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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/new-frontiers-of-research-on-i
 nstitutions-of-china/
SUMMARY:New Frontiers of Research on Institutions of China
DESCRIPTION:A training program co-organized by the Harvard-Yenching Institu
 te and Research Hub on Institutions of China\, University of Hong Kong\n\n
 Held at the University of Hong Kong in January 2024\n\nMore information on
  this program\n\nIn the 20th and 21st centuries\, the People’s Republi
 c of China has been undergoing a series of multi-faceted and multi-dimensi
 onal transitions. The outcome of these revolutionary and fundamentally his
 toric changes has been significant – China transformed itself from one o
 f the poorest countries in the world to a major economic powerhouse on the
  global scale\, from a Soviet-style centrally-planned economy to one that 
 increasingly operates on the principles of free market and private propert
 y\, and from a traditional agrarian society to a gradually modernizing yet
  heavily-controlled society fueled by the progress of technology and the e
 xpansion of a politically ambivalent urban middle-class.\n\nThese changes 
 (and continuities thereof) taking place in an ancient civilization and the
  most populous nation of the 21st century will not only define the landsc
 ape of the politics\, economy\, technology and culture of our time\, but a
 lso raise new challenging questions for the scholarly understanding of som
 e of the most fundamental issues faced by the global community.\n\nInstitu
 tions – political\, economic\, social and cultural – are key to unders
 tanding the profound socio-political development that has occurred in Chin
 a. Institutions are the “persistent rules that shape\, limit\, and chann
 el human behavior” (Francis Fukuyama). Institutions define the rules of 
 the political game\, set access for different levels and types of politica
 l participation\, determine winners and losers of political competition an
 d shape the outcome of the distribution and re-distribution of resources. 
 In a more voluntarist sense\, institutions also forge incentives and const
 raints that bend politicians’ strategic choices in public life. From a s
 ocietal perspective\, institutions play an essential role in shaping peopl
 e’s political identity. In the China case\, the development\, design\, o
 peration and evolution of institutions have long been critical to the resi
 lience\, stability and vitality of the ruling regime. Research on institut
 ions is a central imperative in the scholarly endeavor to better theorize 
 and understand the past\, present and future of China’s all-round transf
 ormation from a comparative and historical perspective.\n\nThis training p
 rogram\, jointly convened by the Research Hub on Institutions of China\, t
 he University of Hong Kong and the Harvard-Yenching Institute\, invites yo
 ung scholars of various backgrounds to study and discuss together the dyna
 mic process and rationale behind China’s institutional development since
  1949\, and explore the impact of institutional change and continuity in t
 he past one and half centuries on the contemporary politics\, society and 
 culture of the People’s Republic of China. The program aims at opening n
 ew frontiers for the field of China Studies through a fresh perspective on
  China’s institutions.
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