One-Day Pre-AAG Conference Workshop 

on 19 March 2002 at Los Angeles 

Organized by

The Working Group on Urban Transformation in China and Regorganization for the State in an Era of Globalization, Urban China Research Network

In Conjunction With 

The Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies

In conjunction with the CURS, the Working Group on "Urban Transformation in China and Reorganization of the State in an Era of Globalization" will organize a one-day pre-AAG workshop to be held on 19 March 2002 at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.  Co-chaired by Dr. Carolyn CARTIER of the USC and Dr. Si-ming LI of Hong Kong Baptist University, the workshop aims at discussing the scale issues associated with the process of globalization and its impacts on urban transformation in China. The paper presentations in the morning session are divided into four themes, namely (i) State Reorganization and Urban Governance; (ii) Urban Restructuring and Housing Reform; (iii) Impacts of China's WTO Accession; and (iv) Health and Inequality. 

The afternoon session will be the working group cluster discussions to map out the research agenda of the working group over the coming three years.  Non-group's members are also welcomed to join the discussion.

Below is the programme of the workshop.  Should you have any enquiries regarding the workshop, feel free to contact us.

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 Tentative programme of the workshop

8:15-9:00 Continental Breakfast
Davidson Conference Center, California Room

(A) Morning Session 9 a.m. - 12 noon
Davidson Conference Center, California Room

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction to the Working Group: Themes and Goals
Carolyn CARTIER
Si-ming LI
Christopher SMITH
Simon ZHAO

9:15-10:15 Conceptualizing Scale: Urban China, Reorganization of the State, and Urban Governance
Carolyn CARTIER 
Wing-shing TANG
Kam-wing CHAN
David MEYER

10:15-10:25 Coffee/Tea Break

10:25-11:10 Conceptualizing Scale: Urban Restructuring and Housing Reform
Si-ming LI
Fulong WU
Youqin HUANG 

11:10-12:10 Conceptualizing Scale: The Impacts of the WTO
Simon ZHAO
Jiaming CAI 
Roger CHAN
Victor SIT
Christopher TONG
Tan WANG

12:10-1:30 Lunch
USC Faculty Center 

(B) Afternoon Session 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Davidson Conference Center, California Room

1:30-2:30 Conceptualizing Scale: Health and Inequality
Chris SMITH
Cindy FAN
Zai LIANG
Xiushi YANG

2:30-3:20 Working Group Cluster Discussions

3:20-3:30 Coffee/Tea Break

3:30-4:15 Reports from Working Group Clusters

4:15-5:00 Review of Working Group Goals and Future Planning

6:00 p.m. Dinner
Empress Pavilion Restaurant
988 N. Hill St., 2nd Floor
Los Angeles

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Transportation to USC

There is reliable public transportation between the downtown Los Angeles hotels and the University of Southern California (USC), which is also located at downtown.  

The most convenient mode of public transport is the DASH bus, route F. It runs weekdays and weekends, but not after about 7 pm. It costs 25 cents per ride. The schedule and basic map is available at the City of Los Angeles Department of Transport (LADOT).  All the hotels and the convention bureau should have printed map/schedules
as well.

Moreover, we will have arranged a shuttle bus for transport to the dinner in Chinatown.

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 Background

The Working Group on "Urban Transformation in China and Reorganization of the State in an Era of Globalization" was set up under the funding support from the Urban China Research Network of the State University of New York at Albany.
  Dr. Carolyn CARTIER, Department of Geography, University of Southern California; and
  Dr. Si-ming LI, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University
are the coordinators of the working group.

The three major research themes of the working group are:
(1) To theorize urban restructuring and state reorganization in China through the globalization debates and scale relations;
(2) To empirically analyze how the intersections between domestic economic restructuring and globalizing processes have affected China's urban hierarchy and urban agglomerations, and to what extent this has led to global city-regional formation in the Chinese context;
(3) To examine local conditions of urban transformation brought by economic restructuring and political and cultural globalization.

There are now 17 core members in the working group, namely:

Dr. Carolyn CARTIER, Dr. Gonghao CUI, Dr. George LIN, Dr. Laurence MA, and Mr. Wing-Shing TNAG on Theme 1; 
Dr. Simon ZHAO, Dr. Fang CAI, Dr. Jianming CAI, Dr. Weiping WU, and Dr. Li ZHANG  on Theme 2;

Prof. Si-Ming LI, Prof. Christopher SMITH, Dr. Cindy FAN, Dr. Youqin HUANG, Dr. Gina LAI, Dr. Zai LIANG, and Dr. Xiushi YANG on Theme 3.

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Working Group's Members

Co-ordinnators:

• Dr. Carolyn CARTIER - Department of Geography, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; 

•  Prof. Si-ming LI - Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

Other core members: 

• Dr. Fan CAI - Institute of Population Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing;

• Dr. Jianming CAI - Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing;

• Dr. Gonghao CUI - Department of Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing;

• Dr. Cindy FAN - Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles;

• Dr. Youqin HUANG - Department of Geogrpahy and Planning, University of Albany, State University of New York;

• Dr. Gina LAI - Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University;

• Dr. Zai LIANG - Department of Sociology, City University of New York, Queen's College, New York;

• Dr. George LIN - Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong;

• Dr. Laurence MA - University of Akron, Akron, OH;

• Prof. Chris SMITH - Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, State University of New York;

• Mr. Wing-shing TANG - Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University;

• Dr. Weiping WU - Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia;

• Dr. Xiushi YANG - Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk;

• Dr. Li ZHANG - Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong;

• Dr. Simon X.B. ZHAO - Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong

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