Comparison of Policy Experiments: Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
The 16th Annual JCPA and ICPA-Forum Workshop
Hosted by
School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Date:
March 30-31, 2018
Venue:
School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM), Tsinghua University
（清华大学公共管理学院）
JCPA Workshop Steering Committee
Iris Geva-May, Founding President, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and Founding Editor-in-chief, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Leslie A. Pal, Chancellor's Professor and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Management of Carleton University and Executive Editor, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Xufeng Zhu, Associate Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Local Organizing Committee of 16th JCPA Workshop at Tsinghua University
Faculty Committee:
Yongheng YANG, Xufeng ZHU, Ciqi MEI, Zhilin LIU, and Xiaoli LYU
Administrative Team:
Min LIU, Qin QIN, Zejun JIA, Wei XIA, and Mingshuai HE
Schedule
| Mar. 29th, Thursday, Evening | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner for guests from outside Beijing |
| Mar. 30th, Friday, Morning, Room 620 | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration |
| Chair: Xufeng Zhu, Tsinghua University | |
| 9:30-9:40 | Opening Speech Speakers: Iris Geva-May, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum Xufeng Zhu, Tsinghua University |
| 9:40-10:40 | Adopt or not & Innovation Variation: A Dynamic Comparison Study on Policy Innovation and Diffusion Mechanisms Presenter: Lei Guo, Tongji University Discussant: Yue Guo, Beijing Normal University |
| 10:40-10:50 | Coffee/tea Break |
| 10:50-12:00 | Local Government in the Process of China’s Experimentalist Pension Reform: A Formal Model and Its Empirical Tests Through Subnational Comparison (1997-2010) Presenter: Ke Meng, Tsinghua University Discussant: Qiang Zhao, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics |
| 12:00-13:45 | Lunch Break |
| Mar. 30th, Friday, Afternoon, Room 620 | |
| Chair: Iris Geva-May, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Regional Experimentations of Health Insurance Policies: A Comparative Study on Three Chinese Pilot Schemes for Rural and Urban Residents Presenters: Xufeng Zhu & Guihua Bai, Tsinghua University Discussant: Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University |
| 15:00-16:00 | A comparative study of the ability of democracies (and authoritarian regimes) to effectively tackle long-term issues in general, climate ‘crisis’ in particular Presenter: Yukio Adachi, Kyoto University Discussant: Iris Geva-May, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum |
| 16:00-16:10 | Coffee/tea Break |
| 16:10-17:10 | Regional Experimentations of Health Insurance Policies: A Comparative Study on Three Chinese Pilot Schemes for Rural and Urban Residents Presenters: Qiang Zhao, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Discussant: Lei Guo, Tongji University |
| 17:10-18:10 | Piloting in a federal governance structure: a case of Indian agriculture Presenter: Sreeja Nair, Nanyang Technological University Discussant: Xufeng Zhu, Tsinghua University |
| 18:10-20:00 | Awarding Ceremony & Reception Dinner |
| Mar. 31st, Saturday, Morning, Auditorium at 1st Floor | |
| 8:45-10:00 | AP-PPN Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches Iris Geva-May, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum (35minitues) Zhiyong Lan, Tsinghua University (35minutes) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee/tea Break |
| 10:15-12:00 | AP-PPN Sessions |
| 12:00-13:45 | Lunch Break |
| Mar. 31st, Saturday, Afternoon, Room 620 | |
| Chair: Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Wirewalking: Managing the risk of Incremental Political Reform in China 1980-2003 Presenter: Ciqi Mei, Tsinghua University Discussant: Liang Ma, Renmin University of China |
| 15:00-16:00 | Beyond Bureaucracy: The Effects of Policy Piloting on Citizens’ Environmental Awareness in China Presenter: Yue Guo, Beijing Normal University Discussant: Ke Meng, Tsinghua University |
| 16:00-16:10 | Coffee/tea Break |
| 16:10-17:10 | The Role of Policy Labs in Policy Experiment and Knowledge Transfer: A Comparison between Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) Presenter: Liang Ma, Renmin University of China Discussant: Sreeja Nair, Nanyang Technological University |
| 18:00-20:00 | Gala Dinner |
| Apr. 1st, Sunday | |
| 8:30-18:00 | AP-PPN Sessions |