NIHU Network of Contemporary Chinese Studies
3rd Symposium “Environmental Issues: The Futurability of China”
| Date : |
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30 Jan.Saturday, 31 Jan.Sunday, 2010 |
| Venue : |
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Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall [ MAP ] |
| Host : |
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NIHU Network of Contemporary Chinese Studies |
| Co-Host : |
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Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
| Language : |
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Japanese, Chinese and English (Simultaneous interpretation) |
Objectives
For the past 25 years, ever since the Economic Reform and Opening, China’s economic growth has continued at an average of approximately 10%. It is no exaggeration to say that this has been achieved at a cost of environmental issues. Rapid economic growth leads to confrontations not only with the existing problems of pollution, such as air pollution, poor water quality, and soil contamination, but also at the same time to modern problems such as desertification, biosphere protection (environmental protection), and global warming. Meanwhile, state involvement in the environment, such as the provision of environmental laws since the 1980s, looks to be tied to such fruits as the progress of partial environmental improvements. However, when we consider that environmental issues are notmerely technical, but also caused by society, the various problems involving Chinese politics, economics, and society,and their makeup, are the same.
This symposium not only clarifies the current state of Chinese environmental issues from the three aspects ofhistory, economics, and politics and society by bringing into play the characteristics of modern local Chinese researchbases in various disciplines, but also ascertains the future of Chinese environmental issues.
Progrm
30 Jan.Saturday
| 13:30-14:00 |
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Opening Speeches
Chairman
Yoshihiro ISHIKAWA(Kyoto University)
Kenichiro HIRANO Director of Center for Area Studies, NIHU
Narifumi TACHIMOTO Director-General of Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
| 14:00-15:00 |
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Keynote Speech
Vaclav SMIL Manitoba University
China’s environment: domestic concerns, global impacts |
| 15:20-17:50 |
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Session I The Basis of China’s Environmental Issues — Past and Present
Moderator
Toru KUBO (Shinshu University / The Toyo Bunko)
Speakers
Makoto UEDA (Rikkyo University)
A Short History of the Forbidden Mountains: From the “Commercial Era” to the “Industrial Era”
Weibing YANG (Fudan University)
The Environment of Southwestern China from the Sociohistoric Perspective: Centering on the Last 300 Years
of Land Use
Masayoshi NAKAWO (NIHU)
The History and Environment of the Oasis Region
Commentators
Wataru IIJIMA (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Yoichiro SATO (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature) |
| 18:30- |
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Reception International Conference Hall (I, II), Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall |
31 Jan.Sunday
| 9:30–12:00 |
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Session II The Chinese Economy and Environmental Issues in the 21st Century
Moderator
Jun KAJIMA (The University of Tokyo)
Speakers
Jingbin WANG (Osaka Sangyo University)
The development of Chinese Heavy Industry, and Environmental and Organizational Issues
Toshio TAJIMA (The University of Tokyo)
Chinese Agricultural Demand and Supply, and Bioethanol Problems
Tomoo MARUKAWA (The University of Tokyo)
The World-Leading Chinese Solar Battery Industry and Japanese Issues
Commentators
Hiromi SHIOJI (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi OHNISHI (Kyoto University) |
| 12:00-13:00 |
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Lunch |
| 13:00-15:30 |
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Session III The Sociopolitics of Environmental Issues
Moderator
Liang TANG (Waseda University)
Speakers
Yulin ZHANG (Nanjing University)
Secondary Environmental Harm and its Makeup
Kenji OTSUKA (Institute of Developing Economics)
Chinese Environmental Policy and Local Governance: Regionalism, Monitoring and Examination, and
Environmental Democracy
Ming WANG (Tsinghua University) and Yuxin LAN(Tsinghua University)
Struggle to Mature: Chinese NGO’s Response to Climate Change
Commentators
Tomoki KAMO (Keio University)
Kanako KODAMA (Chiba University)
15:50-17:50
Free discussion
Moderator
Kazuko MORI (Waseda University)
Discussants:
Vaclav SMIL (Manitoba University), Masayoshi NAKAWO (NIHU), Toshio TAJIMA (The University of Tokyo),
Ming WANG (Tsinghua University)
Closing Remarks Tatsuo YAMADA NIHU Network of Contemporary Chinese Studies |
( December 25, 2009)
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