The program consists of a 3-day workshop and two
parallel field visits. The duration of the program is
10 working days in China.
Workshop
The workshop sessions are designed
to be interactive and includes presentations
and discussions by both Chinese and African officials
and policy advisors, as well as a limited number
of international development practitioners. Each
session will have two presentations - one by a senior
Chinese official or policy researcher and one by
an African official or expert, and a panel with
two discussants (one Chinese and one African), followed
by discussion/Q&A. The African participants
are expected to take an active part in the event
and may be requested to serve as panelists/discussants
to share their own challenges and experiences.
Below are some of the materials presented during the workshop.
Sessions |
Presentations, Speakers, and Bios
(all documents are in  PDF format ) |
| I. Tackling Development Challenges: How Can China’s Experience Inform Africa’s Development Challenges? |
Lessons of China’s Transition from a Planned Economy to a Market Economy by Justin Yifu LIN 
- Paper (English)
- Presentation (English)
Africa’s Development Challenges by Augustin FOSU
- Presentation (English)
Panel Discussion by Fulin CHI |
| II. Agriculture Reform and Rural Development |
China’s Agriculture Reform and Rural Development by Yan FANG
- Presentation (English)
- Presentation (Chinese)
Trends in Africa’s Agricultural Development and Major Challenges by Boaz B. KEIZIRE
- Presentation (English)
Experiences of Development in the Post Colonization Era: Industrialization & Rural Problems under the Typical Dual System by Tiejun WEN
- Presentation (English/Chinese) |
| III. Infrastructure Development |
The Experience on Developing China’s Transport Infrastructure by Xiaobei GUO
- Presentation (English/Chinese)
Meeting Africa’s Infrastructure Demand: Progress and Challenges by Metiku Oqubay ARKEBE
- Presentation (English)
Panel Discussion by Xin WANG and Vincent GATWABUYEGE |
| IV. Special Economic Zones, FDI and Trade Development |
Trade Development, FDI, and Special Economic Zones: China’s Experience by Yansheng ZHANG
- Presentation (English)
- Presentation (Chinese)
FDI and Export Competitiveness in Africa. What are the challenges and what can we learn from the Chinese Experience? by Premila ROY
- Presentation (English)
Panel Discussion by Guoqiang LONG |
| IV. China’s Cooperation and Engagement with Africa |
Promoting China-Africa Cooperation for Mutual Benefits: Exploring New Development Road for Mankind by Ruogu LI
- Presentation (English)
- Presentation (Chinese)
Panel Discussion by Yajing XIE
China’s Cooperation and Engagement with Africa: A COMESA Perspective by Andrew NGONE
- Presentation (English) |
Click here ( PDF) to see the full workshop agenda, including all speakers, presentations, and detailed sessions.
Field
Visits
The workshop program is followed
by field visits. To maximize the learning experience
and impact, two parallel field visits (participants
will be divided into two groups) are arranged
during the program period. These field visits are
intended to:
• broaden and deepen participants’ understanding
of the historic, social and cultural context of
China’s economic reforms and developments;
• provide a unique opportunity to interact
with practitioners at the local level on how they
have transformed their local economy to sustain
a shared growth that benefit local population with
an impact on poverty reduction; and
• allow participants to witness and evaluate
the long-term impact on the ground of China’s
strategies and policies. Each group’s itinerary includes a visit to one of China’s inland provinces,
and to one province in the dynamic coastal region.
Destinations for the field visits are: Group A: Jiangxi
Province and Zhejiang Province
Group B: Guangxi Automous Region and Guangdong
ProvinceIn inland provinces (Guangxi and
Jiangxi) the field visits will focus on poverty
reduction and rural development projects that have
a direct impact on poverty reduction; while in coastal
provinces (Guangdong and Zhejiang), the field visit
will focus on issues related to investment (infrastructure,
Township and Village Enterprises, private sector
development) and opening up (trade, Foreign Direct
Investment and Special Economic Zones).Click here
(
PDF)
to see the field visit program.
The program concludes with
a half-day wrap up session in Beijing. An optional
cultural program is organized on the final
day of the program. |
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