From June 29th to 30th, the SPPM Tsinghua University and Wenchuan Government jointly hosted "The 8th Tsinghua Public Management Forum" at Aba Shuimo Township. Nearly 150 representatives from SPPM, academia and local government participated in the forum. They discussed and exchanged ideas on disaster management and shared successful experiences in the development of post-disaster reconstruction.

 

 

During the forum, Member in the Aba Standing Committee and Secretary of Wenchuan County, and Prof. Hu Angang from SPPM, renowned expert on China Studies, both gave keynote speeches respectively titled "Building a Scientific Model of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation with People-Oriented Focus and Scientific Development" and "Reconstruction: A Case Study of Wenchuan". Twelve other participants and experts gave keynote speeches surrounding three topics: post-disaster restoration and reconstruction, disaster risk management, and social transformation and development.

 

Throughout these discussions, workshops and expert reviews, the forum focused on major domestic and international disaster management and reconstruction development experiences and developed a comprehensive summary and in-depth study of the post-disaster reconstruction and restructuring.

 

 

The “Tsinghua Public Management Forum” was established in 2006. It has been successfully held for eight years throughout various parts of the country. This year’s forum, with its theme of "Post-disaster Reconstruction, Transformation and Development", is a comprehensive summary and in-depth study on the past five years’ experience on reconstruction since "5/12", the day of the Wenchuan earthquake. This forum also provided a platform to discuss and exchange ideas on disaster relief and disaster risk management, social restructuring and development after the recent "4/20" Lushan Ya'an earthquake.