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Conferences

A High-Level Workshop on Integrating Plans for Better City and Better Life, June 23-24, 2007, Beijing, China

As in many countries throughout the world, planning is disintegrated into different agencies charging different aspects of urban development, management and planning. For instance, a city's socioeconomic planning, land planning, urban planning, and transportation planning fall into four different authorities of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), Ministry of Construction (MOC), and Ministries of Transportation, Communication and Railways. These disintegrated planning practices have been one of main sources for ill-developed urban patterns and deficiency of urban land uses. Their impacts are substantial given remarkable development pace throughout many Chinese cities.

This two-day workshop was targeted 1) to better understand above mentioned four plans in terms of objectives and goals; plan development process, methods, and implementation; and planning organization structure; 2) to better understand the conflicts among developers, planning agencies, and local governments; and to better understand consequences of mal-functioning of planning, particularly in rapid development era. In addition, participants brainstormed prospects and future reforms of planning from management, methods, institutional, and political points of view.

The format of the workshop was combined with presentation, roundtable discussion, and group discussion. This workshop was sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Organized by Chengri Ding, Yan Song, and Yang Zhang.

Second Annual International Symposium on Urban Development and Land Policy, October 19-21, 2006, Shenzhen, China, by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

In partnership with the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, the Lincoln Institute organized its second annual symposium in Shenzhen, inviting over 100 international scholars and Chinese scholars to present papers and research projects. Also in attendance were 27 Lincoln Institute China Fellows, who gave final and intermediate reports on their Lincoln-funded research. The themes of the conference were urbanization and urban development, land policy, public finance, housing, employment, and planning. The symposium drew local media attention as well, and was attended by numerous Shenzhen city and local ministry officials. Lincoln's China Program staff has already begun planning the third annual symposium to take place in the fall of 2007.

China Property Tax International Experience and China's Reform, May 29, 2006, Beijing, China, By The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and The Development Research Center for the State Council [link]

In collaboration with the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), a pilot study addressing property tax reform and its application in China was conducted. This research was discussed by domestic and international scholars at the Second Annual Conference on China Property Tax in Beijing. Vice-Minister Fuzhan Xie, Dr. Guoqiang Long, Jiabin Lin, Xiaoming Wang, and Hongri Ni of the DRC, Deputy Director Xingyu Zhao of the State Administration of Taxation, Dr. Jia Kang of the Ministry of Finance Research Institute of Fiscal Science provided an overview of their work. Lincoln's guest experts, Dr. William Fox of the University of Tennessee, Dr. Andy Anstett of the International Property Taxation Institute, Kenneth Pang and Kevin Siu of the Hong Kong SAR Department of Valuation, and Laura Faussekis of the Montgomery County Assessment Office, Maryland, provided commentary on the study's report. The report has since been published as the second volume in a three part series on property tax reform in China and can be found in English and Chinese on the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication website.

Transit Oriented Development Global Experiences and Opportunities/Challenges for China, May 26-28, 2006, Pudong, China, a workshop for public officials in urban development [link]

This one-day conference brought together leading scholars from different disciplines to examine land related issues in China. Twelve papers were given and lively discussion followed, as this international group of economists, planners, public policy scholars presented their latest research on China's fiscal reform, land use policies, urban housing dilemma, urban planning, and farmland conservation. Annually organized by Dr. Yan Song of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Dr. Chengri Ding of the University of Maryland, Lincoln will again sponsor a conference on critical issues in China's period of rapid urbanization on May 4, 2007.

Announcing A Symposium On Important Issues In The Era of Rapid Urbanization in China, May 22, 2006, Cambridge, MA, By Lincoln Institute of Land Policy [link]

The International Symposium on Urban Smart Growth and Land Policy in China, Oct.16-18, 2005, Hangzhou, China, By Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, Zhejiang University and China Society of Urban Economy. [link]

Relevant Links: (In Chinese)
http://biz.zjol.com.cn/05biz/system/2005/10/16/006334629.shtml
http://biz.zjol.com.cn/05biz/zt/landmeeting1016/index.shtml

International Property Taxation Forum, Feb. 26-27, 2005, Beijing, By Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Development Research Center [link]

Property Taxation: U.S.A. and International Experiences and Lessons, Dec. 19-21, 2003, Shenzhen, between Lincoln Institute and State Administration of Taxation. Participants: Garry Cornia, Larry Walters, Ken Pang, Chengri Ding, Yu-Hung Hong, Lili Wu from Lincoln Institute and 30+ officials and scholars from SAT. [link]