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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

1st China-Japan Joint Seminar on<br />

Applied Regional Science held at<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--10--23<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=193114024<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Oct. 23rd, 2007: On October 20th and 21st, the first<br />

China-Japan joint seminar on applied regional science was held on campus, which<br />

was co-sponsored by the China Regional Science Association, Japan Applied<br />

Regional Science Council, the Department <strong>of</strong> City and Regional Planning at <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong>, and the School <strong>of</strong> Government at Central <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Finance and<br />

Economics.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Yang Kaizhong, chairman <strong>of</strong> China Regional Science Association, director<br />

<strong>of</strong> China Center for Urban and Regional Development Research, and executive dean<br />

<strong>of</strong> Beijing Development Institute, presided the opening ceremony. The seminar was<br />

attended by about 300 government <strong>of</strong>ficials, experts and scholars from 31 institutions<br />

in China and Japan.<br />

The two-day seminar covered extensive topics which were fully-discussed from<br />

different perspectives, including industry cluster, urban and regional simulation,<br />

regional coordinate development, urbanization and urban growth, regional planning<br />

and policy, regional transportation, local government finance, the urban real-estate<br />

market, urban and regional governance, international trade and regional economic<br />

development, as well as the future development <strong>of</strong> regional science.<br />

The seminar strove for directing the regional science research to the way which was<br />

scientific, standard, academic and creative, and at the same time advocated that the<br />

research <strong>of</strong> regional science should meet the practical needs and national major<br />

strategic requirements, with the aim to promote the research and practice <strong>of</strong> regional<br />

science in both China and Japan. As the first joint seminar held by China and Japan,<br />

it is bound to have significant impact upon the integration and development <strong>of</strong> the<br />

research resources <strong>of</strong> regional science in not only China and Japan, but also other<br />

Asian areas.<br />

Edited By : Liu Xiaohua<br />

Translated By : Lin Jingxian<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong>(Chinese)<br />

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