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Call for Papers:

International Workshop on Production Capacity Cooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative

Nov. 9-10, 2019, Hangzhou

Zhejiang University with academic support of The Singapore Economic Review (SER), we have planned to hold the International Workshop on Production Capacity Cooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative, the workshop is scheduled for Nov.9-10, 2019, in Hangzhou, China. High-quality papers would be accepted by SER for publishing a special issue, but papers have to be through the double-blind peer review, and The SER will open an channel for the special issue paper submissions internationally in Jan. 2020.

1. The Aim of the Workshop

It has been five years since the official announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. In retrospect, the five-year development of the Belt and Road Initiative has got significant achievements, including the multilaterally beneficial cooperation among more countries and more people along the Belt and Road route, especially in areas like the infrastructure’s co-construction and co-sharing, international cooperation in production capacity, education exchanges, and etc.

However, we acknowledged that the development of the Belt and Road Initiative has also encountered some problems and facing challenges, including the environmental problems, political differences, religious belief, cultural differences and conflicts, in the development procedure, the institutional difference among different countries, and so on. These problems and challenges have been affecting and will affect the global efficiency of the industrial cooperation and labor division, and the maximization of the global economic and social benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The planned “International Workshop on Production Capacity Cooperation and Green Development within the Belt and Road Initiative” is to summarize the past experience, analyze the problems and challenges, and find the solutions, which may make useful suggestions to help a steady progress and development of the production capacity cooperation within the Belt and Road Initiative.

The workshop is planning to invite renowned scholars from countries and regions like Russia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Japan, etc. The workshop will focus on and discuss the subjects including: infrastructure construction and financing, oversea industrial park problems, the effects of Chinese enterprises’ outflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the oversea industrial safety, the difficulties and obstacles in international cooperation in production capacity, the environmental-friendly development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

2. The Theme and Subjects of the Workshop

Theme

The International Cooperation in Production Capacity and Environmental Responsibility within the Belt and Road Initiative

Subjects

Overseas Infrastructure construction and financing;

Issues with Overseas Industrial Park;

The Sustainability of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI);

Overseas Industrial Safety;

Difficulties and Obstacles in International Cooperation in Production Capacity;

Productivity spillovers and technological diffusion;

Environmental-Friendly Development within the Belt and Road Initiative;

Green development and inclusive growth within the Belt and Road Initiative.

3. Key dates

20 Aug. 2019, Deadline for Abstract submission,

5 Sept. 2019, Decisions notified on abstracts,

25 Oct. 2019, Deadline for paper submission

4. Key-note speakers:

Prof. Euston Quah, Albert Winsemius Chair Prof. in Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Editor of The Singapore Economic Review;

Prof. Bruno Dallago, Founder Prof. in Social Science, University of Trento, Italy

Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, Kyoto University, Japan

Prof. Maxim Khomyakov, State University, High School of Economics, St. Petersburg Campus, Russia

Prof Anthony Black, University of Cape Town, South Africa

DR. Silvia Lombardi, State Bureau of Statistics, Italy

DR. Wiebke Rabe, Free University of Berlin, Germany

5. Organizing Committee:

Prof. Jinchuan Shi, Centre for Research of Private Economy, ZJU

Prof. Xianhai Huang, School of Economics, Zhejiang University

Prof. Zhikai Wang, Centre for Research of Private Economy, Zhejiang University

A/Prof. Zibin Zhang, Centre for Research of Private Economy, Zhejiang University

6. Submission contacts:

Ms. Yifan Zhang, crpe@zju.edu.cn, + 86 571 87952835

Mr. Chong He, 11801009@zju.edu.cn, + 86 13163240308

The Schedule of the Workshop