3rd International Workshop on the Chinese Development Model

IQS School of Management
Universitat Ramon Llull
May 30-31, 2024
Barcelona, Spain

Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Development.

As the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change, technological disruption, and shifting global trade dynamics, it's crucial to critically assess sustainable economic development pathways. While China's development model, marked by adaptive innovation, state-led initiatives, and gradual reform, has fostered its economic transformation, this workshop will critically explore these strategies in light of China's rapid growth, and environmental and social challenges. We will probe into the future steps in China's economic evolution, questioning how it will balance innovation with sustainable development, and the role of technological advancements and digital transformation. Additionally, the workshop will scrutinize China's methods in addressing global economic uncertainties, environmental concerns, and demographic shifts, providing a balanced view of both its achievements and ongoing challenges.

This workshop aims to provide a platform for rigorous academic debate, policy analysis, and collaborative learning, contributing to the global discourse on sustainable development and economic transformation. The Conference will include a distinguished keynote speaker, roundtable forums, and parallel sessions.

Keynote Speaker

Justin Yifu Lin (Peking University, Beijing, China)

The organizing committee welcomes both empirical and theoretical contributions regarding various aspects of the Chinese economy, society, history, culture, politics, its role in international relations, and health and sustainable development.

Important Dates

Extended Abstract submission deadline: January 31st, 2024
Latest Acceptance decision: February 7th, 2024
Registration deadline: April 15th, 2024
Full paper submission deadline: April 30th, 2024

We invite the submission of an abstract in English (500-800 words) from experienced and early-career researchers, including PhD students, to be sent to china.conference@iqs.url.edu

Conference registration fee:

Accommodation and travel arrangements will be left to participants.

A Best Paper Award of 500 EUR will be granted to the best early-career paper (authors under 36). Additionally, a waiver of registration fees will be granted to five young participants with exemplary papers.

Selected papers of high quality will be considered for publication (subject to the usual review process) in the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (JCEBS), published by Taylor and Francis since 2001. Based at TMCD University of Oxford, JCEBS is an interdisciplinary international journal that publishes original research on sustainable development issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. The latest CiteScore of JCEBS is 3.8, placing it in the top 20+% of the Scopus category 'General Economics, Econometrics and Finance'. Its Impact Factor (2) and the Journal Citation Indicator (0.53) also place JCEBS in Q2 among all SSCI/ESCI economics journals.

Scientific Committee:
Octasiano Valerio Mendoza, Universitat Ramon Llull
Flavio Comim, Universitat Ramon Llull
Mihály Tamás Borsi, Universitat Ramon Llull
Xiaobing Wang, Peking University
Simiao Chen, Universität Heidelberg
Martina Bofulin, Slovenian Migration Institute

This event has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [grant agreement number 101086139]: PoPMeD-SuSDeV.