China in Transition: A Look Behind the Scenes

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in conjunction with the Freeman Chair in China Studies of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and the Asia Pacific Research Center of Stanford University, organized a conference on China's domestic transition. This conference was hosted by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and is the product of close cooperation between the Carnegie Endowment and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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To read Professor Roderick MacFarquhar's keynote speech on the National Committee on United States-China Relations website, click here.

Host:	The Hon. Joseph R. Biden Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Organizers:	Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies National Committee on United States-China Relations
With	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
8:30	Registration
9:00	Welcome and Introduction Dr. John Hamre, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies Mr. John Holden, President, National Committee on United States-China Relations
9:20	A Historical Perspective on China's Domestic Transitions Prof. Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard University China in Transitions
10:30	Challenges to Legitimacy: The Party in Transition Session Chair: Ambassador James Sasser Prof. Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University So What Type of Party Is this Anyway? Prof. Li Cheng, Woodrow Wilson Center and Hamilton College Hu's in Charge after the 16th Party Congress? Dr. Pei Minxin, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Corruption and the Rise of Systemic Risks in China
12:00-1:15	Buffet Lunch
1:30	Income, Population, and Health: Welfare Society in Transition Session Chair: Dr. Bates Gill, Center for Strategic and International Studies Prof. Deborah Davis, Yale University Getting Ahead, Falling Behind Prof. Huang Yanzhong, Grand Valley State University Reform as Pandora's Box: China's Public Health Crisis Ms. Joan Kaufman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study China's Family Planning Program: Recent Developments and Prospects for Change
2:45	Off the Beaten Track: Rural China in Transition Session Chair: Mr. John Holden, National Committee on United States-China Relations Prof. Thomas P. Bernstein, Columbia University Tax Burdens in Rural China and their Implications for Instability Mr. Brian Schwarzwalder, Rural Development Institute Whose Land Is It Anyway? Land Tenure Reforms and the Rule of Law in Rural China Prof. Liu Yawei, Carter Center, Emory University Chinese Rural Elections and their Impact on Political Reform in China
4:00	The Changing Workplace: The Economy in Transition Session Chair: Prof. Pieter Bottelier Prof. Kellee Tsai, Johns Hopkins University Private Entrepreneurs and Informal Finance in China Dr. Stoyan Tenev, International Finance Corporation Mr. James McGregor, Global Internet Ventures Chinese Returnee Entrepreneurs and Venture Capital: A Potent Combination
5:15	Closing remarks