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Dr. Zhao Litao Senior Research Fellow East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore List of Publications (Updated March 2016) Books, Book Chapters, and Journal Articles • Editor, China’s Great Urbanization (with Zheng Yongnian and Sarah Y. Tong),

London: Routledge, forthcoming. • “Chinese Society: Stability and Governance”, East Asian Policy 8(1): 25-39,

January/March 2016. • “Educational Expansion in China: Evidence from the 2010 Census”, pp.161-176 in

Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Gavin W. Jones (eds.) Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia, Switzerland: Springer, January 2016.

• “Growing Educational Exchanges between Singapore and China”, pp.177-200 in

Zheng Yongnian and Lye Liang Fook (eds.) Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years, Singapore: World Scientific, January 2016.

• “The Distributional Effects of Provincial-Level Educational Financing Reform” (with

Li Ling et al.), Social Science in China (《中国社会科学》), 239(11): 111-127, November 2015.

• “State-mediated Knowledge Transfer and Resource Mobility: A Case Study of

China Local Government Entrepreneurship” (with Shiuh-Shen Chien), Issues and Studies 51(2): 39-78, June 2015.

• “Chongqing under Sun Zhengcai” (with Qian Jiwei), East Asian Policy 7(2): 51-62,

April/June 2015. • “Chinese Society Adjusting to the ‘New Normal’”, East Asian Policy 7(1): 37-50,

January/March 2015. • “New Hukou Guidelines in China”, East Asian Policy 6(4): 51-63,

October/December 2014. • “Singapore’s Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing” (in Chinese), pp.165-187

in Mo Daoming, Qi Dongtao and Liu Ji (eds.) Social Development and Social Policy: International Experience and China’s Reform, Beijing: Dongfang chubanshe, September 2014.

• “China’s Science and Technology System: Governance, Funding and Performance”,

East Asian Policy 6(3): 53-66, July/September 2014. • “From ‘Stability Overriding Everything’ to ‘Social Governance’: The Evolving

Approach to Social Order in China” (with H. Christoph Steinhardt), pp.193-215 in Zheng Yongnian and Lance L.P. Gore (eds.) China Entering the Xi Jinping Era, London: Routledge.

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• “Chinese Society: Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform”, East Asian Policy 6(1):45-54, January/March 2014.

• “Social Policy Innovation for Migrant Workers”, Exploration and Free Views （《探

索与争鸣》）, 20(1): 17-19, January 2014. • “Singapore Building an ‘Inclusive Society’” (in Chinese, with John Wong), pp.151-

161 in Lü Yuanli and Chen Jiaxi (eds.) Singapore Studies, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, January 2014.

• “Income Inequality in Singapore” (in Chinese), pp.184-194 in Lü Yuanli and Chen

Jiaxi (eds.) Singapore Studies, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, January 2014.

• “Translating Concept into Practice: Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Project” (with

Chen Gang), pp.94-125 in Saw Swee-Hock and John Wong (eds.) Advancing Singapore-China Economic Relations, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, January 2014.

• Singapore’s Social Development in Transition （《新加坡社会发展转型》）(with John

Wong), Singapore: World Scientific, November 2013. • “Chinese Society after 2012: New Leaders, New Expectation” (with Qi Dongtao),

East Asian Policy 5(1): 42-54, February 2013. • Editor, China’s Social Development and Policy, London: Routledge, 2013. • “Introduction”, pp.1-16 in Litao Zhao (ed.) China's Social Development and Policy,

London: Routledge, 2013. • “Singapore’s Social Development Experience: Relevant Lesson for China?” (with

John Wong), pp.230-252 in Litao Zhao (ed.) China’s Social Development and Policy, London: Routledge, 2013.

• “Introduction for Part III: Social Transformation, Stability and Governance”,

pp.277-281 in Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.) China: Development and Governance, Singapore: World Scientific, 2012.

• “China's Higher Education Reform: The Issue of Governance”, pp.369-376 in

Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.) China: Development and Governance, Singapore: World Scientific, 2012.

• “Singapore’s Socio-economic Development Strategies” (with John Wong), China

Social Work （《中国社会工作》）130: 45-47, August 2012. • "China's Plan for Higher Education (2010-2020)", East Asian Policy 3(3): 88-97,

July/September 2011. • “China’s Higher Education Reform: What Has Not Been Changed?” (with Zhu

Jinjing), East Asian Policy 2 (4): 115-125, October/December 2010. • “Reforming China's Funding of Compulsory Education: Changes and Their

Outcomes”, Social Sciences in China 31: 55-73, 2010. • “Religious Revival and the Emerging Secularism in China”, pp.301-317 in Michael

Heng Siam-Heng and Ten Chin Liew (eds.) State and Secularism: Perspective from Asia, Singapore: World Scientific, 2010.

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• “China’s Labor Shortage at the after-Crisis Era” (with Huang Yanjie), East Asian Policy 2(3): 5-13, July/September 2010.

• "China's Blueprint for Health Care Reform" (with Huang Yanjie), East Asian Policy

2(1): 51-59, January/March 2010. • "Will Social Stability in China be Undermined in the Financial Crisis" (with Huang

Yanjie), pp.259-274 in Zheng Yongnian and Sarah Y. Tong (eds.) China and the Global Economic Crisis, Singapore: World Scientific, 2010.

• “Local Economic Transition in China: A Perspective on Taiwan Investment” (with

Chien Shiu-Shen), pp.233-260 in John Wong and Bo Zhiyue (eds.) China’s Reform in Global Perspective, Singapore: World Scientific, 2010.

• “China Attracting Global Talent: Central and Local Initiatives” (with Zhu Jinjing),

China: An International Journal 7(2): 323-335, August 2009. • “China’s Reform of Compulsory Education Funding: Changes and Effects”, Social

Sciences in China （《中国社会科学》）, 178(4): 80-92, July 2009. • Editor, China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society (with Lin

Tin Seng), Singapore: World Scientific, 2009. • “China's Higher Education: Growth and Problems” (with Sheng Sixin), pp.73-92 in

Zhao Litao and Lim Tin Seng (eds.) China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society, Singapore: World Scientific, 2009.

• “The Tainted Milk Formula Incident: Another Hard Lesson for China” (with Lin Tin

Seng), pp. 195-210 in Zhao Litao and Lim Tin Seng (eds.) China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society, Singapore: World Scientific, 2009.

• “Women's Political Participation in China” (with Guo Xiajuan), East Asian Policy 1(3): 42-49, July/September 2009.

• "Between Local Community and Central State: Financing Basic Education in

China". International Journal of Educational Development 29 (4): 366-373, July 2009.

• “Will the Unemployed in China Run out of Control?" (with Huang Yanjie), East

Asian Policy, 1(2): 32-39, April/June 2009. • Singapore’s Experience in Social Development (with John Wong)（《新加坡社会发展

经验》）, Singapore: World Scientific, 2009. • Editor, China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (with Yang Dali),

Singapore: World Scientific, 2009. • “Financing China's Higher Education Expansion” (with Sheng Sixin), pp.157-170

in Seren T. Hall and Megan W. Lewis (eds.) Education in China: 21st Century Issues and Challenges, New York: Nova Science, 2008.

• “The Kunshan Model: Learning from Taiwanese Investors” (with Chien Shiu-Shen),

Built Environment 34: 427-443, 2008. • Paths to Private Entrepreneurship: Markets and Mobility in Rural China. Germany:

VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008.

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• “Legitimacy and Private Entrepreneurship in China’s Transitional Economy 1978-1996” (with Hongwei Xu), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Organization and Management Theory Division, 2008.

• “China’s Religious Survival and Policy Changes”, Twenty-First Century （《二十一

世纪》）, 109(10), October 2008. • “Chinese Government Spending on Primary Education: Inequality and Trend”

(with Tan Soon Heng), pp.305-331 in John Wong and Wei Liu (eds.) China's Surging Economy: Adjusting for More Balanced Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2008.

• “Social Dilemmas of High Economic Growth”, pp153-159 in Wang Gungwu and

John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2007.

• “Reforming Hukou to Protect Migrant Labour”, pp174-178 in Wang Gungwu and

John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2007.

• “China's Cultural Development” (with Tan Soon Heng), pp189-193 in Wang

Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2007.

• “China’s Booming Higher Education” (with Quan Xiaohong), pp.194-197 in Wang

Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2007.

• “China's Cultural Rise: Visions and Challenges” (with Tan Soon Heng). China: An

International Journal 5 (1): 97-108, March 2007. • “Returns to Education in Rural China”, Frontiers of Education in China 2:30-47,

2007. • “Labor Market Reforms Under Hu-Wen Administration”, pp.351-377 in John Wong

and Lai Hongyi (eds.) China into the Hu-Wen Era: Policy Initiatives and Challenges. Singapore: World Scientific, 2006.

• “Market Transition and Human Resources Allocation: Changes and Variations of

Returns to Education in China”, pp.248-270 in Gu Xin (ed.) Social Policy in China （《中国社会政策》）, Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2006.

• “Political Office and Household Wealth: Rural China in the Deng Era” (with Andrew

Walder), China Quarterly 186: 357-376, June 2006. • “Returns to Education in Rural China”, Social Sciences in China (《中国社会科学》),

159 (3): 98-109, May 2006. • "From Cadre Managers to Private Entrepreneurs: Entry into Family Business in

Rural China", Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 19: 313-337, 2002. • “Family and Village Politics, 1950-1970”, Twenty-First Century (《二十一世纪》),

55: 45-53, October 1999.

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Policy Reports and Other Publications • “Chinese Society in 2015: Development under the ‘New Normal’”, EAI Background

Brief No. 1092, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 December 2015.

• “China to End the ‘One-Child’ Policy”, EAI Bulletin 17(2), November 2015. • “Grass-Roots Governance in Shanghai”, EAI Background Brief No. 1078, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 November 2015. • “Singapore’s Social Development”, report for the Institute of Public Administration

and Human Resources, Development Research Center of State Council, China, October 2015.

• “Discussant Notes on Topography and Writing Ethnography of Religion under the

Urbanization of China”, pp. 92-96 in Wu Keping and R. Michael Feener (eds.) Religion and Development in China: Innovations and Implications, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, April 2015.

• Editor, EAI Bulletin 17(1), East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore,

April 2015. • “China's 2015 ‘Lianghui’: Government Agenda in the Social Domain” (with Qian

Jiwei), EAI Background Brief No. 1009, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 19 March 2015.

• “China's Pension Reform under Xi Jinping”, EAI Background Brief No. 1005, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 5 March 2015. • Book review: James Lee, James Midgley and Yapeng Zhu (eds.) Social Policy and

Change in East Asia (Plymouth: Lexington Books), 2014, in Journal of Social Policy, 44(1): 189-190, January 2015.

• “Chinese Society in 2014: Adjusting to the ‘New Normal’”, EAI Background Brief

No.979, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 December 2014. • “Chongqing under Sun Zhengcai” (with Qian Jiwei), EAI Background Brief No.972,

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 20 November 2014. • “Hukou Reform in Shanghai and Guangdong: An Update”, EAI Background Brief

No.943, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August 2014. • “Xi Jinping-Li Keqiang's Hukou Reform: New Guidelines and Implications”, EAI

Background Brief No.942, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August 2014.

• “China's Science and Technology System: Governance, Funding and Performance”,

EAI Background Brief No.926, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 12 June 2014.

• “China's Blueprint for Social Reform”, EAI Bulletin 16(1), March 2014. • "Rejuvenating China through Human Resource Development", EAI Background

Brief No.894, 13 February 2014.

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• “Chinese Society in 2013(I): Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform” , EAI Background Brief No.878, 20 December 2013.

• “China's Human Resources Development”, in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly

Update, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, No. 16: 11-23, November 2013.

• “Social Reform and Innovation in Zhuhai” (in Chinese) (with other EAI research

team members), report to Zhuhai government, October 2013. • “China's Social Policy Reform in ‘Deep Water’”, EAI Background Brief No.849, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 12 September 2013. • “The East Asian Welfare Model Is Facing Challenges” (in Chinese), Chinese Social

Sciences Today, 23 August 2013 • “China's Population Policy: Debates and Adjustments” (with Hong Ciyuan Lily),

EAI Background Brief No. 840, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August 2013.

• “China's ‘10,000 Talents Scheme’: Nurturing Homegrown Talents” (with Hong

Ciyuan Lily), EAI Background Brief No.817, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 May 2013.

• “China's Social Policy Reform: Unfinished Business”, EAI Bulletin, March 2013. • "East Asia’s Higher Education Reform from the Perspective of Developmentalism”

(in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 27 February 2013. • “Towards More Equal Access to Growth Benefits through Social Policy” (in

Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 25 January 2013. • “The Chinese Society in 2012: Minsheng, Minsheng, Still Minsheng” (with Qi

Dongtao), EAI Background Brief No. 776, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 13 December 2012.

• “The Governance Reform of China’s Higher Education” (in Chinese), report to Ford

Foundation (Beijing), October 2012. • “Higher Education Reform in East Asia” (in Chinese), report to Ford Foundation

(Beijing), October 2012. • “China’s Higher Education Reform” (in Chinese), report to Ford Foundation

(Beijing), October 2012. • “Welfare Institutions Are not the Root Cause of ‘Welfare State Crisis’” (in Chinese),

Chinese Social Sciences Today, 7 September 2012. • “Vocational Education in Tianjin”, Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update,

prepared for the Ministry of National Development, No.12: 13-17, September 2012.

• “Why Can Singapore Succeed?” (in Chinese, with John Wong), Huaxia Think Tank,

Shanghai Huaxia Academy of Social Development Research, June 2012.

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• “Managing Internal Migration in China: From Control-Oriented to Service-Oriented” (with Xiong Guangqing), EAI Background Brief No.730, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 June 2012.

• “Singapore’s Economic and Social Development Strategies” (in Chinese, with John

Wong), Huaxia Think Tank, Shanghai Huaxia Academy of Social Development Research, May 2012.

• “Think Tank Development in Hong Kong” (with Kwong Kin–ming), EAI

Background Brief No.717, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 27 April 2012.

• “Why Fewer and Fewer Rural Students Going to Good Universities is a Big Issue”

(in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 21 March 2012. • “China Attracting International Students”, EAI Background Brief No. 680, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 December 2011. • “China's Higher Education as Soft Power?”, EAI Background Brief No. 659, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 September 2011. • "An Update on China's Public Housing Programmes", pp.7-12 in Tianjin

Development: A Quarterly Update, No.8, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, July 2011.

• “China's Plan for Higher Education (2010-2020)”, EAI Background Brief No.617,

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 15 April 2011. • “A Blueprint for the Future: China's Plan for Education Reform and Development

(2010-2020)”, EAI Background Brief No.616, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 15 April 2011.

• “Higher Education Reform (2010 to 2020) in China”, EAI Bulletin 13(1), March

2011. • “Community Building in Shanghai” (with Shi Fayong), EAI Background Brief

No.580, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 November 2010. • “Community Building in Tianjin”, pp.1-9 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly

Update No. 5, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, October 2010. • “Tianjin’s Housing Provident Fund”, pp.23-26 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly

Update No. 5, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, October 2010. • “China's Hukou Reform: The Guangdong and Shanghai Cases” (with Courtney Fu

Rong), EAI Background Brief No.551, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 13 August 2010.

• Book Review: Yin Hongbiao, Footprints of the Missing: Thoughts of the Youth

during the Cultural Revolution (in Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2009. China Information 24: 223-225, July 2010.

• “China’s Higher Education: What Has Not Been Changed?” (with Zhu Jinjing), EAI

Background Brief No. 539, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 June 2010.

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• “China’s Labor Shortage in the After-Crisis Era” (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No. 539, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 June 2010.

• “School Killings and the Rise of Violent Crimes in China” (with Huang Yanjie), EAI

Background Brief No. 535, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 17 June 2010.

• Editor, EAI Bulletin 12(1), May 2010. • “Tianjin’s Social Security System”, pp.1-8 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly

Update No. 3, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, April 2010. • “Unemployment Problem of China's Youth”, (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background

Brief No. 523, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 28 April 2010.

• “China's 'Super Rich'” (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.522, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 21 April 2010. • “China's Rapidly Growing Non-Governmental Organizations” (with Xu Ying), EAI

Background Brief No.514, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 March 2010.

• “Tianjin’s Social Development: The Less Privileged among the Most Privileged”,

pp.1-12 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update No.2, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, January 2010.

• “China Moves to Reform Its Health Care System” (with Huang Yanjie), EAI

Background Brief No.486, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 October 2009.

• “China’s New Rich: Privately Admired but Publicly Hated”, EAI Bulletin 11(2),

September 2009. • “China Attracting Global Top Talents: Central and Local Government Initiatives”

(with Zhu Jinjing), EAI Background Brief No.473, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 2 September 2009.

• “Women’s Political Participation in China” (with Zheng Yongnian and Guo Xiajuan),

EAI Background Brief No.453, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 May 2009.

• “Will Return Migrants Become Engineers of Rural Transformation?” EAI Bulletin

11(1), April 2009. • “Unemployment and Social Instability in China: Will They Run out of Control”

(with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No.439, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 March 2009.

• “Between Local Community and Central State: Financing Basic Education in

China”, East Asian Institute Working Paper No.148, March 2009. • “Old Age Care in China” (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.432, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 February 2009.

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• “Return Rural Migration in China: A Source of Social Instability or a Force for Rural Transformation?”, EAI Background Brief No.424, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 9 January 2009.

• “The Tainted Milk Formula Scandal: Another Hard Lesson for China” (with Lim Tin

Sen), EAI Background Brief No.406, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 29 September 2008.

• “Volunteerism: Beijing Olympics and Beyond”, EAI Bulletin 10(2), September

2008. • “Fast and Furious: Problems of China's Higher Education Expansion” (with Sheng

Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.395, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 24 July 2008.

• “China’s ‘Great Leap’ in Higher Education” (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background

Brief No.394, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 24 July 2008. • “Olympic Games and the New Image of China”, EAI Bulletin, 10(1), April 2008. • “China’s New Labour Contract Law: Belated Convent to Better Protection of

Workers” (with Lim Tin Seng), EAI Background Brief No.378, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 April 2008.

• “China's Regulation of Religion in a Changing Context” (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI

Background Brief No.369, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 February 2008.

• “Religious Revival in China” (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.368,

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 February 2008. • “Building Social Institutions: The Party's New Vision”, EAI Bulletin, 9(2),

December 2007. • “China's Social Protests: Political Threat or Growing Pains” (with Andrew G.

Walder), EAI Background Brief No.357, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 November 2007.

• “Cross-regional cadre transfer and local economic development: Evidence from

Jiangsu, China” (with Chien Shiu-Shen), EAI Working Paper No.139, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 4 October 2007.

• Editor, EAI Bulletin 9(1), June 2007. • “Planning for a Cultural Renaissance: China's Blueprint for the Future” (with Tan

Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.335, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 May 2007.

• “China's Cultural Development: ‘Cultural Rise’ to Come After Economic Rise” (with

Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.334, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 May 2007.

• “China's Cultural Rise: Its Domestic Ramifications” (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI

Background Brief No.297, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 August 2006.

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• “China's Cultural Rise in the Context of Its Peaceful Rise” (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.296, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 August 2006.

• “China’s Hukou System: Multifaceted Changes and Institutional Causes” (with Li

Jianying), China Policy Institute Discussion Paper No.9, University of Nottingham, June 2006.

• “China Reforming the Hukou System: Reducing Discrimination against Rural

Population” (with Li Jianying), EAI Background Brief No.284, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 May 2006.

• “Time to Care for Migrant Workers: New Social Initiatives in the Hu-Wen Era”, EAI

Background Brief No.272, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 February 2006.

• “Supergirl: Political Implications of a Nonpolitical Show”, EAI Bulletin 7(2),

November 2005. • “Labor Shortage in a Labor Abundant Country?”, EAI Background Brief No.260,

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 28 October 2005. • “Cadre Exit in China's Economic Transition”, EAI Background Brief No.237, East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 14 April 2005. Conference Papers, Seminars and Invited Presentations • “Educational Relationship between Singapore and China”, presented at the book

launch of Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years, 23 February 2016. • “Chinese Society: Stability and Governance”, presented at the East Asia Outlook

2016, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 19 January 2016.

• “One Belt One Road" and Geo-religion” (in Chinese), presented at the 6th

Southwest China Forum, held in Diqing, Yunan, 12-13 October 2015. • “China’s Social Challenges”, lecture at the "Understanding China" course, MFA

Diplomatic Academy, 19 August 2015. • “Party in Grassroots Governance: The Case of Shanghai”, presented at the

International Conference on The Chinese Communist Party in Action, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

• “State-Society Relations in China”, lecture at Academy of Singapore Teachers, 8

May 2015. • “Globalization and Income Inequality” (in Chinese), seminar at the School of

Culture and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, 13 April 2015. • “How Did Singapore Deal with the Little India Riot?” (in Chinese, with John Wong),

at the Conference on Grassroots Governance and Urban Security, organized by Shanghai Party School, 11 April 2015.

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• “Urban Planning and Governance” (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture at Shanghai Party School, No.2 Campus, 10 April 2015.

• “Singapore’s Experience in Social Development” (in Chinese, with John Wong),

lecture at Shanghai Party School, No.2 Campus, 10 April 2015. • “China’s Social Policy under Xi Jinping”, dialogue with Thai Princess Maha Chakri

Sirindhorn, 12 March 2015. • “Singapore's Social Transformations” (in Chinese), lecture to H1 teachers of

Singapore Studies in Chinese, 28 January 2015. • “Is the Chinese Society Stable?” (with Shan Wei), presented at the East Asian

Outlook 2015, 9 January 2015. • “China's Pension Reform: Still in 'Deep Water'”, presented at the Workshop on

China's Social Policy and Governance under Xi Jinping, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, 28 November 2014.

• “China's Urbanization and Hukou Reform”, presented at the 3rd China Symposium

China’s Socio-political Reforms since the Third Plenum: Continuity or Ground-breaking?, organized by Civil Service College, 6 November 2014.

• “China's Social Reform under Xi Jinping”, presented at the Moganshan Forum,

organized by the International Cooperation Center, National Development and Reform Commission, China, 18 September 2014.

• “China's Social Policy Reform: The Perspective of Fragmented Developmentalism”,

paper presented at the International Conference on Reform and Public Sector in China, organized by the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, 17 August 2014.

• “Singapore's Approach to Urban Planning” (with John Wong), presented at NEAT

Working Group Meeting, Singapore, 1 August 2014. • “Urbanization in China”, lecture at Nanyang Girl’s High School, 31 July 2014. • “China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City” (with John Wong), presented at "Meeting the

Energy Demand of Cities" organized by EU-Asia Dialogue, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 4 June 2014.

• “China’s Social Changes and Social Policy” (in Chinese), lecture for Teachers of

H1 China Studies in Chinese, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language, 14 May 2014.

• “China’s Urbanization Program”, presented at the Executive Development and

Growth Exchange Programme, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development, 21 March 2014.

• “Social Development in China”, presented at the Civil Service College, 28

February 2014. • “Chinese Society: Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform”, presented at East

Asia Outlook 2014, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 17 January 2014.

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• “Urbanization: China and the Developing World” (with John Wong), presented at the International Conference on Urbanisation in China: Challenges and Prospects, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 5 - 6 September 2013.

• "Singapore's Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing", presented at the

International Conference on Social Development and Social Policy: International Experiences and China's Reform, organized by the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, 19-20 August 2013.

• “China's Social Policy from a Central-Local Perspective” (with Qian Jiwei),

presented at the ISAS-EAI Workshop on Federalism in China and India, 15-16 August 2013.

• “China’s Social Security Reform”, presented at Civil Service College, 5 August

2013. • “Singapore's Experience in Social Development and Management” (in Chinese,

with John Wong), lecture to Chinese officials in Kaiyuan, Yunnan, 24 June 2013. • “Urbanization: The Singapore Experience” (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture

to Chinese officials at Party School of Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 26 June 2013. • “Singapore's Experience in Social Development and Management” (in Chinese,

with John Wong), lecture to Chinese officials at Party School of Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 18 June 2013.

• “Urban Planning and Land Use: The Singapore Experience” (in Chinese, with John

Wong), seminar at Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey, 17 June 2013 • “Educational Expansion in China: Evidence from 2010 Census Data”, presented at

the Conference 40 Percent of the World: Population Change, Human Capital and Development in China, India and Indonesia, organized by J Y Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre, Global Asia Institute, NUS, 22-24 May 2013.

• “China's Higher Education Reform” (in Chinese), presented at the 5th World

Forum on China Studies, organized by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 23-24 March 2013.

• “China's Social Challenges”, lecture at Understanding China Course, MFA

Diplomatic Academy, 12 March 2013. • “Chinese Society” (with Qi Dongtao), presented at East Asia Outlook 2013,

organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 January 2013.

• “Social Risks Management” (in Chinese), lecture at LKY School of Public Policy,

PP5721, 8 January 2013. • “Social Protests and Unstable Factors” (in Chinese), lecture at LKY School of

Public Policy, PP5721, 4 January 2013. • “China's Social Policy Reform: What Comes Next?”, keynote speech at the

International Conference on Social Policy and Governance Innovation: Towards Social Equity and Cohesion in Asia, South China University of Technology,1-2 December 2012.

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• “From Community Management to Social Management: China’s New Approach to Managing Social Complexity”, presented at “China's 18th Party Congress: New Leaders, New Direction”, An International Conference Commemorating East Asian Institute's 15th Anniversary, 24-25 October 2012.

• “Development of Philanthropy in China”, at the Panel on Trends and Development

of China’s Philanthropy organized by Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (ACSEP), NUS Business School, 14 September 2012.

• “Challenges for Sustainable Development: ‘Welfare Crisis” and China’s Social

Policy Reform”, presented at the International Symposium on “The Next Decade: Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Sustainable Development”, Tongji University, Shanghai, 25 July 2012.

• “Researching Social Stratification in Chinese Education”, presented at J Y

Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre inaugural workshop on Human Capital in China, India and Indonesia, 5-6 July 2012.

• “China as a New Popular Destination for International Students: The Role of

the Soft Power Discourse”, presented at the ARI-GUISM conference on Education Mobilities in East Asia, 16-18 May 2012.

• “China's Higher Education Governance” (in Chinese), presented at the

Conference on China's Higher Education Reform, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and China and Globalization Center, Beijing, 21 April 2012.

• “Singapore’s Education and Healthcare” (in Chinese), lecture to officials from

Shanwei, Guangdong, 22 November 2011. • “Singapore’s CPF and Social Security System” (in Chinese), lecture to officials

from Shanwei, Guangdong, 24 November 2011. • “Building Modern Universities with Chinese Characteristics: The Issue of

Governance and Accountability”, seminar at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 November 2011.

• “China's 2020 Education Reform and Its Implications on Higher Education

Partnership and Internationalization”, presented at the 3rd Annual Higher Education Leadership Asia Summit, Hilton Hotel, Singapore, 19 October 2011.

• “China's Education Reform and Development”, Shell Scenario Planning

Workshop, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore, 18 October 2011. • “China's Social Challenges”, lecture at MFA DiplomaticAcademy, 16 September

2011. • “Equalizing Basic Public Services: International Experiences” (in Chinese),

presented at the International Conference on Improving People’s Livelihood and Public Services, jointly organized by the Research Department of Social Development, Development Research Center of State Council, China and East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 August 2011.

• “China's Growing Attraction for International Students”, presented at the

International Conference on China and Its Neighbors, jointly organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 24-25 May 2011.

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• “Translating Concept into Practice: Singapore-China Tianjin Eco-City Project”

(with Chen Gang), presented at the International Conference on 20 Years of Advancing Singapore-China Relations, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 May 2011.

• “China’s Social Development and Implications”, presented at the Raffles

Institution & East Asian Institute Joint Seminar, 27 April 2011. • “Homeownership: Singapore’s Public Housing Policy” (in Chinese), seminar

at Xi’an Jiaotong University, 23 March 2011. • “Responsibility and Boundary: The Role of Government in Social Reforms”,

presented at the 5th Anniversary Conference of China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, 29 October 2010.

• “Singapore's Experience in Social Development: Relevant

Lesson for China?” (with John Wong), presented at the International Conference on China's Social Policy Reform: Challenges and Direction, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and Research Department of Social Development, Development Research Center, State Council of China, 31 July 2010.

• “Chinese Workers on Strike: Challenges and Responses” (in Chinese),

presented at the 5th Conference of ASEAN-China People-to-people Friendship Organizations, Singapore, 29 July 2010.

• “Understanding China’s Social Challenges”, lecture at the Understanding

China Course, MFA Diplomatic Academy, 4 May 2010. • “Pathways to Higher Education in Singapore” (in Chinese), presented at the

International Conferences on University Admission and Constitutional Equity, Peking University, 6-7 March 2010.

• “China's Developmental Challenges: From Growth to Distribution”, presented

at the EAI-ISAS joint workshop on China and India: Towards Greater Engagement? The University Hall, National University of Singapore, 19 January 2010.

• “Singapore’s Education and Healthcare” (in Chinese), lecture to officials from

Shanwei, Guangdong, 13 September 2009. • “Singapore’s CPF and Social Security System” (in Chinese), lecture to officials

from Shanwei, Guangdong, 9 September 2011. • “Singapore’s Social Development”, lecture to the Chinese delegation from

Tianjin Eco-City, 31 July 2009. • “China’s Social Challenges”, lecture at the Inaugural Course on China, MFA

Diplomatic Academy, 3 July 2009. • “What is Wrong with Decentralization? Education-Finance Reform in Rural

China”, presented at the Center for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 20 March 2009.

• “Recent Developments in the Chinese Society and Culture”, presented at the

Ministry of Education training program, 25 February 2009.

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• “Taiwanese Investors and Local China's Transition” (with Chien Shiu-Shen), presented at the International Conference on China’s Three Decades of Reform and Development in Global Perspective, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7-8 November 2008.

• “China’s Social Problems”, presented at the Ministry of National Development,

Singapore, 17 June 2008. • “Financing Compulsory Education in China: Policy Changes and Effects”,

presented at the International Conference on China and India: Economic and Social Development, jointly organized by Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, India; The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore; and Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, 17-18 March 2008.

• “Can Cross-regional Cadre Transfer Help Local Economic Development?” (with

Chien Shiuh-Shen), seminar at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 July 2007.

• “Chinese Government Spending on Primary Education: Inequality and Trend”

(with Tan Soon Heng), presented at the International Conference on China’s Surging Economy, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 17-18 August 2006.

• “Labor Market Reforms under the Hu-Wen Administration”, presented at the

International Conference on China into the Hu Jintao Era: Policy Initiatives and Challenges, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 August 2005.