Date: Monday 31 October 2022
Time: 12.30 – 2.00pm AEST
Location: Online
Decode the outcomes of the 2022 20th Congress of the CCP
About this event
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China meets in Beijing starting 16 October. The last five years since the 19th Congress have seen fairly important changes in the political environment, including the deterioration of relations with the USA, the challenges of dealing with the pandemic, and an economic slowdown. The Congress will also, as is usual, announce the new leadership of the Party-state. On Monday 31st October the China Studies Centre will host an online Roundtable discussion of the main outcomes of the Congress.
About the speakers
David S G Goodman (Chair) is Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, where he is also Professor of Chinese Politics. He has worked in universities in Australia, China and the UK since 1971. Most recently he established the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, where he also later served as Vice President for Academic Affairs. In Australia he previously worked at both the University of Technology Sydney; where he established the International Studies Program and later became DVC International; and the University of Sydney where he was part of the team that originally established the China Studies Centre. Prof Goodman is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Minglu Chen is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations and a member of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Her research concentrates on social and political changes in China, especially the interaction between entrepreneurs and the state and women’s political participation. She has published her research in The China Quarterly, The China Journal and Journal of Contemporary China. She is the author of Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China (Routledge 2011)
Yingjie Guo is Professor of Chinese Studies and deputy director of China Studies Centre. He received his BA and MA from Shanghai International Studies University, China and PhD from the University of Tasmania, Australia. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2014, he had taught at Shanghai International Studies University, the University of Tasmania, the University of New England, and the University of Technology, Sydney. His research focuses on cultural nationalism, cultural identities, and discourses of class in contemporary China.
Ben Hillman is a political scientist, public policy researcher, and advisor, and is the Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW). Ben is a specialist in politics, public policy, and public administration in China. More broadly his research examines policies and mechanisms for promoting political inclusion and safeguarding minority rights. Ben is the author or editor of six books on China, including Patronage and Power (Stanford University Press, 2014), Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang (Columbia University Press, 2016), and Political and Social Control in China (World Scientific Press 2022).
Richard MacGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute. His areas of expertise including China’s political system and the workings and structure of the communist party; China’s foreign relations, with an emphasis on ties with Japan, the two Koreas, and Southeast Asia; Australia’s relations with Asia.
Marina Yue Zhang is an associate professor at Australia China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Peking University, and a PhD from Australian National University. Her current research looks into innovation & technology and draws managerial and policy implications for Australia-China relations.
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