Morning Session (8:00AM-12:00PM)

9:30-10:00AM

Registration

10:00-10:30AM

Opening remarks: Henry Zhaolei Shi, President, China Education Symposium

Keynote speech: Jeffrey Williams, Executive Director, Harvard Center Shanghai

10:30-11:15AM

Session 1: Development of China’s Study Abroad – Dr. Huiyao Wang, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Moderator: Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School

11:15AM-12:00PM

Session 2: Chinese Returnees’ Entrepreneurship – Dr. Huiyao Wang, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Moderator: Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School

Lunch (12:00-12:45)

Afternoon Session (12:45PM-5:00PM)

12:45-2:15PM

Session 3: Chinese College Graduates’ Employment – Kane Zhang, Vice President of Research & Development and Dr. Jiao Guo, Chief Research Officer, MyCOS Institute

Moderator: Dr. Julian Chang, Executive Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

2:15-2:30PM

Break

2:30-3:30PM

Roundtable Discussion

Moderator: Dr. Julian Chang, Executive Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

Speakers:

Jeffrey Williams, Executive Director, Harvard Center Shanghai

Jianzhong Cha, UNESCO Chair Professor Beijing Jiaotong University

Dr. Huiyao Wang, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Dr. Jiao Guo, Chief Research Officer, MyCOS Institute

Kane Zhang, Vice President of Research & Development, MyCOS Institute

3:30PM

Closing speech: Jianzhong Cha, UNESCO Chair Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University

Closing remarks: Henry Zhaolei Shi, President, China Education Symposium