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City University of Hong Kong
Prof Linda Chelan Li 李芝蘭 教授
BsocSc CUHK, MSocSc HKU, PhD London (香港中文大學 社會學學士，香港大學社會學碩士， 倫敦大學哲學博士) Professor of Political Science Contact details: Address: Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong For more details of Linda Li's work - Google Scholar Citations
Research interests:
Central-Local relations and politics: China, Hong Kong HK-Shenzhen collaboration and extending governance capacities
Teaching interests:
Chinese Political economy and politics
Publications Books
Rural Tax Reform in China: Policy Processes and Institutional Change, London: Routedge, 2012(hb), 2015(pb).
(ed), Good Governance in Asia: Multiple Trajectories to Development, London: Routledge, 2015.
(ed), with Ngok KL, Yue Fangmin and Liang Yuqing, Administrative Reform in China – Guangdong-Hong Kong Exploration and Inspiration, Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2014 (PDF download)
(ed) Towards Responsible Government in East Asia: Trajectories, Intentions and Meanings, London: Routledge, 2009
(ed) The Chinese State in Transition: Processes and Contests in Local China, London: Routledge, 2009.
Centre and Provinces: China, 1978--93. Power as Non-zero-sum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, 2002.
Book Chapters and Others - ‘「一帶一路」是出路嗎？’ (Is the Belt-Road Initiative offering an opportunity to meet the challenges?) in ‘再思香港產業優勢’系列(四) Second Thoughts on HK’s Growth Sectors),《灼見名家》(Master-insight), 14 June 2016 (PDF download)
· ‘世代鴻溝是否不可跨越？’ (Are the inter-generational gaps beyond transcendence?), in ‘再思香港產業優勢’系列(三) Second Thoughts on HK’s Growth Sectors),《灼見名家》(Master-insight), 31 May 2016 (PDF download)
· ‘會計業內的多元視角看發展瓶頸和出路’ (Sector Bottlenecks and the Way Forward; stakeholders perspecrtures), in ‘再思香港產業優勢’系列(二) Second Thoughts on HK’s Growth Sectors),《灼見名家》(Master-insight), 18 May 2016 (PDF download)
· ‘香港會計業持續發展與社會流動’ (Sustainability and Social Mobility of Hong Kong Accounting Profession), in ‘再思香港產業優勢’系列(一) (Second Thoughts on HK’s Growth Sectors) ,《灼見名家》(Master-insight), 11 May 2016 (PDF download)
· ‘Managing Government Finance’, in David S. Goodman, ed., Handbook of the Politics of China , Edward Elgar, Nov 2015: 137-146. (PDF download)
· 当代中国的中央与地方关系：趋势、过程及其对策执行的影响’(Central-Local Relations in the People’s Republic of China: Trends, processes, and impacts for policy implementation), ‘主动的’地方政治：作为战略群体的县乡干部 (Pro-active Local Politics: County and Township Cadres as Strategic Group), Central Compilation & Translation Press, 2013: 115-142.
· ‘香港小学升中学机制介绍’(The Secondary School Places Allocation system in Hong Kong) (with Zhenjie Yang), 中国教育网(China Education and Research Network), posted 2013.06.22, http://www.edu.cn/xsc_12533/20130614/t20130614_964014.shtml
· Central-local Relations: A theory of co-agency, in Handbook of China’s Governance, edited by Chris Ogden, Routledge, 2013: 143-52.
· ‘重建責任政府以走出”空轉”困局’(Rebuild Responsible Government to Get out of “Idling” Dilemma’, ‘參伍開新－工商管理研究社35週年紀念文集’ (Chinese Executive Club 35th Anniversary Anthology), 中國評論學術出版社 (China Review Academic Publishers Limited, 2012: 121-130.(PDF download)
· Central-local relations: Explaining and anticipating trends through processes, in Lai-ha Chan, Gerald Chan and Fung Kwan eds., China at Sixty: Global and local interactions, Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2011, 87-116.
· Economic Reform since 1978: Fiscal Decentralization, in Encyclopedia of Modern China (Editor in chief: David Pong), Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2009. (word download)
· Towards a Public and Comprehensive Budget: Public Finance Reform in Guangdong, in Joseph Cheng, ed., Guangdong: Preparing for the WTO Challenge, Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2003.(PDF download) · Loci and Scope of State Power: Central-provincial Relations in Reform, in Frank Columbus, ed., Politics and Economics of Asia, Vol. 4, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2001.(PDF download) · Guangdong Playing the “Foreign Card”: Politics and Economics across Territorial Boundaries, in Glen Drover, Julia Tao, Graham Johnson, eds., Regionalism and Sub-regionalism in East Asia, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2000. (PDF download) · Power as Non-zero-sum? Central-local Relations between the Hong Kong SAR and Beijing: Opportunities and closures, in Peter Ferdinand, Robert Ash and Robin Porter, eds., Hong Kong in Transition: The Handover Years, London: Macmillan, 2000, pp. 133-153. (PDF download) · Central-provincial Relations: Beyond Compliance Analysis, in Joseph Cheng (ed.), China Review 1998. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1998: 157-86. (PDF download Chin) / (PDF download Eng) Journal Articles (in English) -‘Shirkers or Toilers? Local strategic action and education policy under fiscal abundance’, (with Martin Painter; first author), Journal of Contemporary China, (June 2016): 1-16. (PDF download)
-‘What causes the local fiscal crisis in China: the role of intermediaries’, (with Zhenjie Yang, first author), Journal of Contemporary China, 24, 94 (July 2015): 573-593 (PDF download)
-‘Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh: Role of Women’s Organizations’, (with Pranab Panday, second author), International Journal of Public Administration, 37, 11 (August 2014): 724-736 (PDF download)
-‘Pursuing Equity in Education: Conflicting views and shifting strategies’, (with Wen Wang, first author), Journal of Contemporary Asia, 44, 2 (May 2014): 279-297. (PDF download)
-Multiple Trajectories and “Good Governance” in Asia: An Introduction’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 44, 2 (May 2014): 187-203. (PDF download)
-‘Meeting Governance Challenges in China: Between the state and society – an introduction’, Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 11, 2 (December 2012): 195-200. (PDF download)
-‘Community Governance Reform in Urban China: A case study of Yantian Model in Shenzhen’ (with Ma Weihong, second author), Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 11, 2 (December 2012): 224-247. (PDF download)
-‘Central-Local Relations in the People’s Republic of China: Trends, processes, and impacts for policy implementation’, Public Administration and Development, 30, 3 (July 2010): 1-14. (PDF download) -‘Decision-Making in Chinese Local Administrative Reform: Path Dependence, Agency and Implementation’, Public Administration and Development, (January 2009) No.29: 79-87. (PDF download) -‘How Can Government Become Responsible? Trajectories, Meanings and Intentions’, The China Review 8, 2 (Fall 2008): 1-13. (PDF download) -‘State and Market in Public Service Provision: Opportunities and Traps for Institutional Change in Rural China’, The Pacific Review, Vol. 21, No. 3 (September 2008): 257-278. (PDF Download) -‘Working for the Peasants? - Strategic Interactions and Unintended Consequences in the Chinese Rural Tax Reform’, The China Journal, No. 57 (January 2007): 89-106. (PDF Download) -‘Path Creation? Processes and Networks: How the Chinese Rural Tax Reform Got Started’, Policy and Society, Vol. 25, No. 1 (July 2006): 61-84. (PDF Download) -“The State” in change: Processes and Contestations in Local China: An Introduction’, Pacific Review, Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2006): 1-12. (PDF download) -‘Embedded Institutionalization: Sustaining the Rural Tax Reform in China’, Pacific Review, Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2006): 63-84. (PDF download) -‘Differentiated Actors: Central and Local Politics in China’s Rural Tax Reforms’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 40, Part 1 (February 2006): 151-74. (PDF download) -‘Understanding Institutional Change: Fiscal Management in Local China’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 35, No. 1 (January 2005): 87-108. (PDF download) -‘The Prelude to Government Reform in China: The Big Sale in Shunde’, China Information, Vol. 18, No. 1 March (2004): 29-66. (PDF download) -‘The “Rule of Law” Policy in Guangdong: Continuity or Departure? – Meaning, Significance, and Processes’, The China Quarterly, No. 161 (March 2000):199-220. (PDF download) -‘Guangdong: From “Machiavellian” Flexibility towards the Rule of Law’, Provincial China, No.5 (May 1998): 1-17. -‘Towards a Non-Zero-Sum Interactive Framework of Spatial Politics: The Case of Centre-Province in Contemporary China’, Political Studies, Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 1997): 49-65. (PDF download) (Winner of the Harrison Prize, given to the best paper published in 1997]. -‘Provincial Discretion and National Power: Investment Policy in Guangdong and Shanghai, 1978-1993’, The China Quarterly, No.152 (December 1997): 778-804. (PDF download) Journal Articles (in Chinese) -‘政策评估与教育均衡发展: 政策理念、目标及执行’ (Policy Evaluation and Education Equity: Concepts, objectives and implementation), (with Ying Liu and Zhenjie Yang), 《中国治理评论》(China Governance Review), Beijing, (forthcoming).
-‘法治化背景下我國地方行政體制改革的推進之路----以廣東省濠江改革為例’ (The Approach of Promoting China’s Local Aministrative Reforms under the Background of Ruling by Law – A Case Study of Haojiang District in Guangdong Province), (second author; with Xu Lanlan), 《中國法律評論》(China Law Review), 2015年12月第4期(總第8期) (No. 4, 2015 Dec) 115-125 (PDF download)
-‘委托代理理论视角下地方政府职能定位与作用----以乡镇义务教育为例’ (Local Governments' Functions and Roles from the Perspective of Principal-Agent Theory—A case study of township education in H Province), (with Sheng Yilong and Zhenjie Yang),《湖北社会科学》(Journal of Hubei Social Sciences), 第5期 (No. 5) (PDF download)
-‘香港基础教育均衡发展的路径研究’ (The State and Development Trajectories of School Education Equity in Hong Kong), (with Zhenjie Yang), 《港澳研究》(Hong Kong and Macao Journal), Beijing, No.2 (2014), (86-93). (PDF download)
-‘政府-社会关系的变迁：香港旅游业监管’ (Shifting State-Society Relations: Regulation of tourism industry in Hong Kong), (with Zhenjie Yang), 《复旦公共行政评论》 (Pubic Administration Review of Fudan), No.10 (2013), 192-208. (PDF download) -‘中国城市社区治理改革研究: 以深圳“盐田模式”为例’ (Community Governance Reform in Urban China: A Case Study of Yantian Model in Shenzhen), (with Ma Weihong and You Tengfei), 《中国治理评论》(China Governance Review), Beijing, No.4 (2013), 87-104 (PDF download) -‘香港基础教育：从基本均衡到多样性’ (Hong Kong Basic education: From basic equity to variety), (with Zhenjie Yang), 《中国党政干部论坛》(Chinese Cadre’s Tribune), Beijing, No.8 (August 2013), 77-79. (PDF download) -法律与行政管理体制改革：制度变迁的辨证分析(Law and Administrative Reform: Dialectical Analysis of Institutional Change),(co-authored with Yue Fangymin),《马克思主义与现实(Marxism & Reality)》,No.1, 2013. (PDF download) -执行差距与事权划分的判准原则：教育改革的支出分析(Implementation Gap and Principles of Demarcating Expenditure Responsibilities: Analysis on the Expenditure of Education Reform ), (co-authored with Yuang Fangcheng)《中国农村研究(Zhongguo nongcun yanjiu)》(Rural Studies of China),No.2, 2011. (PDF download) -走出農村教育“增量改革”的困局(Going beyond the Dilemma of Incremental Reform in Rural Education),(co-authored with Yuan Fangcheng),《中国农村研究(Zhongguo nongcun yanjiu)》(Rural Studies of China),No.1, 2011. (PDF download) -當代中國的中央與地方關係：趨勢、過程及其對政策 執行的影響(Central-Local Relations in the People’s Republic of China: Trends, processes, and impacts for policy implementation ), 《國外理論動態(Foreign Thought Trends)》，No.4, 2013, 劉承禮譯，originally appeared at Public Administration and Development, 30, 3 (August 2010), 1-14. (pdf download) -‘农村基层干部对乡镇改革的歧见及其原因 ———基于皖、鄂、渝乡镇改革调查数据的分析’《華中師範大學學報: 人文社會科學版》[The impact of organizational positions on reform attitudes: An analysis of reform propensity of officials in Anhui, Hubei and Chongqing] (with Licai Wu), Journal of Central China Normal University, Vol. 48, No. 5 (2009), 2-10. (pdf download) -‘歷史記憶影響著鄉鎮改革決策’(How History and Memory Affect the Decision-Making in Township Reforms) (co-authored with Licai Wu, Li as first author),《中國社會科學內刊(Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Neikan)》(China Social Sciences Internal Edition)(Beijing), No.1(February 2008): 146-54. (PDF download) -‘如何超越改革孤島：兼看改革的成本與效應’ (Transcending the ‘Isolation’ Effect of Reform Pilots: Importance of Cost and Benefit Analysis), (co-authored with Fangcheng Yuan, Li as first author),《中國農村研究(Zhongguo Nongcun Yanjiu)》(Chinese Rural Studies)(Beijing), 2006, Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue chubanshe, 2007: 101-116. (Word Document Download) - ‘制度聯動：農民減負改革持續的保障’（Sustaining Burden Reduction: Institutional interactions in Shunde, Guangdong), (co-authored with Fangmin Yue), 《管理世界(Guanli Shijie)》(Management World)(Beijing), No. 8 (August 2006): 56-64. (Word Document Download) - “农村税费改革及其效应：乡镇财政制度变迁和乡村民主化” (Township Fiscal Institutional Change and Village Democracy? : A Case Study of Rural Fee-to-tax Reform in Shunde, Guangdong), (co-authored with Fangmin Yue, Li as first author), South China Economy, 195 (Dec 2005) : 86-88. - ‘透視政府制度建設：順德農村稅費改革’ (State Building at the Grassroots Level: A Case Study of Rural tax-for-fee Reform in Shunde, Guangdong), (co-authored with Fangmin Yue, Li as first author),《華中師範大學學報: 人文社會科學版(Huazhong Shifan Daxue Xuebao: Renwen Shehui Kexue Ban)》(Journal of Central China Normal University, Humanities and Social Sciences)(Wuhan), Vol. 44, No. 5 (September 2005): 31-37. (PDF download) -“倒逼”還是“反倒逼”? ——農村稅費改革前后中央與地方之間的互動’ (Pressure for Changes: Central-Local Interactions in Rural Tax-for-fee Reform), (co-authored with Licai Wu, Li as first author), 《社會學研究(Shehuixue Yanjiu)》(Sociological Research) (Beijing), Vol.20, No.4 (July 2005): 44-63. (PDF download) - “中国农村管治 —— 政府与民间组织的角色研讨会：观点评述”(Symposium on China's Rural Governance: The Role of Government and NGOs: a critical report ), Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, Oct 2004, forthcoming. (Word Document Download) - 「監察與轉型: 從公營房屋建造陋習說起」(與李建安合著)，《財政經濟評論》，武漢: 中南財經政法大學出版社, 2004年4月。 (PDF download) ‘跨越零和：思考當代中國的中央地方關系’(Beyond Zero-Sum: Reappraising Central-Local Relations in Contemporary China),《華中師範大學學報: 人文社會科學版(Huazhong Shifan Daxue Xuebao: Renwen Shehui Kexue Ban)》(Journal of Central China Normal University, Humanities and Social Sciences)(Wuhan), Vol.43, No.6 (November 2004): 117-124. (PDF download) - ‘鄉鎮財政及其改革初探’(A Preliminary Analysis of Township Public Finance and Reforms) (co-authored with Licai Wu),《中國農村觀察(Zhongguo Nongcun Guancha)》(China Rural Survey) (Beijing), No.4 (2003):15-24 (PDF download) Articles for Policy or Professional Journals 「香港彩票行業的管理」(與李建安合著) ,《廣東財政》, 2002年5月，頁 20-21. (PDF download) 「香港公務員薪酬制度」,《廣東財政》, 2002年5月，頁 19-21. (PDF download) 「上海、廣東如何與中央週旋－中央與地方相生相剋的實例」,《九十年代》, 1995年12月號，頁36-39 (‘How the Governments of Shanghai and Guangdong Maneouvred with the Central Government: 「中央與地方關係：從 『零和』到『雙贏』」,《九十年代》1995年9月號，頁59-61 (‘Central-local Relations: from Zero-sum to Win-win Games’, The Nineties, Hong Kong, 9 (1995), 59-61 ) Case Studies of a Win-win Game between Central and Local Governments’, The Nineties, Hong Kong, 12 (1995), 36-39.
Conference Papers Invited or Refereed Conference Papers - Organiser, speaker and moderator, Industry Forum on “Sustainable Development and Social Mobility in Professional Services: The case of the accounting profession”, City University of Hong Kong, 17 May 2016. - Presentation on “Pluralistic school governance and education equity: the case of HK schools” (多元辦學體制與教育均衡：以香港中小學為例) at Conference on School Governance Reform in China, Shenzhen, organized by 21st Century Education Research Institute, 27 March 2016. - Presentation on “農村教育財政：歷史回顧與挑戰” (Education as critical to national development strategy), at Beijing University, 27 October 2015 - Presentation on “Sustainability in the Hong Kong Higher Education”, at China Green Building Forum, organized by Chinese Green Building Hong Kong Council and City University of Hong Kong, 19 June 2015 - Presentation on “Sustainability at CityU”, Thai Delegation Visit to City University of Hong Kong, 16 June 2015 - Presentation on “卸责还是作为？财政充足情况下地方政府的策略行为和教育政策” (Shirkers or Toilers? Local strategic action and education policy under fiscal abundance), at Beijing University, 20 March 2015 - Presentation on “善治”和制度改革的国际话语：一些概念性问题”, at Tsinghua University, 20 March 2015 - Chair of panel discussion, ‘Local Governance in China’ Workshop, organized by Department of Government & Public Administration and Universities Service Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 27 November 2014 - Presentation on ‘大历史观中的香港’(Hong Kong in Macrohistorical Respective’ , at Party School of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of CPC, Shenzhen, 26 November 2014 - Organizer, and Commenting Panel of Roundtable, at Sustainability Summit: Pathways to a Sustainable Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, 22-23 October 2014 - Presentation on ‘How a university may approach social sustainability in the current context of Hong Kong’, at Conference on Social Work and Social Sustainability in Asia, City University of Hong Kong, 19-20 June 2014 - Presentation on ‘地方政府创新:顺德的行政审批制度改革探索’, at 第五届中国行政改革论坛, 中国行政体制改革研究会, Beijing, 15 June 2014 (評為優秀論文, 並收錄於由國家行政學院出版的《创新政府治理 深化行政改革》一書 (PDF download) - Presentation on ‘卸责抑或担责？地方官员在财政支出中的策略选择’ (Shirking or Bearing Responsibility? The Strategies and Decision Making of Local Officials in Fiscal Expenditure), at the School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 29 May 2014 - Presentation on ‘Government finance’ at University of Sydney China Studies Centre’s Workshop on ‘Handbook of Research on China’, at Nanjing University, 26-28 May 2014 - Presentation on ‘What causes the local fiscal crisis in China’, at Association for Asian Studies 2014 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 27-30 March 2014 - Presentation on ‘顺德行政体制改革的问题和前景’(Problems and prospects of administrative reform in Shunde), at the Advisory Conference of Development and Reforms and Annual Meeting of Public Decision Making Advisory Committee in Shunde District, Shunde District, 22 August 2013 - Presentation on ‘Prospects and Limitations for an Anti-Waste Incineration Coalition in China’ (with Thomas Johnson), at the Eighth International Convention of Asia Scholars, The Venetian Macao-Resort Hotel, Macau, China, 24-27 June, 2013 - Chair of panel ‘Hong Kong Politics’ at the Hong Kong Political Science Association Annual Workshop cum General Meeting 2013, 15 June 2013, Meng Wah Complex Theatre 6, University of Hong Kong - Written Presentation at the Conference on ‘Enhancing the Transparency of Junior Secondary School Places Allocation: Beijing and Hong Kong experiences’, organized by the Twentieth-First Century Education Research Institute, Beijing, on 28 May 2013. - Meeting and discussion with Chinese Executives Club (CEC), Hong Kong Management Association, on ‘Broader issues arising from Dockers strike and possible resolutions’, at policy seminar organized by Policy Concern Group, CEC, 12 April 2013, Hong Kong. - Presentation on ‘Strategic Action and Local Fiscal Policy in Education: How Chinese Cadres Manage Abundance’ at the international conference of ‘Political Development in time of Crisis: Democracy, State, and Governance’, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Shanghai, China, April 6-7, 2013 - Presentation on ‘中国未来发展的思考:从几个热点问题说起’ (Thoughts on China’s future reform: several hot topics), Law School of Shantou University, Shantou City, December 4, 2012 - Presentation on‘改革何以巩固持续的一些思考(Thoughts on sustaining reform)’, 2012 Lingnan Economic Forum/Annual Conference of Guangdong Province Economic Committee, Guangzhou, November 22-23, 2012 - Presentation on ‘法律与行政管理体制改革：制度变迁的辩证分析’(Law and administrative reform: An dialectical analysis of institutional change), (with Yue Fangmin), 2012 Lingnan Economic Forum/Annual Conference of Guangdong Province Economic Committee, Guangzhou, November 22-23, 2012 (won an Excellent Paper Award) - Presentation on ‘改革何以巩固持续--深化内在的改革激励机制的一些思考(Sustaining reform: Thoughts on deepening endogenous incentive mechanism)’, Forum of Advisory Committee for Policy Decision of Shunde District, Guangdong Province, Shunde, November 22, 2012 - Presentation on ‘中国农村教育关键所在—均衡与多样性(Key issues of China rural education—equity and diversity)’, ‘一切为了农村学生’二十一世纪教育高峰论坛(All for the Rural Students—21st Century Education Summit)，organized by 21st Century Education Research Institute(二十一世纪教育研究院), Oxfam of Hong Kong, Beijing Rural Development Foundation of West Region Sun (北京市西部阳光农村发展基金), Beijing, November 17-18, 2012 - Presentation on ‘中国未来发展的思考---从几个热点问题说起’(Thoughts on China’s future reform: several hot topics), a seminar for Central Compilation & Translation Bureau, CPC, Beijing, November 16, 2012 - Presentation on ‘從前海發展看粵港合作的挑戰及如何達致多贏’(Qianhai Development: Challenges to Guangdong-Hong Kong relations and ensuring mutually beneficial cooperation), at the public seminar on “Qianhai-HK: Innovative Cooperation”, organized by Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, at Hong Kong, October 30, 2012 - Presentation on ‘有關香港治理的一些議題’(Talking points over some longstanding issues in the governance of HK), No. 97 seminar at Famous University and Scholar Seminar series, Management College, Shenzhen University, June 8, 2012, at Shenzhen University. - Presentation on ‘良性路徑依賴的形成：順德“大部制改革”’(Deepening Reform Through Fostering Path Dependence: The Case of Mega-ministry Reform in Shunde) (With Liang Yuqing), at the international conference of “政府管理創新：實踐與理論”(Innovation of Government Administration: Practices and Theories), organized by Macau Polytechnic Institute, October 19-20, 2011, at Macau Polytechnic Institute (speaker) - Presentation on ‘Central-local relations in China: past trajectories and future trends’, at the China Center for Comparative Politics & Economics, Central Bureau of Editing and Translation, China Communist Party Central Committee, 5 August 2011 (speaker). - Presentation on ‘Strategic action and local fiscal policy: How cadres manage scarcity – or abundance’, in International Workshop on ‘Politics and Autonomy in China’s Local State: County and township cadres as strategic groups’, Tuebingen University, 1-3 July 2011. - Presentation on ‘Deep-seated Problems of Hong Kong’ at Hong Kong Chinese Executive Club’s seminar and dinner, June 20, 2011, at Hong Kong World Trade Centre Club, organized by Hong Kong Chinese Executive Club of Hong Kong Management Association, (as expert speaker) - Invited presentation on ‘Local governance and national-subnational relations’ at USAID/RDMA China Governance Analysis Seminar, ‘Key Contextual and Programmatic Considerations’, June 21-22, 2010, at Hong Kong Sheraton Hotel, organized by US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its Regional Development Mission (RDMA) (as expert speaker). - Dissemination Workshop, BNPP Project on ‘Decentralization, Accountability, and Service Delivery’, organized by the East Asia and Pacific Public Sector Unit, World Bank, in collaboration with the Regional Governance Hub in Bangkok and the Public Sector Governance anchor in Washington, DC, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 16, 2009 (as discussant) - Invited presentation on ‘Central-local relations in China: trajectories and trends over 60 years’ at the Public Policy Forum, ‘Economic development and institutional change’, organized by School of Public Policy, Renmin University, Beijing, 21 October 2009 (as main speaker) - Invited seminar on ‘China at 60: some observations on central-local relations and future trends’, organized by Division of Scientific Socialism, Central Party School, Beijing, 20 October 2009 (as main speaker) - Provincial China Workshop, ‘Local and Provincial Media’, organized by China Research Center, University of Technology, Sydney, at Anhui University, Hefei, China, 12-14 October 2009 (as discussant) - International conference on ‘Inside/outside: 60 years of Chinese politics’, organized by Hong Kong Political Science Association, at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 20-21 August 2009 (as paper presenter). - International conference on ‘China at Sixty: Global-local interactions’, organized by China Research Center, University of Technology, Sydney, 13-14 July 2009 (as paper presenter). - Biennial conference, Chinese Studies Association of Australia, 9-11 July 2009, Sydney, University of Sydney, Australia (as paper presenter). - ‘Institutional change processes in the rural tax reform’, Invited presentation at Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, 6 May 2009. - Provincial China Workshop 2008 on ‘Social problems and the local welfare mix in China: Public policies and private initiatives’, 27-30 October 2008, organized by the University of Technology, Sydney, University of Glasgow, Nankai University, at Nankai University, Tianjin, China (as discussant). - ‘Accountability and Public Governance’ International Conference, hosted by National Taiwan University and co-sponsored by Department of Public & Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, at National Taiwan University, Taipei, 8 May 2008 (as paper presenter). - International Conference on State Capacity of China in the 21st Century’, Co-organized by Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, and Centre for East Asian Studies, Bristol University, UK, 19-20 April 2007 (as paper presenter). -Present on ‘Sorting out the details: Structure, agency and interactions in China’s local political economy’, 2004 Annual conference, British International Studies Association, University of Warwick, 20-22 December 2004.(PDF download) - Understanding institutional change: Fiscal management in Local China, Workshop on Regulatory Compliance in China: The Lessons of Regulatory Effectiveness, organized by Law Center, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 3-5 November 2004. - (with Yue Fangmin) ‘广东顺德农村税费改革及其效应：乡镇财政制度变迁和乡村民主化’ (Township Fiscal Institutional Change and Village Democracy? : A Case Study of Rural Fee-to-tax Reform in Shunde, Guangdong), paper presented at International Conference on ‘Political civilization and political development of China’, 11-12 June 2004, Renmin University of China. - Policy ambiguities and local processes: The fee-to-tax reform in rural China, International Conference on ‘Theoretical Issues in the Study of Rural and Small-Town China’, 14-15 November, 2003, University of California, Berkeley. - Understanding institutional change: fiscal management in grassroots China, at Workshop on ‘local-global relations’, thematic group of International Sociological Association, June 21-23, 2001, Ljubljana, Slovenia. - The Rule of Law in Guangdong: Continuity or Departure?, at Workshop on ‘China‘s Cutting Edge: Social and Political Change in Southern China’, organized by the University and Technology, Sydney, at University of Hong Kong, 24 April 1998. - Paper in Chinese「雙贏抑或零和？香港特別行政區與中央政府的關係：契機與誤區」，『跨世紀的中國』研討會，人文社會科學院，香港公開大學，一九九八年一月十七日 - Power as non-zero-sum? Central-local relations between the Hong Kong SAR and Beijing: Opportunities and closures, at International Conference, ‘Hong Kong in Transition’, London, Chatham House, organized by the universities of Warwick, Leeds, Keele, and School of Oriental & African Studies, 15 December 1997. - Guangdong: From “Machiavellian” Flexibility towards the Rule of Law, at Second Workshop on ‘China’s Provinces under Reform’, October 20-24, 1996, at Zhejiang University, China.
Other Conference Papers - Organizer, and presentation on ‘香港公营部门改革及顺德未来路向’(Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong and the Way Forward in Shunde), at Training Workshop on ‘Social Reform and Innovation’, City University of Hong Kong, 18-22 November 2013 - Organizer, and chair of response and open discussion, at Public Forum on Hong Kong Long Term Housing Strategy, City University of Hong Kong, 16 November 2013 - Meeting and discussion with visiting Shunde District Government delegation, February 22, 2013, on ‘Shunde’s development and comprehensive reform plan (draft), 2013-15’, at City University of Hong Kong. - Presentation on ‘順德政府社會管理創新改革：2011年至今’(Social Governance Innovations & Reforms in Shunde, 2011-present) (with Ngok Kinglun), at the Conference on “Administrative Reform in Guangdong: Shunde and Beyond”, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre of City University of Hong Kong and School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, May 26, 2012, at City University of Hong Kong - Presentation on ‘法律在行政管理改革決策中的角色’(Role of The Law in Administrative Reform Decision-Making) (with Yue Fangmin), at the Conference on “Administrative Reform in Guangdong: Shunde and Beyond”, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre of City University of Hong Kong and School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, May 26, 2012, at City University of Hong Kong, - Presentation on ‘改革何以持續-順德大部制改革案例分析’(How the Reform can Sustain - the Case of Shunde’s Mega-Ministry Reform) (with Liang Yuqing), at the Conference on “Administrative Reform in Guangdong: Shunde and Beyond”, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre of City University of Hong Kong and School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, May 26, 2012, at City University of Hong Kong, - Presentation on ‘新法定組織的誕生：旅遊行業規管架構的變革－香港旅遊行業規管的歷史、問題及發展’(The Birth of a New Statutory Body: Changing Regulation of Tourism Industry) (with Yang Zhenjie), at the Conference on “Administrative Reform in Guangdong: Shunde and Beyond”, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre of City University of Hong Kong and School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, May 26, 2012, at City University of Hong Kong. - Presentation on ‘跨境合作的公共話語討論：初步研究彙報’(Public discourse analysis of cross-border collaboration: A preliminary study) (With Jiang Yihong), at the forum on“Achieving Mutual Gains in Hong Kong-Macau-Guangdong Collaboration: Qianhai, Hengqin and Beyond”, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, May 25, 2012, at City University of Hong Kong. - ‘背景報告:從前海看粵港合作的挑戰’ (Background Report: Challenges of Qianhai development to Hong Kong-Guangdong cross-border collaborations), (with Wanxin Li and Kin On Li),presented at the Forum on ‘Achieving Mutual Gains in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Collaboration: Qianhai, Hengqin and Beyond’, organized by Governance in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, at City University of Hong Kong, 25 May 2012. - Presentation on ‘Moving between the quadrants: Environmental protection coalitions in China’, (with Thomas Johnson), The Dynamics of Civil Society Coalitions in Asia, 10-11 February 2012, organized by the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, at City University of Hong Kong. - Presentation on ‘Strategic Action and Local Fiscal Policy: How Cadres Manage Scarcity – or Abundance?’ at the international conference of ‘China's Economic Dynamic and Its Impacts on the World Economy: A Beijing Consensus in the Making?’, co-organized by Department of Public and Social Administrationand Committee on Cross-Disciplinary Studies of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences of City University of Hong Kong, Chinese Economic Association (Europe/UK) UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland, and the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at University College Dublin, September 9, 2011, at City University of Hong Kong(speaker) - Presentation of ‘Moving between the Quadrants: The Case of Anti-incineration Coalitions in China’ (with Thomas Johnson), at the international workshop, ‘The Dynamics of Civil Society Coalitions in Asia’, organized by the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, May 20-21, 2011, at City University of Hong Kong (speaker) - Presentation of ‘Striving for Equity in Education: Conflicting Views and Shifting Strategies’ (with Wen Wang), and of ‘Women Organizations and Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh’ (with Pranab Panday), at International Workshop, ‘Good Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Civil and Political Society’, co-sponsored by Governance of Asia Research Centre, South-east Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, and Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, 9-10 December 2010, at City University of Hong Kong (organizer and speaker) - The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Public Administration, ‘Public Administration in a Changing World: Challenges, opportunities and innovations’, 20-21 August 2009, at City University of Hong Kong (as paper presenter) - Workshop on ‘State Capacity in China and Beyond’, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, 10-11 April 2008 (as paper presenter). - ‘Shirking or Shouldering Responsibility? Strategic Interactions and Unintended Consequences in the Chinese Rural Tax Reform,’ presented at International Conference on Continuing Transformation in Public Administration, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, 21-22 March 2006. - ‘Sustaining the Rural Fee-to-Tax Reform: The Making of Reformers in a Central China County’, paper presented at Annual Conference of Hong Kong Political Science Association, 8 May 2004, City University of Hong Kong. - ‘The Prelude to Government Reform in China? – The Big Shift and Sale in Shunde’, paper presented at International Conference on ‘Governance in Asia: Culture Ethics, Institutional Reform and Policy Change’, 5-7 December 2002, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. - ‘Towards a public and comprehensive budget: Public finance reforms in Guangdong, paper presented at International Conference on ‘Transitions in Public Administration and Governing Arrangements’, Remin University of China and American Society for Public Administration, Beijing, China, June 2002. - ‘Fiscal institutional change in a Hubei County’, at Second International Convention of Asian Scholars, ‘Local politics and institutional change’ panel, August 9-12, 2001, Berlin, Germany - ‘Loci and extent of state power: the case of centre-province in China’, at International Conference on ‘The State in the Asia-Pacific Region’, organized by the Centre for Comparative Public Administration and Management, City University of Hong Kong, 6-7 June 1998, Hong Kong. - ‘Power as non-zero-sum: Central-Provincial Relations over Investment Implementation, Guangdong and Shanghai, 1978-1993’, at International Conference on ‘Co-ordinated Development Among Regions in China’s Economic Reform and Social Development’, jointly organized by City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shue Yan College, and Tsing Hua University, China, December 11-12, 1996, at City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Shue Yan College. - ‘Guangdong Playing the “Foreign Card” in Central-Provincial Relations and Economic Development, 1978-95’, at Workshop on ‘Subregionalism in East Asia: Comparative Approaches’, organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, December 6-7, 1996, City University of Hong Kong.
Working Papers - Understanding Institutional Change: Fiscal Management in Grassroots China, working paper presented to research seminar series, East-West Center, Honolulu, August 2000. - Power as Non-Zero-Sum: Central-Provincial Relations over Investment Implementation, Working Paper Series 2/1996, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong.
Reviews, Translations, and other Written Outputs Review of Lily L. Tsai, Accountability without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), in The China Journal, No.61:180-182, 2009 Review of Tony Saich, Governance and Politics of China (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001), in Political Studies Review, Volume 1, Number 2, April 2003. Review of Hans Hendrischke and Feng Chongyi, eds., The Political Economy of China’s Provinces: Comparative and Competitive Advantage (London: Routledge, 1999), in The China Journal, No. 47 (January 2002): 169. Review of Yehua Dennis Wei, Regional Development in China, States, Globalization, and Inequality (London: Routledge, 2000), in The China Journal, No. 47 (January 2002): 173. Review of Yasheng Huang, Inflation and Investment Controls in China: The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations During the Reform Era (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), in The China Quarterly, No. 158 (June 1999): 499-500. Review of Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok and Alvin Y. So, eds., The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux (New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995), in The China Quarterly, No. 147 (September 1996): 994-5. Review of Y. M. Yeung and K. Y. Chu, eds., Guangdong: Survey of a Province Undergoing Rapid Change (Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1994), in The China Quarterly, No.141 (March 1995): 253-5.
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