Wednesday, July 4th

8:30am-9:00am Attendants Signing in (Yifu Building)

9:00am-9:40am　SectionⅠOpening Ceremony　　　(Yifu Building)

﹡Directing Ceremony:

　 - Chair: Prof. Ruilong Yang, Dean of School of Economics, Renmin Univ. of China

1. Welcome to the guests: 9:00am-9:05am

2. Opening address: 9:05am-9:10am

　　 - Prof. Yulu Chen, the President of Renmin Univ. of China

3. Address: 9:10am-9:20am

　　 - Prof. Yoshiro Higano, the President of RSAI

4. Address: 9:20am-9:25am

　　 - Prof. Jean-Claude Thill, the Vice-President and President-elect of RSAI

5. Address: 9:25am-9:35am

- Prof. Jichung Yang , the President of PRSCO

6. Address: 9:35am-9:40am

- Prof. Shouyi Hao, the President of The Regional Science Association of China

9:40am-10:00am　　Group Photo and Tea Break　　(Yifu Building)

10:00am-12:25pm　 Keynote Speech　　　　　　　　(Yifu Building)

SectionⅡ Keynote Speeches

﹡Chair: Prof. Jiuwen Sun, the Director of the Institute of Regional & Urban Economics, Renmin Univ. of China

10:00am-10:20am　Keynote Speech, Prof. Wenlian Cao, Director of International Cooperation Center, National Development and Reform Commission, China

10:25am-10:45am Keynote Speech, Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Title: The Impact of Infrastructure on Trade: Evidence from Meta Analysis

10:50am-11:10am Keynote Speech, Prof. Yoshiro Higano, the President of RSAI. Title: Why we should consider city management? A system for generating external economic benefit and social optimization

11:15am-11:35am Keynote Speech, Prof. Jean-Claude Thill, the Vice- president and President-elect of RSAI

11:40am-12:00pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Jizhe Ning, Deputy Director of State Council Research Office of China

12:05pm-12:25pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Keyun Zhang, School of Economics, Renmin Univ. of China, the Member of the National Planning Committee

2:00pm-3:25pm　　Keynote Speech　　　　　　　　(Yifu Building)

Section Ⅲ Keynote Speeches

Chair: Prof. Yoshiro Higano, the President of RSAI

14:00pm-14:20pm　 Keynote Speech, Prof. Kaizhong Yang, General Secretary of Peking University and the Chairperson of the Regional Science Association of China

14:25pm-14:45pm　Keynote Speech, Prof. Shouyi Hao from Nankai Univ., the Deputy Director of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee of TianjinBinhai New Area, the President of the Regional Science Association of China

14:50pm-15:10pm　Keynote Speech, Prof. Houkai Wei, the Deputy Director of Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science, the Member of State Planning Committee

15:15pm-15:35pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Seong-Kyu Ha, the Vice President of Chung-Ang University, Korea

3:30pm-3:55pm　　Tea Break　　　　　　　　　 (Yifu Building)

3:55pm-5:35pm　　 Keynote Speech　　　　　　　　(Yifu Building)

Section Ⅳ Keynote Speeches

Chair: Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands

16:00pm~16:20pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Jiuwen Sun, the President-elect of the Regional Science Association of China, Director of the Institute of Regional & Urban Economics, Renmin Univ. of China

16:20pm~16:40pm Keynote Speech, Prof.Zuoquan Zhao, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Science

16:45pm~17:05pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Jichung Yang, the President of PRSCO

17:15pm~17:35pm Keynote Speech, Prof. Zheng Wang, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Science

17:40pm~18:00pm　Keynote Speech, Prof. Jincheng Xiao, Director of Institute of Land Development & Regional Economy, Academy of Macroeconomic Research, National Development and Reform Commission

Thursday, July 5th

7:30am-6:00pm Attendants Signing in (Mingde Main Building 734)

8:30am-10:00am　　　 Parallel Sessions 5-1　

501. Visionary Special Session on Smart Future Cities: The New Urban World: Diamonds Forever(8:30am-12:30pm Mingde Main Building 728 )

502. Sustainability for Urban, Regional and Environment Development in China (Mingde Main Building734)

503. Regional Innovation (Mingde Main Building419)

504. Response to Regional Emergency　(Mingde Main Building729)

10:20 am-11:50am　　　 Parallel Sessions 5-2

505. Urbanization and Urban management in China (Mingde MainBuilding411)

506. Real Estate Markets and Urban Economic Development (Mingde MainBuilding413)

507. Theory and Practice of Regional Industrial Agglomeration (Mingde MainBuilding734)

2:00pm-4:00pm　 Parallel Sessions 5-3

508. Sustainability for Urban, Regional and Environment Development in China (Mingde MainBuilding734)

509. Spatial econometrics and its application (Mingde MainBuilding405)

510. Economic Security and Economic Policy (Mingde MainBuilding411)

4:20pm-6:20pm　 Parallel Sessions 5-4

511. Urban and Regional Issues in Asia-Pacific region (Mingde MainBuilding729)

512. Theory of Regional Science (Mingde MainBuilding413)

513. Urban and Regional Issues (Mingde MainBuilding728)

514. Regional Science Association of China Special Session (Institute of Regional Cooperation & Opening-up, International Cooperation Center, National Development & Reform Commission 1st Anniversary) (2:30pm- 6:00pm Ming de Main Building 419)