Editor, China s Great Urbanization (with Zheng Yongnian and Sarah Y. Tong), London: Routledge, forthcoming.

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1 Dr. Zhao Litao Senior Research Fellow East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore List of Publications (Updated March 2016) Books, Book Chapters, and Journal Articles Editor, China s Great Urbanization (with Zheng Yongnian and Sarah Y. Tong), London: Routledge, forthcoming. Chinese Society: Stability and Governance, East Asian Policy 8(1): 25-39, January/March Educational Expansion in China: Evidence from the 2010 Census, pp in Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Gavin W. Jones (eds.) Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia, Switzerland: Springer, January Growing Educational Exchanges between Singapore and China, pp in Zheng Yongnian and Lye Liang Fook (eds.) Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years, Singapore: World Scientific, January The Distributional Effects of Provincial-Level Educational Financing Reform (with Li Ling et al.), Social Science in China ( 中国社会科学 ), 239(11): , November State-mediated Knowledge Transfer and Resource Mobility: A Case Study of China Local Government Entrepreneurship (with Shiuh-Shen Chien), Issues and Studies 51(2): 39-78, June Chongqing under Sun Zhengcai (with Qian Jiwei), East Asian Policy 7(2): 51-62, April/June Chinese Society Adjusting to the New Normal, East Asian Policy 7(1): 37-50, January/March New Hukou Guidelines in China, East Asian Policy 6(4): 51-63, October/December Singapore s Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing (in Chinese), pp in Mo Daoming, Qi Dongtao and Liu Ji (eds.) Social Development and Social Policy: International Experience and China s Reform, Beijing: Dongfang chubanshe, September China s Science and Technology System: Governance, Funding and Performance, East Asian Policy 6(3): 53-66, July/September From Stability Overriding Everything to Social Governance : The Evolving Approach to Social Order in China (with H. Christoph Steinhardt), pp in Zheng Yongnian and Lance L.P. Gore (eds.) China Entering the Xi Jinping Era, London: Routledge. 1

2 Chinese Society: Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform, East Asian Policy 6(1):45-54, January/March Social Policy Innovation for Migrant Workers, Exploration and Free Views ( 探索与争鸣 ), 20(1): 17-19, January Singapore Building an Inclusive Society (in Chinese, with John Wong), pp in Lü Yuanli and Chen Jiaxi (eds.) Singapore Studies, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, January Income Inequality in Singapore (in Chinese), pp in Lü Yuanli and Chen Jiaxi (eds.) Singapore Studies, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, January Translating Concept into Practice: Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Project (with Chen Gang), pp in Saw Swee-Hock and John Wong (eds.) Advancing Singapore-China Economic Relations, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, January Singapore s Social Development in Transition ( 新加坡社会发展转型 )(with John Wong), Singapore: World Scientific, November Chinese Society after 2012: New Leaders, New Expectation (with Qi Dongtao), East Asian Policy 5(1): 42-54, February Editor, China s Social Development and Policy, London: Routledge, Introduction, pp.1-16 in Litao Zhao (ed.) China's Social Development and Policy, London: Routledge, Singapore s Social Development Experience: Relevant Lesson for China? (with John Wong), pp in Litao Zhao (ed.) China s Social Development and Policy, London: Routledge, Introduction for Part III: Social Transformation, Stability and Governance, pp in Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.) China: Development and Governance, Singapore: World Scientific, China's Higher Education Reform: The Issue of Governance, pp in Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.) China: Development and Governance, Singapore: World Scientific, Singapore s Socio-economic Development Strategies (with John Wong), China Social Work ( 中国社会工作 )130: 45-47, August "China's Plan for Higher Education ( )", East Asian Policy 3(3): 88-97, July/September China s Higher Education Reform: What Has Not Been Changed? (with Zhu Jinjing), East Asian Policy 2 (4): , October/December Reforming China's Funding of Compulsory Education: Changes and Their Outcomes, Social Sciences in China 31: 55-73, Religious Revival and the Emerging Secularism in China, pp in Michael Heng Siam-Heng and Ten Chin Liew (eds.) State and Secularism: Perspective from Asia, Singapore: World Scientific,

3 China s Labor Shortage at the after-crisis Era (with Huang Yanjie), East Asian Policy 2(3): 5-13, July/September "China's Blueprint for Health Care Reform" (with Huang Yanjie), East Asian Policy 2(1): 51-59, January/March "Will Social Stability in China be Undermined in the Financial Crisis" (with Huang Yanjie), pp in Zheng Yongnian and Sarah Y. Tong (eds.) China and the Global Economic Crisis, Singapore: World Scientific, Local Economic Transition in China: A Perspective on Taiwan Investment (with Chien Shiu-Shen), pp in John Wong and Bo Zhiyue (eds.) China s Reform in Global Perspective, Singapore: World Scientific, China Attracting Global Talent: Central and Local Initiatives (with Zhu Jinjing), China: An International Journal 7(2): , August China s Reform of Compulsory Education Funding: Changes and Effects, Social Sciences in China ( 中国社会科学 ), 178(4): 80-92, July Editor, China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society (with Lin Tin Seng), Singapore: World Scientific, China's Higher Education: Growth and Problems (with Sheng Sixin), pp in Zhao Litao and Lim Tin Seng (eds.) China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society, Singapore: World Scientific, The Tainted Milk Formula Incident: Another Hard Lesson for China (with Lin Tin Seng), pp in Zhao Litao and Lim Tin Seng (eds.) China's New Social Policy: Initiatives for a Harmonious Society, Singapore: World Scientific, Women's Political Participation in China (with Guo Xiajuan), East Asian Policy 1(3): 42-49, July/September "Between Local Community and Central State: Financing Basic Education in China". International Journal of Educational Development 29 (4): , July Will the Unemployed in China Run out of Control?" (with Huang Yanjie), East Asian Policy, 1(2): 32-39, April/June Singapore s Experience in Social Development (with John Wong)( 新加坡社会发展经验 ), Singapore: World Scientific, Editor, China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (with Yang Dali), Singapore: World Scientific, Financing China's Higher Education Expansion (with Sheng Sixin), pp in Seren T. Hall and Megan W. Lewis (eds.) Education in China: 21st Century Issues and Challenges, New York: Nova Science, The Kunshan Model: Learning from Taiwanese Investors (with Chien Shiu-Shen), Built Environment 34: , Paths to Private Entrepreneurship: Markets and Mobility in Rural China. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller,

4 Legitimacy and Private Entrepreneurship in China s Transitional Economy (with Hongwei Xu), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Organization and Management Theory Division, China s Religious Survival and Policy Changes, Twenty-First Century ( 二十一世纪 ), 109(10), October Chinese Government Spending on Primary Education: Inequality and Trend (with Tan Soon Heng), pp in John Wong and Wei Liu (eds.) China's Surging Economy: Adjusting for More Balanced Development, Singapore: World Scientific, Social Dilemmas of High Economic Growth, pp in Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, Reforming Hukou to Protect Migrant Labour, pp in Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, China's Cultural Development (with Tan Soon Heng), pp in Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, China s Booming Higher Education (with Quan Xiaohong), pp in Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds.) Interpreting China's Development, Singapore: World Scientific, China's Cultural Rise: Visions and Challenges (with Tan Soon Heng). China: An International Journal 5 (1): , March Returns to Education in Rural China, Frontiers of Education in China 2:30-47, Labor Market Reforms Under Hu-Wen Administration, pp in John Wong and Lai Hongyi (eds.) China into the Hu-Wen Era: Policy Initiatives and Challenges. Singapore: World Scientific, Market Transition and Human Resources Allocation: Changes and Variations of Returns to Education in China, pp in Gu Xin (ed.) Social Policy in China ( 中国社会政策 ), Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, Political Office and Household Wealth: Rural China in the Deng Era (with Andrew Walder), China Quarterly 186: , June Returns to Education in Rural China, Social Sciences in China ( 中国社会科学 ), 159 (3): , May "From Cadre Managers to Private Entrepreneurs: Entry into Family Business in Rural China", Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 19: , Family and Village Politics, , Twenty-First Century ( 二十一世纪 ), 55: 45-53, October

5 Policy Reports and Other Publications Chinese Society in 2015: Development under the New Normal, EAI Background Brief No. 1092, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 December China to End the One-Child Policy, EAI Bulletin 17(2), November Grass-Roots Governance in Shanghai, EAI Background Brief No. 1078, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 November Singapore s Social Development, report for the Institute of Public Administration and Human Resources, Development Research Center of State Council, China, October Discussant Notes on Topography and Writing Ethnography of Religion under the Urbanization of China, pp in Wu Keping and R. Michael Feener (eds.) Religion and Development in China: Innovations and Implications, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, April Editor, EAI Bulletin 17(1), East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, April China's 2015 Lianghui : Government Agenda in the Social Domain (with Qian Jiwei), EAI Background Brief No. 1009, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 19 March China's Pension Reform under Xi Jinping, EAI Background Brief No. 1005, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 5 March Book review: James Lee, James Midgley and Yapeng Zhu (eds.) Social Policy and Change in East Asia (Plymouth: Lexington Books), 2014, in Journal of Social Policy, 44(1): , January Chinese Society in 2014: Adjusting to the New Normal, EAI Background Brief No.979, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 December Chongqing under Sun Zhengcai (with Qian Jiwei), EAI Background Brief No.972, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 20 November Hukou Reform in Shanghai and Guangdong: An Update, EAI Background Brief No.943, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August Xi Jinping-Li Keqiang's Hukou Reform: New Guidelines and Implications, EAI Background Brief No.942, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August China's Science and Technology System: Governance, Funding and Performance, EAI Background Brief No.926, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 12 June China's Blueprint for Social Reform, EAI Bulletin 16(1), March "Rejuvenating China through Human Resource Development", EAI Background Brief No.894, 13 February

6 Chinese Society in 2013(I): Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform, EAI Background Brief No.878, 20 December China's Human Resources Development, in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, No. 16: 11-23, November Social Reform and Innovation in Zhuhai (in Chinese) (with other EAI research team members), report to Zhuhai government, October China's Social Policy Reform in Deep Water, EAI Background Brief No.849, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 12 September The East Asian Welfare Model Is Facing Challenges (in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 23 August 2013 China's Population Policy: Debates and Adjustments (with Hong Ciyuan Lily), EAI Background Brief No. 840, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 August China's 10,000 Talents Scheme : Nurturing Homegrown Talents (with Hong Ciyuan Lily), EAI Background Brief No.817, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 May China's Social Policy Reform: Unfinished Business, EAI Bulletin, March "East Asia s Higher Education Reform from the Perspective of Developmentalism (in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 27 February Towards More Equal Access to Growth Benefits through Social Policy (in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 25 January The Chinese Society in 2012: Minsheng, Minsheng, Still Minsheng (with Qi Dongtao), EAI Background Brief No. 776, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 13 December The Governance Reform of China s Higher Education (in Chinese), report to Ford Foundation (Beijing), October Higher Education Reform in East Asia (in Chinese), report to Ford Foundation (Beijing), October China s Higher Education Reform (in Chinese), report to Ford Foundation (Beijing), October Welfare Institutions Are not the Root Cause of Welfare State Crisis (in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 7 September Vocational Education in Tianjin, Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, No.12: 13-17, September Why Can Singapore Succeed? (in Chinese, with John Wong), Huaxia Think Tank, Shanghai Huaxia Academy of Social Development Research, June

7 Managing Internal Migration in China: From Control-Oriented to Service-Oriented (with Xiong Guangqing), EAI Background Brief No.730, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 June Singapore s Economic and Social Development Strategies (in Chinese, with John Wong), Huaxia Think Tank, Shanghai Huaxia Academy of Social Development Research, May Think Tank Development in Hong Kong (with Kwong Kin ming), EAI Background Brief No.717, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 27 April Why Fewer and Fewer Rural Students Going to Good Universities is a Big Issue (in Chinese), Chinese Social Sciences Today, 21 March China Attracting International Students, EAI Background Brief No. 680, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 December China's Higher Education as Soft Power?, EAI Background Brief No. 659, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 September "An Update on China's Public Housing Programmes", pp.7-12 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update, No.8, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, July China's Plan for Higher Education ( ), EAI Background Brief No.617, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 15 April A Blueprint for the Future: China's Plan for Education Reform and Development ( ), EAI Background Brief No.616, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 15 April Higher Education Reform (2010 to 2020) in China, EAI Bulletin 13(1), March Community Building in Shanghai (with Shi Fayong), EAI Background Brief No.580, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 November Community Building in Tianjin, pp.1-9 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update No. 5, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, October Tianjin s Housing Provident Fund, pp in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update No. 5, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, October China's Hukou Reform: The Guangdong and Shanghai Cases (with Courtney Fu Rong), EAI Background Brief No.551, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 13 August Book Review: Yin Hongbiao, Footprints of the Missing: Thoughts of the Youth during the Cultural Revolution (in Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, China Information 24: , July China s Higher Education: What Has Not Been Changed? (with Zhu Jinjing), EAI Background Brief No. 539, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 June

8 China s Labor Shortage in the After-Crisis Era (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No. 539, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 June School Killings and the Rise of Violent Crimes in China (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No. 535, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 17 June Editor, EAI Bulletin 12(1), May Tianjin s Social Security System, pp.1-8 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update No. 3, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, April Unemployment Problem of China's Youth, (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No. 523, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 28 April China's 'Super Rich' (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.522, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 21 April China's Rapidly Growing Non-Governmental Organizations (with Xu Ying), EAI Background Brief No.514, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 March Tianjin s Social Development: The Less Privileged among the Most Privileged, pp.1-12 in Tianjin Development: A Quarterly Update No.2, prepared for the Ministry of National Development, January China Moves to Reform Its Health Care System (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No.486, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 October China s New Rich: Privately Admired but Publicly Hated, EAI Bulletin 11(2), September China Attracting Global Top Talents: Central and Local Government Initiatives (with Zhu Jinjing), EAI Background Brief No.473, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 2 September Women s Political Participation in China (with Zheng Yongnian and Guo Xiajuan), EAI Background Brief No.453, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 May Will Return Migrants Become Engineers of Rural Transformation? EAI Bulletin 11(1), April Unemployment and Social Instability in China: Will They Run out of Control (with Huang Yanjie), EAI Background Brief No.439, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 March Between Local Community and Central State: Financing Basic Education in China, East Asian Institute Working Paper No.148, March Old Age Care in China (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.432, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 February

9 Return Rural Migration in China: A Source of Social Instability or a Force for Rural Transformation?, EAI Background Brief No.424, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 9 January The Tainted Milk Formula Scandal: Another Hard Lesson for China (with Lim Tin Sen), EAI Background Brief No.406, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 29 September Volunteerism: Beijing Olympics and Beyond, EAI Bulletin 10(2), September Fast and Furious: Problems of China's Higher Education Expansion (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.395, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 24 July China s Great Leap in Higher Education (with Sheng Sixin), EAI Background Brief No.394, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 24 July Olympic Games and the New Image of China, EAI Bulletin, 10(1), April China s New Labour Contract Law: Belated Convent to Better Protection of Workers (with Lim Tin Seng), EAI Background Brief No.378, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 April China's Regulation of Religion in a Changing Context (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.369, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 February Religious Revival in China (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.368, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 February Building Social Institutions: The Party's New Vision, EAI Bulletin, 9(2), December China's Social Protests: Political Threat or Growing Pains (with Andrew G. Walder), EAI Background Brief No.357, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 November Cross-regional cadre transfer and local economic development: Evidence from Jiangsu, China (with Chien Shiu-Shen), EAI Working Paper No.139, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 4 October Editor, EAI Bulletin 9(1), June Planning for a Cultural Renaissance: China's Blueprint for the Future (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.335, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 May China's Cultural Development: Cultural Rise to Come After Economic Rise (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.334, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 30 May China's Cultural Rise: Its Domestic Ramifications (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.297, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 August

10 China's Cultural Rise in the Context of Its Peaceful Rise (with Tan Soon Heng), EAI Background Brief No.296, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 August China s Hukou System: Multifaceted Changes and Institutional Causes (with Li Jianying), China Policy Institute Discussion Paper No.9, University of Nottingham, June China Reforming the Hukou System: Reducing Discrimination against Rural Population (with Li Jianying), EAI Background Brief No.284, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 May Time to Care for Migrant Workers: New Social Initiatives in the Hu-Wen Era, EAI Background Brief No.272, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 February Supergirl: Political Implications of a Nonpolitical Show, EAI Bulletin 7(2), November Labor Shortage in a Labor Abundant Country?, EAI Background Brief No.260, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 28 October Cadre Exit in China's Economic Transition, EAI Background Brief No.237, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 14 April Conference Papers, Seminars and Invited Presentations Educational Relationship between Singapore and China, presented at the book launch of Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years, 23 February Chinese Society: Stability and Governance, presented at the East Asia Outlook 2016, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 19 January One Belt One Road" and Geo-religion (in Chinese), presented at the 6 th Southwest China Forum, held in Diqing, Yunan, October China s Social Challenges, lecture at the "Understanding China" course, MFA Diplomatic Academy, 19 August Party in Grassroots Governance: The Case of Shanghai, presented at the International Conference on The Chinese Communist Party in Action, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. State-Society Relations in China, lecture at Academy of Singapore Teachers, 8 May Globalization and Income Inequality (in Chinese), seminar at the School of Culture and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, 13 April How Did Singapore Deal with the Little India Riot? (in Chinese, with John Wong), at the Conference on Grassroots Governance and Urban Security, organized by Shanghai Party School, 11 April

11 Urban Planning and Governance (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture at Shanghai Party School, No.2 Campus, 10 April Singapore s Experience in Social Development (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture at Shanghai Party School, No.2 Campus, 10 April China s Social Policy under Xi Jinping, dialogue with Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, 12 March Singapore's Social Transformations (in Chinese), lecture to H1 teachers of Singapore Studies in Chinese, 28 January Is the Chinese Society Stable? (with Shan Wei), presented at the East Asian Outlook 2015, 9 January China's Pension Reform: Still in 'Deep Water', presented at the Workshop on China's Social Policy and Governance under Xi Jinping, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, 28 November China's Urbanization and Hukou Reform, presented at the 3rd China Symposium China s Socio-political Reforms since the Third Plenum: Continuity or Groundbreaking?, organized by Civil Service College, 6 November China's Social Reform under Xi Jinping, presented at the Moganshan Forum, organized by the International Cooperation Center, National Development and Reform Commission, China, 18 September China's Social Policy Reform: The Perspective of Fragmented Developmentalism, paper presented at the International Conference on Reform and Public Sector in China, organized by the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, 17 August Singapore's Approach to Urban Planning (with John Wong), presented at NEAT Working Group Meeting, Singapore, 1 August Urbanization in China, lecture at Nanyang Girl s High School, 31 July China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (with John Wong), presented at "Meeting the Energy Demand of Cities" organized by EU-Asia Dialogue, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 4 June China s Social Changes and Social Policy (in Chinese), lecture for Teachers of H1 China Studies in Chinese, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language, 14 May China s Urbanization Program, presented at the Executive Development and Growth Exchange Programme, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development, 21 March Social Development in China, presented at the Civil Service College, 28 February Chinese Society: Rebuilding the Momentum of Social Reform, presented at East Asia Outlook 2014, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 17 January

12 Urbanization: China and the Developing World (with John Wong), presented at the International Conference on Urbanisation in China: Challenges and Prospects, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 5-6 September "Singapore's Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing", presented at the International Conference on Social Development and Social Policy: International Experiences and China's Reform, organized by the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, August China's Social Policy from a Central-Local Perspective (with Qian Jiwei), presented at the ISAS-EAI Workshop on Federalism in China and India, August China s Social Security Reform, presented at Civil Service College, 5 August Singapore's Experience in Social Development and Management (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture to Chinese officials in Kaiyuan, Yunnan, 24 June Urbanization: The Singapore Experience (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture to Chinese officials at Party School of Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 26 June Singapore's Experience in Social Development and Management (in Chinese, with John Wong), lecture to Chinese officials at Party School of Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 18 June Urban Planning and Land Use: The Singapore Experience (in Chinese, with John Wong), seminar at Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey, 17 June 2013 Educational Expansion in China: Evidence from 2010 Census Data, presented at the Conference 40 Percent of the World: Population Change, Human Capital and Development in China, India and Indonesia, organized by J Y Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre, Global Asia Institute, NUS, May China's Higher Education Reform (in Chinese), presented at the 5th World Forum on China Studies, organized by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, March China's Social Challenges, lecture at Understanding China Course, MFA Diplomatic Academy, 12 March Chinese Society (with Qi Dongtao), presented at East Asia Outlook 2013, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 January Social Risks Management (in Chinese), lecture at LKY School of Public Policy, PP5721, 8 January Social Protests and Unstable Factors (in Chinese), lecture at LKY School of Public Policy, PP5721, 4 January China's Social Policy Reform: What Comes Next?, keynote speech at the International Conference on Social Policy and Governance Innovation: Towards Social Equity and Cohesion in Asia, South China University of Technology,1-2 December

13 From Community Management to Social Management: China s New Approach to Managing Social Complexity, presented at China's 18th Party Congress: New Leaders, New Direction, An International Conference Commemorating East Asian Institute's 15th Anniversary, October Development of Philanthropy in China, at the Panel on Trends and Development of China s Philanthropy organized by Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (ACSEP), NUS Business School, 14 September Challenges for Sustainable Development: Welfare Crisis and China s Social Policy Reform, presented at the International Symposium on The Next Decade: Opportunities and Challenges of China s Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, 25 July Researching Social Stratification in Chinese Education, presented at J Y Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre inaugural workshop on Human Capital in China, India and Indonesia, 5-6 July China as a New Popular Destination for International Students: The Role of the Soft Power Discourse, presented at the ARI-GUISM conference on Education Mobilities in East Asia, May China's Higher Education Governance (in Chinese), presented at the Conference on China's Higher Education Reform, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and China and Globalization Center, Beijing, 21 April Singapore s Education and Healthcare (in Chinese), lecture to officials from Shanwei, Guangdong, 22 November Singapore s CPF and Social Security System (in Chinese), lecture to officials from Shanwei, Guangdong, 24 November Building Modern Universities with Chinese Characteristics: The Issue of Governance and Accountability, seminar at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 11 November China's 2020 Education Reform and Its Implications on Higher Education Partnership and Internationalization, presented at the 3rd Annual Higher Education Leadership Asia Summit, Hilton Hotel, Singapore, 19 October China's Education Reform and Development, Shell Scenario Planning Workshop, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore, 18 October China's Social Challenges, lecture at MFA DiplomaticAcademy, 16 September Equalizing Basic Public Services: International Experiences (in Chinese), presented at the International Conference on Improving People s Livelihood and Public Services, jointly organized by the Research Department of Social Development, Development Research Center of State Council, China and East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 August China's Growing Attraction for International Students, presented at the International Conference on China and Its Neighbors, jointly organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, May

14 Translating Concept into Practice: Singapore-China Tianjin Eco-City Project (with Chen Gang), presented at the International Conference on 20 Years of Advancing Singapore-China Relations, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 May China s Social Development and Implications, presented at the Raffles Institution & East Asian Institute Joint Seminar, 27 April Homeownership: Singapore s Public Housing Policy (in Chinese), seminar at Xi an Jiaotong University, 23 March Responsibility and Boundary: The Role of Government in Social Reforms, presented at the 5th Anniversary Conference of China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, 29 October Singapore's Experience in Social Development: Relevant Lesson for China? (with John Wong), presented at the International Conference on China's Social Policy Reform: Challenges and Direction, jointly organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and Research Department of Social Development, Development Research Center, State Council of China, 31 July Chinese Workers on Strike: Challenges and Responses (in Chinese), presented at the 5 th Conference of ASEAN-China People-to-people Friendship Organizations, Singapore, 29 July Understanding China s Social Challenges, lecture at the Understanding China Course, MFA Diplomatic Academy, 4 May Pathways to Higher Education in Singapore (in Chinese), presented at the International Conferences on University Admission and Constitutional Equity, Peking University, 6-7 March China's Developmental Challenges: From Growth to Distribution, presented at the EAI-ISAS joint workshop on China and India: Towards Greater Engagement? The University Hall, National University of Singapore, 19 January Singapore s Education and Healthcare (in Chinese), lecture to officials from Shanwei, Guangdong, 13 September Singapore s CPF and Social Security System (in Chinese), lecture to officials from Shanwei, Guangdong, 9 September Singapore s Social Development, lecture to the Chinese delegation from Tianjin Eco-City, 31 July China s Social Challenges, lecture at the Inaugural Course on China, MFA Diplomatic Academy, 3 July What is Wrong with Decentralization? Education-Finance Reform in Rural China, presented at the Center for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 20 March Recent Developments in the Chinese Society and Culture, presented at the Ministry of Education training program, 25 February

15 Taiwanese Investors and Local China's Transition (with Chien Shiu-Shen), presented at the International Conference on China s Three Decades of Reform and Development in Global Perspective, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 7-8 November China s Social Problems, presented at the Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 17 June Financing Compulsory Education in China: Policy Changes and Effects, presented at the International Conference on China and India: Economic and Social Development, jointly organized by Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, India; The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore; and Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, March Can Cross-regional Cadre Transfer Help Local Economic Development? (with Chien Shiuh-Shen), seminar at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 July Chinese Government Spending on Primary Education: Inequality and Trend (with Tan Soon Heng), presented at the International Conference on China s Surging Economy, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, August Labor Market Reforms under the Hu-Wen Administration, presented at the International Conference on China into the Hu Jintao Era: Policy Initiatives and Challenges, organized by East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 August