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On August 25th 2018, the East Asia Institute hosted its third regional workshop for the “Rising China and New Civilization in the Asia Pacific” research project. The workshop, which was held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Beijing, brought together the Korean and Chinese research teams to present and discuss their preliminary draft papers. The workshop was divided into four sessions on China’s economy, energy and the environment, technology, and security. Participants discussed a variety of issues and trends including potential scenarios for the US-China trade war, technological developments in AI and clean energy, military spending and strategy, and gaps in regional economic development and wealth concentration. The first joint report resulting from this ambitious research endeavor is slated to be presented at an international conference in November 2018 in Seoul.

Workshop Participants

Korean Research Team

Yul SOHN, President of the EAI and professor at Yonsei University
Young Sun HA, Chairman of the EAI and professor emeritus at Seoul National University
Chaesung CHUN, director of the Center for International Studies at EAI and professor at Seoul National University
Dong Ryul LEE, director of the Center for China Studies at EAI and professor at Dongduk Women’s University
Sangbae KIM, professor at Seoul National University
Beom Shik SHIN, professor at Seoul National University
Seungjoo LEE, professor at Chung-Ang University
Young Ja BAE, professor at Konkuk University;
Wang Hwi LEE, professor at Ajou University

Chinese Research Team

Junwei LIANG, professor at Shandong University 
Mingshen ZHANG, research fellow at the National Development and Reform Commission
Daojiong ZHA, professor at Beijing University
Yun WANG, senior research fellow at the National Development and Reform Commission
Feiteng ZHONG, senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Douglas FULLER, professor at Zhejiang University
Yunling ZHANG, professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 

Program

09:00-09:20      Welcoming Remarks

                     Professor Yul SOHN, President, East Asia Institute
                     Professor Young Sun HA, Chair, East Asia Institute
                     Professor Yunling ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

09:20-11:20      Session 1. Economy

                     Moderator
                     Professor Young Sun HA, Chair, East Asia Institute
 
                     Presenters
                     Professor Seungjoo LEE, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
                     The US-China Trading Relations
 
                     Professor Wang Hwi LEE, Ajou University, South Korea
                     The International Monetary and Financial Architecture toward 2050: China’s Gaining Influence
 
                      Professor Yun WANG, National Development and Reform Commission, China
                      China’s Economic Growth Trend and Asian Regional Economic Cooperation

                      Professor Junwei LIANG, Shandong University, China
                      China’s Trade Development, Transformation and Challenges

11:30-12:30       Session 2. Energy and the Environment

                      Moderator
                      Professor Feiteng ZHONG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
 
                      Presenters
                      Professor Beom Shik SHIN, Seoul National University, South Korea
                      Prospect of China’s Energy Consumption: Challenges and Responses

                      Professor Daojiong ZHA, Peking University, China
                      Energy in an Evolving Asia-Pacific: a Chinese Perspective

14:00-16:00       Session 3. Technology

                      Moderator
                      Professor Daojiong ZHA, Peking University, China
 
                      Presenters
                      Professor Sangbae KIM, Seoul National University, South Korea
                      US-China Platform Competition in Cyberspace
 
                      Professor Young Ja BAE, Konkuk University, South Korea
                      Science and Technology Innovation in China

                      Professor Douglas FULLER, Zhejiang University, China
                      Searching for China’s Technological Champions: What Past Structural Flaws and Policy Failures Tell Us about the Likelihood of Success for Current Policies

                      Professor Mingshen ZHANG, National Development and Reform Commission, China
                      China’s Digital Transformation and the new Opportunities to Cooperate on Digital Economy in East Asia

16:15-18:00       Session 4. Security

                      Moderator
                      Professor Yunling ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
 
                      Presenters
                      Professor Dong Ryul LEE, Dongduk Women’s University, South Korea
                      Security and Military
 
                      Professor Seong-ho SHEEN, Seoul National University, South Korea
                      China Military 15k/20k/30k

                      Professor Feiteng ZHONG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
                      Rising China, Developmental Security and the Emerging Order in the Asia-Pacific

                      Professor Chaesung CHUN, Seoul National University, South Korea
                      The Economic Growth of China and the Change of Military Balance of Power in Asia