2006-7-18
July 8-9, 2006
Haikou, China
Agenda
Friday, July 7th, 2006
08:00-24:00 Registration
18:00-19:30 Welcome Reception (Dining Hall, 2nd Floor, Building No. 3, CIRD)
Saturday, July 8th, 2006
08:30-09:50 Session One: Opening Session (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Chair: Mr. Chi Fulin, Executive President of CIRD
1. Opening Addresses
Mr. Fang Xiaoyu, Standing Member and Director-general of the Organization Dept., CPC Hainan Provincial Committee
Mrs. Ingrid Jung, First Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Mr. Gao Shangquan, Chairman, Chinese Research Society for Economic System Reform, and President of CIRD
Mr. Winfried Jung, Resident Representative of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF), Beijing
2. Specially invited speech
Dr. Zhao Baige, Vice Minister, National Commission of Population and Family Planning: Speeding up the Transformation of the Government towards a Service Orientation and Establishing Rural Public Service Systems
3.General Introduction by the Chair
09:50-10:10 Group Photo-taking and tea break (all participants)
10:10-12:00 Session Two: Public Service System: China’s Practice and International Experience (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Suggested subtopics:1. International Experience in Building up Public Service Systems
2. Building up Public Service Systems in China
Chair: Mr. Chang Xiuze, Professor, Institute of Macroeconomics, National Development and Reform Commission
1.Keynote speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Chen Ci, Mayor of Haikou: Building a Service-oriented Municipal Government and Readjusting Fiscal Expenditure in Haikou City
Mr. Georg Sch?fer, Department for Reforming the State Administration, Ministry of Interior of Baden-Württemberg: Experience of Germany in Building up Public Service System, (Plus 5 minutes)
Mr. Zhang Chunlin, Senior Economist, the World Bank Office, Beijing: Institutional Foundation for Public Service Provision-an Analytical Framework
Mr. Huang Ting, Chairman, Guangdong Provincial Research Society for Economic System Reform: Public Service Systems and Government Transformation
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)l
Mr. Wang Yukai, Professor, State Administration College
Dr. Matthias Rossi, Professor, Humboldt University Berlin
3. Questions and Answers(20 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
12:00-14:30 Lunch and noon break
14：45-16：10 Session Three (Roundtable 1 in Lecture Hall No. 1, Building 1, CIRD): Balancing Economic-social Development and Building up Public Service Systems
Suggested topics: 1. Sustainable Economic Development and Building-up of Public Service Systems
2. Social Harmonization and Building-up of Public Service Systems
Chair: Mr. Zou Dongtao, Editor-in-chief, Social Sciences Academic Press
1. Keynote speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Lin Jiabin，Deputy Director-general, Dept. of Social Development, Development Research Center, the State Council：Importance of and Policy Recommendations on Speeding up the Development of Public Services in West China
Mr. Wang Jun, Director, Public Administration Teaching and Research Office, Dept. of Politics and Law, the Central Party School: Building-up of Public Service Systems: a Theoretical Perspective and Practical Choice
Mr. Tang Jun，Secretary-general and Research Fellow, Center of Social Policies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences：Equalization of Public Services and Development in China
Mr. Yu Ji，Deputy Director-general, Bureau of Policies, Laws and Regulations, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Council：Some Understandings of Strengthening the Role of the Government in Providing Public Services
2.Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Peng Jingyi, Vice President, Hainan Provincial Party School
Mr. Li Yinquan, Deputy Director-general, Development Research Center, Jilin Provincial Government
3. Questions and answers (10 minutes)
4. Summary by the chair (5 minutes)
16:10-16:20 Tea Break
16:20-18:00 Session Three (Roundtable 2 in Lecture Hall No. 1, Building 1, CIRD): Building-up of Public Service Systems and Public Finance
Suggested topics: 1.Building up Public Service Systems and Readjusting the Structure of Fiscal Expenditure
2. Responsibilities and Financial Rights in Providing Public Services
Chair: Mr. Juergen Steiger, Program Director, Sino-German Economic and Structural Reform Program; Director of Economic, Law and Qualification Division, GTZ China
1. Keynote speeches (15 minutes each)
Ms. Ni Hongri, Vice President, China Development Publishing House: a Need to Rethink the Concept of Balancing the Administrative Power and Financial Rights
Mr. Horst Zimmermann, Prefessor, University of Marburg, Germany: Public Finance Institutions: Structure and Tasks
Mr. Armin Bohnet, Professor, University of Gie?en, Germany: Fiscal Equalization and Public Service Systems in Germany
Mr. Liu Pingzhi, Deputy Director-general, Dept. of Finance, Hainan Provincial Government: Building up Public Service Systems and Readjusting the Structure of the Fiscal Expenditure
2.Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Sun Liping, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Mr. Mao Tengfei, Deputy Director-general, Development and Reform Committee, Hunan Provincial People’s Government
3. Questions and answers (25 minutes)
4. Summary by the chair (5 minutes)
14：45-16：25 Session Four (Roundtable 3 in Meeting Room No. 1 Building 5, CIRD): Building up a Unified Rural-urban Public Service Providing System
Suggested topics:1. Status Quo of and Problems with the Provision of Public Services for Rural Areas
2. stablishing Mechanisms to Equalize Public Services for Both Rural and Urban Areas
Chair: Mrs. Ingrid Jung, First Secretary, German Embassy in China
1. Keynote Speeches ( 15 minutes each)l
Mr. Dang Guoying, Director, Office of Macroeconomic Research, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Reengineering the Basic Institutional Structure for Financial Supports to Rural Areas by the Government
Mr. Zhao Zhongshe, Secretary, CPC Danzhou Municipal Committee, Hainan Province: Strengthening Rural Public Service Systems and Building up a Harmonious Socialist New Countrysid
Mr. Cui Zhongren, Deputy Director-general, Development Research Center, People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Building up a New Countryside in Poor Areas and the Optimization of the Functions of the Government
Mr. Zhang Yishan, Professor, Business College, Jilin University: Market and the Government in the Issue of Efficiency and Equality
Mr. Ding Chengri, Associate Professor at University of Maryland; Special Assistant to the President to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on China Program: Property Taxation in China: Challenges and Prospects
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Zhao Jie, Division Chief, Research Office, the Central Party School
Mr. Qiu Zhangjian, Chairman, Supervisory Committee for State Owned Enterprises, the State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Beijing Municipal People’s Government
3. Questions and Answers (10 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
16:25-16:35 Tea Break
16:35-18:00 Session Four (Roundtable 4 in Meeting Room No. 1 Building 5, CIRD): Building up Public Service Systems and Reform of Public Institutions
Suggested topics: 1.Public Service Systems and Reform of Public Institutions
2. Government Transformation and Reform of Public Institutions
Chair: Mr. Wang Yong, Director-general, Department of Transportation, Hainan Provincial Government
1. Keynote Speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Zhang Chunlin, Senior Economist, World Bank Office in China: Correctly Defining the Role of the Government in Providing Public Services
Mr. Nie Gaomin, Director, Institute of Economic System Reform, National Development and Reform Commission: Shaping of the Role of the Government in USA in Supervising the Market along with the Industrialization Process and Implications
Mr. Zou Dongtao, Editor-in-chief, Social Sciences Academic Press: Some Reflections on the Reform and Development of Public Institutions in China
Mr. Qiu Zhangjian, Chairman, Supervisory Committee for State Owned Enterprises, the State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Beijing Municipal People’s Government: Advancing the Transformation of the Government by Strengthening Public Service Systems
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Zhu Huayou, Deputy Director-general, Department of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs, Hainan Provincial Government
Mr. Tian Zhonglin, Director-general, Research Office, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government
3. Questions and Answers (10 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
18：30-20：00 Reception Dinner/Evening Party (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Sunday, July 9th, 2006
8:30-10:25 Session Five: Theoretical Innovations for Building up Public Service Systems (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Suggested Topics: 1.Public Service Systems in the Process of Marketization
2. Correctly Handling the Relationship between the Market and the Government
Chair: Mr. Winfried Jung，Resident Representative of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF), Beijing
1. Keynote Speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Sun Liping, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University: Rebuilding the Basic Social Order
Mr. Li Xiaoxi, Vice Chairman, Academic Committee, Beijing Normal University; and Director, Institute of Economic and Resources Management: Reform of the Administration System of the Government in the New Situation
Mr. Harald Fuhr, Professor, University of Potsdam, Germany: The Roles of Private Sector and Civil Society in Providing Public Services
Mr. Liu Shangxi, Director-general, Institute of Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance: Providing Public Services for Rural Areas Must Focus on the “Situation of Employment”
Mr. Li Shuguang, Vice President, Graduate School, China University of Political Science and Law: Anti-monopoly Law and Building up of Public Service System
Mr. Zhao Xiao, Professor, College of Management, Beijing Science and Technology University: Transformation of the Chinese Government from the Perspective of the Real Estate Development Model
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Ding Chengri, Associate Professor at University of Maryland Special Assistant to the President to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on China Program
Mr. Tang Jun, Secretary-general and Research Fellow, Center of Social Policies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
3. Questions and Answers (10 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
10:25-10:35 Tea Break
10:35-12:00 Session Six: Innovations in Mechanisms for Providing Public Services (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Chair: Mr. Chen Haibo, Director-general, Department of Finance, Hainan Provincial Government
1. Keynote Speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Liu Jianguo, Party Secretary and Director, Administrative Licensing Service Center, Nankai District People’s Government, Tianjin City: No Response After the Deadline Being Regarded as Acquiesce to Reform the Administrative Approval System
Mr. An Ning, Deputy Secretary, CPC Work Committee, Yangling Demonstration District, Shaanxi Provinc: “Service Commitment System” in Yangling Demonstration District
Mr. Hu Guanghui, Secretary, CPC Wanning Municipal Committee, Hainan Province: Building-up of Public Service Systems for New Countryside and Transformation of the Role of the Government at the Municipal and County Levels
Mr. Ding Yuanzhu, Research Fellow, Institute of Macroeconomics, National Development and Reform Commission: Getting Rid of Over-reliance on Marketization
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Li Xiaoxi, Vice Chairman, Academic Committee, Beijing Normal University; and Director, Institute of Economic and Resources Management
Mr. Dang Guoying, Director, Office of Macroeconomic Research, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
3. Questions and Answers (10 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
12:00-14:30 Lunch and noon break
15:00-16:45 Session Seven: Reform of the Administration System of the Government and Building up Public Service Systems (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Suggested Topics: 1.Reforms of the Administrative System of the Government by the Building-up of Government Public Service Systems
2.Ideas and Policy Recommendations on the Reform of the Administrative System of the Government
Chair: Mr. Wang Feng, Director-general, Dept. No. 2, State Commission for Public Sector Reform
1. Keynote Speeches (15 minutes each)
Mr. Guo Shutian, Former Director-General, Department of Policy, Laws and Regulations, Ministry of Agriculture: Balancing Rural-urban Development and Public Services
Mr. Wang Yukai, Professor, the State Administration College, and Ph. D student supervisor, Peking University: Reform Strategy with the Administration System as the Core and Building up Service Oriented Government
Dr. Matthias Rossi, Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany: Responsibilities for Public Service Provision at Different Levels of the Government
Mr. Chang Xiuze, Professor, the State Administration College, and Ph. D student supervisor, Peking University: Some Reflections on the Reform of the Administration System of the Government
Mr. Shen Ronghua, Director-general, Center of Public Administration, Chinese Society for Public Administration: Strengthening Institutional Arrangements for Public Services
2. Commentaries (5 minutes each)
Mr. Zhang Daping, Director-general, Dept. of Social Development, Research Office, the State Council
Mr. Liu Shangxi, Deputy Director-general, Institute of Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance
3. Questions and Answers (15 minutes)
4. Summary by the Chair (5 minutes)
16:45-16:55 Tea Break
16:55-18:20 Session Eight: Closing Session (Golden Hall, New State Guesthouse)
Chair: Mr. Yin Zhongyi, Vice President, CIRD
Summary Speeches: A Representative of German Participants: Prof. Dr. Zimmermann
Mr. Duan Yingbi, Vice Chairman, Economic Committee, National People’s Political Consultative Conference; and Deputy Director-General, Office, Leading Group for West China Development, the State Councill
Dr. Zhao Baige, Vice Minister, State Commission for Population and Family Planning
Mr. Gao Shangquan, Chairman, Chinese Research Society for Economic System Reform, and President, China Institute for Reform and Development
