REAP Presents:
Rural Education Policy: An International Workshop
August 21, 2009 – Beijing, China
Location: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
No.11 Jia Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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Objectives
To review policy-relevant research regarding the education and health of rural
students in China
To discuss key issues, challenges and shortcomings of current knowledge and
research methodology
To compare methodologies and discuss opportunities for collaboration and
linkages
Agenda
Opening Remarks
Chair:
Linxiu Zhang, Director, REAP-China; Deputy Director, Center for Chinese
Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Address: Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese
Academy of Sciences
Jin He, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Session One: Nutrition, Health, and School Performance of Rural Students
Chair:
Desheng Lai, Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration,
Beijing Normal University
Development Challenges and Education: New Approaches, New Findings
Linxiu Zhang, Director, REAP-China; Deputy Director, Center for
Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Battling China’s Invisible Epidemic: Nutrition, Education and Investing in China’s
Future
Chengfang Liu, Managing Director, REAP-China; Associate Professor,
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Renfu Luo, Managing Director, REAP-China; Associate Professor, Center
for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scott Rozelle, Director, Rural Education Action Project; Professor,
Stanford University
Comments and Discussion
Discussant: Pingping Hu, Deputy Director, National Assessment of Education Quality
Shi Li, Professor, School of Economics and Business Administration,
Beijing Normal University
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Chair:
Feng Liu, Section Chief, Department of Scientific Research, Northwest
University
Malnutrition in China’s Rural Boarding Schools: The Case of Primary Schools in
Shaanxi Province
Yaojiang Shi, Director, Northwest Socio-Economic Development
Research Center; Professor, School of Economic and Management,
Northwest University
Comments and Discussion
Discussant: Jin Ke, Editor/Reporter, Chinese Education News
Poster presentations
Session Two: Research on Post-Compulsory Education
Chair: Chengjun Ma, Chairman, Institute of Ethnology, Qinghai University for
Nationalities
Barriers to College
Xiaobing Wang, Associate Researcher, Center for Chinese Agricultural
Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute for Agricultural
Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Impacts of Financial Aid on Learning and Post-College Choice in China
Po Yang, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Peking University
Comments and Discussion
Discussant: Zhijun Sun, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Business
Administration, Beijing Normal University
Session Three: Other Relevant Research about Compulsory Education
Chair: Xiaopeng Pang, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,
Renmin University of China
Analysis of Education Status for Migrant Children in Beijing
Xiaochen Ma, Graduate Student, University of California Davis
Impact of Education Resources on Educational Performances in Rural China
Haiqing Zhang, Lecturer, College of Economics and Management, Shanghai
Ocean University
Comments and Discussion
Discussant: Jialing Han, Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Beijing Academy of
Social Sciences
Session Four: Invited Presentations
Chair: Hanping Yan, Deputy Chairman, School of Economic and Management,
Northwest University
Negative Effects of the School Merger Program in rural China
Guiping Yang, Vice Chairman, Zigen Association for Rural Education and
Development
Comments and Discussion
Discussant：Chunlan He, Chief Editor, Education Weekly in Newspaper for People’s
Political Consultative Committee
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Session Five: Current Situation, Problems, and Recommendations of Education
Raised by Education Frontline Professionals
Chair：Wenjiang Chen, Section Chief, Scientific Research Session, Lanzhou
University
Xiangqin Kong,
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Comments and Discussion
Closing Remarks
Participants
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Name
Paul Glewwe
Scott Rozelle
Chernyin Lim
Li Han
Tao Li
6. Chunyan Chen
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10.
Xinxin Chen
Lin Gao
Guangshen Gao
Xiaocai Gao
11. Liqun Ge
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20.
Qianwen Gong
Guangling Gu
Jialing Han
Linghui Han
Jin He
Jikun Huang
Yi Jiang
Jin Ke
Xiangqin Kong
21. Desheng Lai
22. Shi Li
23. Shuanjiu Li
24. Feng Liu
25. Hui Liu
26. Xing Liu
27. Chengfang Liu
28. Jin Luo
Organization
University of Minnesota
Stanford University
Plan International
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peking University HSBC School of Business
Institute of Agricultural Information and Rural Economy Research,
Sichuan Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Zhejiang Gongshuang University
Zigen Foundation
Plan International
School of Public Administration, Northwest University
Institute of Rural Economy, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
Tianjin Institute of Rural Economy and Regional Planning Research
Dean’s Office, Anhui University
Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance
Ford Foundation
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Give2Asia
China Education News
Xi’an Jiaotong University
School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal
University
School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal
University
Student Affairs Section, Sichuan Unversity
Scientific Research Section, Northwest Unversity
School of Economics, Hunan Agricultural University
Institute of Rural Economic , Antai College of Economics and
Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
College of Economics and Management, Shenyang Agricultural
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30.
31.
32.
Mi Luo
Renfu Luo
Wei Ma
Chengjun Ma
33. Xiaopeng Pang
34. Zhongchun Qin
35. Wei Shi
36. Yaojiang Shi
37. Wenli Su
38. Cuiqing Sun
39. Haihua Sun
40. Zhijun Sun
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48.
Wei Wang
Chunhua Wang
Weiqing Wang
Xiaobing Wang
Yuping Wen
Xiangrong Wu
Haiping Xue
Hanping Yan
49. Juan Yang
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57.
58.
Po Yang
Guiping Yang
GuotaoYang
Qin Yu
Honglian Yu
Wei Zhang
Haiqing Zhang
Hongying Zhang
Linxiu Zhang
59. Xiaoying Zhang
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Yongqin Zhang
Youhai Zhu
Ling Li
Xiangli Mu
Ni Zhang
Yuan Tian
Huiping Zhang
Brian Sharbono
Lerong Yu
Sisi Yin
University
China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Ethnology, Qinghai University for Nationalities
Institute of Ethnology, Qinghai University for Nationalities
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin
University of China
Department of Rural Economy, Development Research Center of the
State Council
Farmer’s Daily
Northwest Socio-economic Development Research Center
Plan International
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese
Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Plan International
School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal
University
Longde County Office, Plan International
The Farmer’s Son
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education Bureau of Shilou County, Shanxi Province
China National Institute for Educational Research
College of Education, Capital Normal University
School of Economic and Management, Northwest University
School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal
University
School of Education, Peking University
Zigen Foundation
School of Economics and Management, Ningxia University
Jiangsu Office, Tang Foundations
Plan International
Hongde Education Corporation
College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University
Plan International
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Agricultural Resources Research, Shanxi Academy of
Agricultural Sciences
Jiangsu Office, Tang Foundations
Chunhua County Office, Plan International
Beijing Institute of Agricultural Vocational Education
Huazhong Agricultural University
Plan International
Hongde Education Corporation
School of Economics and Management, Ningxia University
Stanford University
China Agricultural University
Farmers’ Daily
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70. Qianhan Xie
71. Chunling Xue
72. Jin Wang
73. Zijun Wang
74. Lei Liu
75. Yu Ren
76. Chunyan Yu
77. Qiang Li
78. Huixia Liu
79. Junxia Zeng
80. Yuxian Hu
81. Yin Ren
82. Hua Liu
83. Xiangmei Li
84. Yan Wang
85. Yusheng Chen
86. Yongwei Cui
87. Yanjie Zhang
88. Junfei Bai
89. Jinyang Cai
90. Yaqing Cai
91. Huang Chen
92. Huanguang Qiu
93. Mengzhi Deng
94. Liangliang Gao
95. Linke Hou
96. Ruifa Hu
97. Kaixing Huang
98. Zhurong Huang
99. Jing Jiang
100.Jingsong Li
101.Kunli Li
102.Luping Li
103.Xiaofei Li
104.Qin Liang
105.Yake Liu
106.Haiyan Liu
107.Hao Luan
108.Jinxia Wang
109.Linyan Wang
110.Xing Wen
111.Cheng Xiang
112.Jingqin Xu
113.Huan Yang
114.Hongmei Yi
115.Ai Yue
Plan International
College of Education and Management, South China Agricultural
University
Institute of Rural Economy, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
School of Management, Fudan University
Zigen Foundation
Beijing University of Agriculture
Nanjing West Street Primary School, Jinagsu
Beijing Forestry University
Northwest University
Renmin University of China
Renmin University of China
Beijing University of Agriculture
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing Agricultural University
China Agricultural University
Iadi-caae, Ministry of Agriculture
Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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116.Jinlei Zhang
117.Sen Zhang
118.Qiran Zhao
119.Huayong Zhi
120.Fang Chang
121.Xiaoxia Jiang
122.Fan Li
123.Chu Yang
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Northwest Socio-Economic Development Research Center
Northwest Socio-Economic Development Research Center
Northwest Socio-Economic Development Research Center
Northwest Socio-Economic Development Research Center
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