Chinese Economists Society 2019 China Annual Conference

The theme of the conference is “Forty’s Years of Quantitative Economic Research in China: Retrospectives and Perspectives”. The conference will include invited keynote speakers, roundtable forums, and parallel sessions. Arrival and registration of participants will start in the afternoon of June 7. All speeches and sessions will occur on June 8 and 9.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

CES invites both members and non-members to submit papers and/or to propose organized sessions at the 2019 China Annual Conference. All fields of specialization within economics will be considered, but papers focusing on the Chinese economy will be given preference. The abstract submission deadline is March 20, 2019.

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS

Persons interested in presenting a paper at the conference are asked to submit an abstract of no more than 400 words with a title, author name(s), JEL code(s), and keywords via the CES website at http://china-ces.org/Conferences/ConferenceDefault.aspx?ID=1050. You will be notified by e-mail by March 31, 2018, as to whether your paper has been accepted for presentation.

ORGANIZED SESSIONS

If you would like to organize one or more sessions on a specific topic and have speakers/presenters lined up, please submit your proposal to Professor Zongwu Cai, CES President, for approval at caiz@ku.edu by March 10, 2019. Each organized session should consist of 4 individual papers. Proposal should contain a tentative name of the session, titles of papers along with their abstracts, as well as names of session presenters and discussants with their e-mails. Please note that papers included in a session must still go through the regular paper submission process through the CES website to be included into the program. It is the organizer’s responsibility to ensure all papers are submitted properly. The submission deadline of individual papers in proposed organized sessions is also March 20, 2019.

GREGORY CHOW BEST PAPER AWARD

We will select an outstanding paper presented at the 2019 CES China Annual conference by a junior scholar for the Gregory Chow Best Paper Award. To be eligible for consideration for this prestigious award, the primary author of the paper must be a graduate student or a junior scholar who received his/her PhD within the last five years (no earlier than May 2014). The award winner will receive a certificate and a US $1,000 prize. Persons interested in being considered for the award must provide information confirming eligibility at the time of submission. Graduate students’ electronic submissions should be followed up by a letter on official university stationary from a professor certifying that the submitter is a graduate student in good standing. An electronic version of this letter should be emailed by the professor to Dr. Xiaoguang (Shawn) NI at NI@missouri.edu by May 15, 2019.

PUBLICATIONS

The CES plans to select a group of high-quality papers presented at the conference for special issues at journals such as China Economic Review. Papers submitted for consideration of the special issue still need to go through regular review process of the CER. Details about these publication opportunities will be provided later. REGISTRATION All presenters and conference attendees must register for the Conference. Registration should be made online through the conference page at www.china-ces.org under “Conferences”. You may wait to register until you find out whether your paper is accepted. Please note that registration fees are non-refundable. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER BY MAY 20 TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE FINAL PROGRAM.

You can join the CES and become a member here: http://www.china-ces.org/AboutCES/Default.aspx?title=Join%20CES. Regular membership is $40 per year while student membership is $15 per year.

LODGING INFORMATION

There are several hotels available for your choice with different rates. See the next two pages for details about the hotels and their related information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Inquiries should be sent to:

· For academic matters: Dr. Zongwu CAI at caiz@ku.edu

· For general inquiries: Dr. Yingfei QI at qiyingfei@dufe.edu.cn or Dr. Ying FANG at yifst1@xmu.edu.cn

· For logistics: Dr. Yingfei QI at qiyingfei@dufe.edu.cn or Dr. Zhaodan LI at lizhaodan@dufe.edu.cn