemporary Chinese Studies: “Financing the New Socialist Countryside”
Dr Winnie Yip, Reader in Economics for Health Policy: “Reforming the Rural Health Care System”
Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright, UL in the Human Geography of China: “Rural Development and Challenges to Environmental Health”
Prof. Albert Park, Professor of the Economy of China: “Migration and the Well-being of those Left-Behind”
Dr Rachel Murphy, University Lecturer in the Sociology of China: “Son Preference and Sex Ratios”

Monday 7th March 2011 (week 8) 4:30-6:30 pm Mordan Hall, St Hugh’s College

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Contemporary China Studies Programme