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Labor Market in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its Adjustment to Global Financial Crisis
Agenda

Tentative

Thursday, 18 June 2009

9:00 – 9:20

Registration

9:20 – 9:30

Welcome Remarks - Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Session 1: Macroeconomic Development and Long-term Growth in the PRC

Chairperson: Mario Lamberte, Research Director, ADBI

9:30 – 10:30

Presentation: The PRC's Macroeconomic Performance Amid Global Financial Crisis

Presenter: Yiping Huang, Professor of Economics, Peking University

Discussant: Chi Hung Kwan, Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

10:30– 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Presentation: The Turning Point of Chinese Economy: Compared with Japanese Experience

Presenters:
Ryoshin Minami, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
Xin Xin Ma, Researcher, Keio University

Discussant: Shantong Li, Senior Research Fellow, Development Research Center of the State Council

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 2: Domestic Labor Market Integration in the PRC

Chairperson: Ichiro Otani, Economic Policy Consultant, Otani Economic Policy Consultancy

13:30 – 14:30

Presentation: Industrial and Labor Relocations among Chinese Regions

Presenter: Fang Cai, Director and Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Discussant: Keijiro Otsuka, Professor, GRIPS

14:30 – 15:30

Presentation: How Much Do We Know about the Impact of Economic Downturn on Employment of Migrants?

Presenter: Xin Meng, Professor, The Australian National University

Discussant: Yaohui Zhao, Professor, Peking University

15:30– 16:00

Coffee Break

Session 3: Social Security and Income Inequality

Chairperson: V.B. Tulasidhar, Principal Economist, Asian Development Bank

16:00 – 17:00

Presentation: Will Social Security Be a Boost to Domestic Consumption in China?

Presenter: Dewen Wang, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Discussant: Mitsuo Hosen, Professor, Keio University

17:00 – 18:00

Presentation: When Globalization Meets Urbanization: Labor Market Reform, Income Inequality and Economic Growth in China

Presenter: Ming Lu, Professor, Fudan University

Discussant: Ichiro Otani, Economic Policy Consultant, Otani Economic Policy Consultancy

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Friday, 19 June 2009

Session 4: Labor Market Adjustment to Financial Crisis: Regional Experience and Lessons

Chairperson: Yiping Huang, Professor of Economics, Peking University

9:00 – 10:00

Presentation: Impacts of Current Global Economic Crisis on Asia’s Labor Market

Presenter: Kee Beom Kim, Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Discussant: V.B. Tulasidhar, Principal Economist, Asian Development Bank

10:00 – 11:00

Presentation: Experience of Thailand for Labor Market Adjustment to Financial Crisis

Presenter: Srawooth Paitoonpong, Senior Research Specialist, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)

Discussant: Leonardo A. Lanzona Jr., Professor, Ateneo de Manila University

11:00– 11:30

Coffee Break

Session 5: Panel Discussion on the PRC's Labor Market Adjustment to the Current Global Financial Crisis

Moderator: Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute

11:30 – 13:00

Panelists:

Fang Cai, Director and Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Yaohui Zhao, Professor, Peking University

Kee Beom Kim, Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Keijiro Otsuka, Professor, GRIPS

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

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