Institutional Design and Civic Engagement in China

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Abstract

The proposed panel discuss the key issues in the field of institutional design and public opinion in China. For example, how Hukou system and energy policy developed in China? How public agencies respond to freedom of information requests? What kind of Chinese Citizen in demystifying the configuration and dynamics of mass political orientations in China? The authors are mostly junior scholars from US and China. The four papers are used quantitative analysis and survey experiment methods. Exploring different aspect of institutional design and public opinion in China, the topics are of great significance in public policy and social-state relations in the context of contemporary China.

Sub Unit

• General Paper and Panel Submissions

Individual Presentations

• Institutional Change and Adaptive Efficiency: A Study on China's Hukou System Evolution - Kunling Zhang, Belt and Road School, Beijing Normal University

• How to Do Agency Resources Matter to Government Reactive Transparency?: Evidence from National-Scale Information Requests in China - Wenting Yang, Nankai University

• What Kind of Citizen?: Demystifying the Configuration and Dynamics of Mass Political Orientations in China - Jun Wang

• China’s Global Leadership Aspirations and Domestic Support for Climate Policy - Chen Xiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Measuring Perceptions of National Interests: A Case of Vietnam's Claims on South China Sea - Kai Wang, Shanghai International Studies University

Chair

• Dapeng Wang Harvard Univesity

Discussant

• Chunying Yue Harvard University Asia Center