On May 13, Prof. Xue Lan, Dean of SPPM together with a delegation of seven faculty members from SPPM participated in “Tsinghua Week at Todai (University of Tokyo)” by co-organizing a “Public Policy Forum” with the faculty members of the Graduate School Public Policy (GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo. Prof. KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu, former Dean of GraSPP, hosted the half-day forum.

 

The forum focused on four main themes: urbanization, science and technology policy, global governance, and education policy.  Speaking on the topic of Urbanization, Dr. ZHOU Shaojie of SPPM discussed the challenges currently facing China’s urbanization process and the implantation of policies.  Responding to Dr. Zhou, Professor KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu then briefly introduced Japan’s urbanization history and compared the urbanization model of Japan with that of China.

 

Addressing the theme of Science and Technology Policy, Professor XUE Lan, in his speech entitled “Domestic Reform and Global Integration: The Evolution of China’s Innovation System in the Last Thirty Years,” introduced the evolution of China’s Innovation System from four aspects: history, components, progress and significance. Dr. HASHIMOTO Masahiro, the former Director General of the Policy Planning and Coordination Department, NEDO, also introduced Japan’s Innovation System and compared this system with that of the United States.

 

Dr. ZHANG Yanbing of SPPM and Professor HAYASHI Ryozo of GraSPP both spoke on the topic of Global Governance.  Dr. ZHANG first analyzed the impact of global governance and the G20 on the current world order.  Professor HAYASHI commented on Dr. ZHANG’s views and made several suggestions for China’s future development based on Japan’s experience.

 

Addressing the final theme of the forum, Education Policy, Dr. LI Yingbo proposed building a good framework for regional cooperation and implementing institutional innovations in order to realize coordinated development between universities and regions.  She also described the content and policy implications of this research by using the example of Tsinghua University and the city of Beijing.  Subsequently, Professor SAKATA Ichiro of the Todai Policy Alternatives Research Institute at the University of Tokyo elaborated on the cooperation between industry and education sector of Japan.