The event was organised jointly by IAMO, the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of Beijing University (CCAP-PKU), and the Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU). It was funded by the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) in Beijing, a joint facility of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NFSC). About 50 Chinese and German (agricultural) economists and other social scientists were gathering for the conference in order to identify new and promising research topics and plan corresponding collaborative research projects.
Please find the detailed report here.
Sino-German Symposium in Chengdu
A scientific symposium on the topic of "Explaining Transition of Chinese Rural Areas: A System Perspective" was hold from 12 to 16 September in Chengdu, capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzfeld
Director of IAMO
Head of Department Agricultural Policy
Room: 117