Purpose: The COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum is a joint event to be organized by COTA and the World Bank during the annual COTA China CICTP conference since 2010. The purposes of the Forum are to (i) highlight critical challenges and opportunities in China’s transport development and (ii) share and discuss international and Chinese experience on transportation development including experiences from the Bank funded transport projects in China among COTA members, invited government officials, researchers, educators and practitioners from China.
The 6th COTA-WB China Transport Forum will be jointly organized by COTA, the World Bank and Ministry of Transport of China. This year’s forum will focus on transport economics and transportation for economic development in China and around world. It is a timely topic which links transportation and economic in a fast growing economy of the world. The forum will feature national and international experts on the topic to discuss range of issues related to transportation and economics as well as the economic development which is a core focus from Chinese government.
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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8:30 - 8:30 |
Opening Remarks |
Prof. Yafeng Yin, COTA President
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Session I - Transport and Economic DevelopmentModerator: Michel Kerf, Practice Manager, The World Bank |
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8:30 - 8:50 |
China’s High-Speed Rail Impact on Economic Development |
Prof. JIN Ying, Cambridge University |
8:50 - 9:10 |
Economic Impact for Completing the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) in U.S. |
Jason Wang, Appalachian Regional Commission, USA |
9:10 – 9:30 |
Congestion Pricing in China |
Prof. Song, Shunfeng, University of Nevada, Reno |
9:30 – 9:50 |
Transport and Poverty Reduction |
Prof. Marlon Boarnet, University of Southern California |
9:50 – 10:00 |
Q&A |
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10:00 – 10:10 |
Coffee Break |
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Session II - Financing and Public- Private Partnership (PPP)Moderator: Yuhe Cai, Secretary, China Communications News |
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10:10 – 10:30 |
China PPP Case Study |
Tiger Shan, PricewaterhouseCoopers China (TBC) |
10:30 – 10:50 |
Urban Transport Financing under the New Budget Law |
Binyam Reja, The World Bank |
10:50 – 11:10 |
Transit Metropolis |
One Director from CATS |
11:10 – 11:20 |
Q&A |
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Panel Discussion: New Ideas of Transport Development & Financing to Integrate into 13th FYP PreparationModerator: Shengying Yu, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Planning, MOT |
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11:20 – 12:00 |
Binyam Reja (Lead Transport Specialist, The World Bank) |
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Beijing Jiaotong University:
Dr. Xuedong Yan (xdyan@bjtu.edu.cn)
COTA:
Dr. Yu Zhang (yuzhang@usf.edu), or
Dr. Yafeng Yin (yafeng@ce.ufl.edu).