"Dear
PAN Weilin
Program coordinator,
The 5th World Forum on China Studies
I am very honored to be invited by professor HUANG Renwei to be a distinguished speaker at the Opening Plenary Session of the 5hWorld Forum on China Studies. I expected to transmit you the interest of a large community of social sciences researchers in the world in the study of the rich Chinese experience of development and your social effort to established a better quality of life for humanity and your fight for a better world international order. In the expectation to collaborate with the 5th World Forum, I send also my friendly regards to Professors HUANg Renwei, Su Zhenxing,
Theotonio Dos Santos
Distinguished Professor of the Federal Fluminense University; President of the UNESCO and United Nations University Chair on Global Economy and Sustainable Development."
"Dear Dr. Theotonio dos Santos,
It gives me great pleasure to send you the attached letter from Professor Huang Renwei, Secretary-General of the World Forum on China Studies, to inquire about your possibility of attending the 5th World Forum on China Studies.
Professor Huang himself has met with you several times at the conferences sponsored by the China Center for Contemporary World Studies. He has been greatly impressed by your speeches. Also, your mutual friend, Professor Su Zhenxing from the CASS Institute of Latin American Studies, has warmly
recommended you to be one of our distinguished speakers at the plenary session.
This 5th Forum, focusing on China and the World in the Coming Decade,will take place in Shanghai during November 9-12, 2012. We wish you could honor this biennial gathering with your presence and meet with many other outstanding scholars in and beyond the field of China Studies from all over the world.
Please note that, together with Professor Huang's preliminary invitation, there is a background release of the Forum, which provides more information that you might take an interest in. For further details, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely yours,
PAN Weilin
Program coordinator,
The 5th World Forum on China Studies"
"Inviting Dr. Theotonio dos Santos to Be a Distinguished Speaker at the WFCS
May 16, 2012
Dear Dr. Theotonio dos Santos,
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the 5th World Forum on China Studies (or WFCS), sponsored by the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and organized by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, will take place during November 10-11, 2012. This is a high-end biennial event dedicated to reflecting on global challenges while fostering an informed understanding of China.
Based on your great achievements in the “new dependency” theory, and also as recommended by Professor Su Zhenxing, the former director of the CASS Institute of Latin American Studies, I, on behalf of the organizing committee of the 5th WFCS, feel honored to invite you to attend our upcoming Forum as a distinguished speaker in its opening plenary session. Stung by the global financial crisis, the Chinese audiences and the international China Studies community look forward to hearing your most recent observations of the internal and external relations of developing countries with China as a case in point.
Having met you several times at the meetings organized by the China Center for Contemporary World Studies, the International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, I am convinced that you are in the best position to deliver a key-note speech of around 30 minutes at the 5th Forum that focuses on China in the world of the coming decade. To facilitate your attendance, round-trip first-class fares, an honorarium as well as local accommodations will be provided. It is sincerely expected that you will have the time and interest to participate in our Forum.
Please find the details of the Forum in the attached information release. If you have any question, you are welcome to contact Ms. PAN Weilin, our Forum coordinator, at Chinaforum@sass.org.cn .
Thank you for your attention and your early reply is appreciated.
Cordially yours,
HUANG Renwei
Secretary-General,
The 5th World Forum on China Studies"
Call-for-Papers
Time: November 9-12, 2012
Location: Shanghai, China
Forum Schedule: November 9, 2012: Registeration
November 10, 2012: Plenary Session and Roundtables
November 11, 2012: Parallel Panels and Closing Ceremony
November 12, 2012: City Tour and Departure
General Information
The Organizing Committee of the World Forum on China Studies is delighted to announce that the 5th Forum, themed on
This Forum is co-sponsored by the State Council
Information Office of the People’s Republic of China
and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and co-organized by the Shanghai Academy
of Social Sciences and the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipality
Forum Theme
“Win-win Transformation: China
Round-table One:
“China
Building on the theme of the Forum, this round-table
conference will probe into the trend of China’s full-scale interaction with,
and integration into, the international system in the coming decade, with the
emphasis laid on the relations between the peaceful rise of China and the
transformation of the international system. The ongoing profound changes in the
global power structures, the international economic system, the international
security pattern, the international governance regime, and the international
ideological tendency will all have a palpable bearing on China
Round-table Two:
“China
The past hundred years witnessed drastic changes in China
Panel One
“Global Economic Rebalancing and China
Possible
topics include：
n Potentials and limits to China
n Approaches to new type of industrialization
and urbanization
n Improvement of the Chinese socialist market
economic system
n RMB internationalization and the
reallocation of global resources
Panel Two
“China
Possible
topics include：
n A new pattern of the social interest
structures in China
n Social development and the reincarnation of
social justice
n Networking communities and new media
assuming new roles
n Chinese-styled democracy and innovations in
governance
Panel Three
“Worldwide Cultural Integration and the
Chinese Cultural Development”
Possible
topics include：
n Diffusion of Confucianism in the
perspective of universal values
n Diversity and affinity of the Chinese
spiritual life
n Creativity and competitiveness of the contemporary
Chinese culture
n Cross-cultural exchange and the Chinese culture
“going global”
Panel Four
“New International Environment and the
Reshaping of China
Possible
topics include：
n Chinese strategy: conventional thinking and
theoretical innovations
n Changes of the international system and China
n Asia ’s geo-structural changes and the building
of common interests
n China
Panel Five
“China
Possible
topics include：
n Evolution of China Studies as a research
program
n Reflections on the research paradigms of
China Studies
n Inner structures and theoretical growth of
China Studies
n Implications of China Studies in a broad
social perspective
Requirements and Subsidies
Paper submission and active participation are
requested as usual. The organizing committee of the Forum will provide travel
subsidies as well as local accommodations once the paper is officially
accepted. The specific amount of travel subsidies will be notified individually
in the official invitation for the eligible participants.
Contact Details
The Shanghai
The Shanghai Academy
TELEPHONE: 0086-21-64862266 ext. 27381
FAX: 0086-21-64860193
PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
Ms. PAN Weilin, Chinaforum@sass.org.cn
