In cooperation with the 21st Century Center, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

Morgan Run Club and Resort 5690 Cancha De Golf, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091

Spotlight on China’s Economic Reform Agenda

Friday, May 25

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Reception and hors d'oeuvres

Saturday, May 26

8:30 a.m. Breakfast on site for all participants

9 a.m. Welcome Remarks from OYCF by Lei Guang, OYCF Board Member

9:10 a.m. China’s Reform and the Role of Western Economists

“Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China” Julian Gewirtz,

Moderator: Katherine Xu, OYCF Board Member

10:00 a.m. Honoring Gregory Chow, Professor of and Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, • Remarks by Professor Gregory Chow: “Witness to History: Personal reflections on China’s economic reform” • A conversation with Gregory Chow, interview by Julian Gewirtz • Presentation of OYCF Appreciation Plaque Moderator: Junling Ma, Chairperson of the OYCF Board

10:50 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. “The State of OYCF” by Sida Liu, OYCF President

11:30 a.m. Social Innovation Competition Presentations by three invited organizations from China

• ProSigner (Wuhan): Chen Wanzhen • Clover (): Yang Jiamei • Zero Waste Villages (Shenzhen): Chen Liwen Moderator: Lei Guang, OYCF Board Member

12:30 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. Reform and Rural China

“The Last Hurdle: Does China need the Other China to Finish the Race to Economic Modernity,” Scott Rozelle, Stanford University

Moderator: Dorothy Solinger, Professor of Political Science Emerita, UC Irvine

3:00 p.m. Fieldwork Fellowship Awards, presented by Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow. Moderator: Sida Liu

3:15 p.m. Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. Social Innovation in China: Question time and interaction with the audience

Moderator: OYCF Board Members

4:30 p.m. Audience deliberation and selection of Social Innovation Awards

Moderator: OYCF Board Member

4:50 p.m. Presentation of the 2018 OYCF Social Innovation Awards by Yu Wu, Member of OYCF

5:00 p.m. Free time for fun social activities

6:30 p.m. Dinner and Evening Social

9 p.m. End of the 2018 OYCF Annual Meeting

About the OYCF:

The Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) was established in 1999 to provide a regular platform for the overseas Chinese scholars, graduate students, professionals, and other interested individuals to exchange views on China's development and to develop common aspirations among its members. It is an inclusive, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that advocates volunteerism and cultivates the members’ lasting interest in China’s social, political and economic development and its relationship with the world. For more information, check out http://oycf.net/

About the 21st Century China Center:

The 21st Century China Center is based at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, a globally known professional school of international affairs that focuses its educational, training and research activities on the Asia Pacific region and Latin America. The Center is a hub for global policy and business discussions about China and U.S.- China relations. It seeks to advance China research and policy analysis through collaboration with Chinese partners and engages Chinese and American academic, business and opinion leaders in dialogues that generate new insights to feed into policymaking in both countries. For more information, check out http://china.ucsd.edu/

About the Keynote Speakers:

Gregory Chow is Professor of Economics and Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Princeton University. He has been a major figure in econometrics and applied economics where his academic contribution covers three main areas: econometrics, including the famous “Chow test” in regression analysis, dynamic economics and the Chinese economy. A prolific author, Professor Chow’s publications include 14 books and over 200 articles. In recognition of his lifelong achievement, the National Economics Foundation in China recently awarded him the 2017 China Economics Prize.

Besides academic work, Chow has also been an adviser on economic policy, economic reform, and economic education in both and mainland China. Chow advised former Prime Ministers and economic planners in Taiwan on economic policy from the mid 1960's to the early 1980's. He is also one of the earliest U.S.-based economists going to China in the 1980s and advising its educators and policymakers. He served as Chairman of the American Economic Association's Committee on Exchanges in Economics with the China from 1981 to 1994 and as Co-chairman of the U.S. Committee on Economics Education and Research in China with support from the Ford Foundation from 1985 to 1994. Gregory Chow and his wife Paula have generously supported the OYCF-Chow Teaching Fellowships and Fieldwork Research Fellowships since the early days of OYCF.

Julian Gewirtz is a Fellow in History and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the author of Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China (Harvard University Press, 2017). Previously he worked as Special Advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as at American and Chinese technology companies. His writing on Asia has appeared in publications including the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Scott Rozelle holds the Helen Farnsworth Endowed Professorship at Stanford University and is Senior Fellow and Professor in the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies. Dr. Rozelle's research focuses on the economics of poverty—with an emphasis on the economics of education and health. Dr. Rozelle is the co-director of the Rural Education Action Project (REAP) and is an adjunct professor in 8 Chinese universities. In 2008, Dr. Rozelle was awarded the Friendship Award—the highest honor that can be bestowed on a foreign citizen—by Premiere Wen Jiabao.

(Note: Brief introductions about the three non-profit public interest organizations from China are available in the Chinese version of the agenda)