The 4^th Forum for Transportation and Spatio-Temporal Economics

——Transportation Supply Side Reform

Forum Notice

  Since its foundation, the discipline of Economics of Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) has been developing more than 100 years. Now, it has covered many branches of economics such as industrial economics, regional economics, finance, labor economics, international trade and commerce, national economics, technological economics, quantitative economics, statistics, and public management. Of these branches, the industrial economics, whose focus is transportation economics, is the one of the most academic influence in China. Beijing Jiaotong University was founded by the Qing Government in the year of 1909, growing out of former Beijing Railway Management Institute. It is the first higher educational institute specialized in educating managerial talents in China. After the reform and opening-up of China, the school of economics and management (SEM), BJTU, became the earliest one that was qualified to recruit master and Ph.D. students of transportation economics. In recent years, SEM, as the leader, together with other organizations, has established several research institutes such as the Beijing Transportation Development Research Center, and the Beijing “Cultural Transportation, Scientific Transportation, Green Transportation” Research Center. Cooperating with these institutes, SEM has made plenty of theoretical contributions that are associated with China’s transportation system and its development. Besides the theoretical contributions such as the academic articles and books, there are also many empirical and applicable contributions, some of which have been adopted by governments and entrepreneurs.

  To strength the international cooperation pertaining to the research of transportation economics and improve the development of the SEM, the 4^th Forum for Transportation and Spatio-Temporal Economics will be held on Nov. 19, 2016, on the campus of Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China. The forum takes Transportation Supply Side Reform as the theme this time, and aims to promote academic exchanges that mainly focus on new-type urbanization and green transportation in China. The host of the forum consists of the School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, International College of Chongqing Jiaotong University, School of Economics and Management of Chongqing Jiaotong University, School of Transportation of Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chinese Society of Technology Economics and its Transportation Technology Economics Association. The organizer is the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, BJTU, Research Center for Beijing Transportation Development and Research Center for Beijing Industrial Security and Development. The co-organizers are the Research Center for Basic Industries, BJTU, Research Center for China’s Urbanization, BJTU, Research Center for China’s Transportation Economics, BJTU, and Research Center for Beijing Industrial Security and Development, BJTU.

  The forum comprises plenary keynote sessions and parallel sessions. The former will invite active experts to make keynote speech around the theme of the forum. The latter will offer the other attendees a chance to make more in-depth discussion and exchanges around transportation economics, urbanization and urban transportation, and sustainable development and industrial security under the background of transportation supply side reform. Note that to attend the forum, attendees will cover the forum materials, refreshment breaks, and meals, accommodations during the forum.

       School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University

   International College, Chongqing Jiaotong University

July. 1, 2016

Contact:

Chongqing Jiaotong University: Li Hao, 023-62789005, +86-13637751518; email: 245388955@qq.com

Beijing Jiaotong University: Li Hongchang, 010-51687191,

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