Call for Papers

International Symposium on Food Safety: Consumer, Trade, and Regulation Issues

October 10-12, 2003

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China

Organizer: The Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) of Zhejiang University, one of the key social science research centers funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education, is organizing an International Symposium on Food Safety: Consumer, Trade, and Regulation Issues. It is co-sponsored by the Department of Rural Economy of the University of Alberta, Canada, the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the Journal of Chinese Rural Economy.

Location: Zhejiang University is the largest university in China and located in a beautiful West Lake, Hangzhou.  Hangzhou is about one and half hours drive away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.  To find out more about Shanghai and Hangzhou, please check out websites: http://www.zju.edu.cn/.

Theme: Rising domestic consumer food safety concerns in China along with the recent headlines on the detention and refusal of the Chinese food products entering the exporting markets such as Japan and European have made the topic of food safety one of the most dynamic areas in the Chinese agricultural and food markets.  Rigorous studies on the food safety issues related to consumer, trade, and regulation cross countries may yield important policy implications for the Chinese policy makers and may provide the world business and academic communities with helpful insights into China's agricultural and food market.  We are particularly interested in the studies which can (1) provide better understanding of the consumer preference towards food safety issues, (2) further our understanding on the operation of the current food safety system in various countries and identify lessons from other countries which may be applicable to the Chinese food safety regulation reform, (3) explore possibilities and mechanisms of formulating modern food safety system, and (4) provide better understanding of trade disputes related to food safety around the world.

Contact: If you are interested in presenting your work, please email an abstract of your paper (2 pages) on or before April 1, 2003 to one of the following program coordinators:

For contributors outside of the Mainland China

1)      Prof. Kevin Chen, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2H1. His telephone number is (780) 492-4580, fax: (780) 492-0268, email: kevin.chen@ualberta.ca.

2)      Prof. Minjun Shi, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. His telephone number is 0298-53-4611, fax: 0298-53-4635, email: mjshi@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp.

For contributors within the Mainland China

3)      Professor Longbao Wei, The Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.  His telephone number is 0571-86971645, fax: 0571-86971646, email: lbwei@zju.edu.cn.

The program committee, which consists of Dr. Kevin Chen (Chair), Professor Zuhui Huang, Dr. Minjun Shi, and Professor Longbao Wei, will select papers for presentation based on their quality, as well as their relevance to the theme of the symposium.  You will be informed of decision on your paper by May 1, 2003.  If your paper is selected, you will be asked to send the complete paper on or before August 15, 2003.  The papers will be published in a proceeding of the symposium.

 

 

“食品安全:消费者行为、国际贸易及其规制”国际研讨会

 

时间2003101012

地点:中国杭州

主办单位教育部人文社科重点研究基地—浙江大学农业现代化与农村发展研究中心(卡特)

协办单位:加拿大阿尔伯塔大学农村经济系;日本筑波大学农业与森林研究中心;《中国农村经济》杂志社。

征文主题:近年来,食品安全的公众意识越来越高,与此同时,从中国出口的农产品多次遇到发达国家的技术壁垒障碍,迫切要求我们高度重视食品安全与规制问题。有关食品安全方面的消费者行为、国际贸易和安全管理等方面的高水平研讨,不仅可以为我国制定与完善相关的管理制度提供依据,也有利于国际学术界与商界客观地认识我国的农产品与食品市场。

本次国际研讨会的征文主题包括:消费者对食品安全问题的意识与要求;世界各国食品安全的政府管理体系其对我国的启示;现代食品安全管理机制的构建与探索;食品安全问题与农产品贸易摩擦。

截至日期:若对上述主题有意提交论文者,请将论文摘要(1000字)于200341日前,用电子邮件或传真方式发往会议联系人。

会议国内联系人:卫龙宝、方志伟,地址:杭州市凯旋路268号,邮编:310029,浙江大学农业现代化与农村发展研究中心(卡特);电话:0571-86971645;传真:0571-86971646;电子邮箱:lbwei@zju.edu.cnzwfang@zju.edu.cn

会议海外联系人: Prof. Kevin Chen, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2H1, Canada. Tell: (780) 492-4580, Fax: (780) 492-0268, E-mail: kevin.chen@ualberta.ca. Prof. Minjun Shi, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Tell: 0298-53-4611, Fax: 0298-53-4635,E-mail: mjshi@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp.

    论文遴选:会议的学术委员会将根据所提交的论文摘要质量及其与会议主题的密切程度,于2003年5月1日前向作者发出录用通知。录用论文的作者请于2003年8月15日前提交正式论文。会议将出版论文集。