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DATE 8-9 June 2017 VENUE AAB1312, Hong Kong Baptist University ORGANIZER Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies, Hong Kong
Baptist University ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Jointly with the Department of Public Policy of City University of
Hong Kong and the Global Production Network Centre of National
University of Singapore, the Centre for China Urban and Regional
Studies (CURS) organized the ‘Asia/Global Production Networks
Workshop’, which was held from June 8 to 9th in Hong Kong. The
purpose of the workshop was to share and exchange the latest
research endeavors on Asia and Global Production Networks from the
perspectives of economic geography. It attracted more than 20
scholars from different parts of the world, including Mainland
China, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, UK, etc. to present their latest
research. The topics of Aisa/Global Production Networks were
explored by scholars in the workshop from various perspectives, such
as Global Financing, Strategic Coupling in China, State Rescaling
and Regionalization, Regional Development, etc. Attention was also
given to some special topics like Chongqing laptop Industry,
relocation of Chinese garment firms to Vietnam and Third-Party
Logistics Industry in China. The papers presented in the workshop
raised stimulating discussions among scholars, which provided the
audience with enlightenments on each topic and enlarged their
knowledge of Economic Geography, Global Production Network, as well
as urban and regional development in Global South and China in
particular. The workshop was successful with meaningful academic
exchanges and positive feedbacks from the audiences. |
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