2006年12月13日至14日,中国—加拿大“社会和谐与经济发展”研讨会在北京举行。本次会议是中国-加拿大双边的高级别学术研讨会。在开幕式上,中国社会科学院副院长高全立致欢迎辞,加拿大驻华大使罗岚,加拿大社会发展部助理副部长苏珊•斯哥蒂,国际人类学民族学2008年世界大会筹委会常务副主席、国家民族事务委员会原副主任周明甫先后致贺辞,对会议的召开表示祝贺。开幕式由中国社会科学院社会政法学部主任、民族所所长、学部委员郝时远教授主持。
开幕式后,加拿大政策研究所骆菁博士和中国社会科学院民族研究所周庆生教授共同主持了主旨演讲。中国社会科学院学部委员郝时远教授、加拿大萨斯喀彻温大学李胜生教授、加拿大西蒙菲斯大学董德沃兹教授先后就《“尊重差异、包容多样”:多民族国家的社会和谐观》、《社会包容与经济安康:加拿大人口限制与移民论之间的矛盾》、《香港和世界各地的加拿大人:一些政策建议》做了主旨演讲,并回答了代表们提出的问题。
本次会议由中国社会科学院民族学人类学研究所、加拿大政策研究所、国际人类学民族学2008世界大会筹委会联合主办,加拿大驻华使馆协办。中国社会科学院民族学人类学研究所承办。得到加拿大外交与国际贸易部、中国社会科学院的资助。来自加拿大和中国的70余位专家学者与会,其中加拿大25人。加拿大驻华大使馆对本次会议给予了大力支持,公共事务处参赞白静芳女士、学术关系官员王荔女士做了大量的联络和协调工作。移民处公使衔参赞Rodney Fields先生、经济处参赞Douglas Heath先生、移民处参赞Sidney Frank先生等10人出席了会议,经济处参赞Douglas Heath主持了“中加经济繁荣”小组会议。
12月14日下午,会议举行了闭幕式,中国社会科学院民族研究所杜发春副研究员、加拿大政策研究所骆菁博士对本次会议的学术成果进行了总结。
闭幕式后,加拿大驻华大使馆举行招待会欢送与会代表,公使柯非普先生、加拿大社会发展部助理副部长苏珊•斯哥蒂女士发表了讲话,对本次会议的成功召开表示祝贺。招待会由公共事务处助理张可先生主持。
本次会议旨在加强中加两国学者在社会和经济政治方面的相互了解,探索未来合作对话的机制。会议期间,与会代表围绕民族文化多样性、移民管理、经济繁荣、社会福利政策、教育与反贫困、环境政策等议题展开了讨论。中加两国都是多民族的国家,消除贫困、保护文化多样性、维护生态平衡、实现经济社会的可持续发展是两国的共同目标。以此会议为桥梁,中加两国学者相聚一堂,共同探讨现代化进程中的社会经济发展问题,具有重要的理论和现实意义。
本次会议的更多信息,请看附件:
中加会议议程(Chinese)
Sino-Canada Symposium Agenda (English)
中加“社会和谐与经济发展”研讨会综述
媒体报道
中加会议后,先后有四家媒体对本次会议进行了报道:
1、《加拿大环球邮报》(记者GEOFFREY YORK,2006年12月18日):
中加学者比较两国“和谐社会”模式(Canada: China’s muse on ethnic harmony Academics compare ’inclusion’ strategies)
http://server09.densan.ca/scripts/showfile.asp?URL=/Archivenews/061218/GM/061218bx.htm
2、《光明日报》(记者李瑞英,2006年12月18日):
中加社会和谐与经济发展国际研讨会召开
http://www.gmw.cn/content/2006-12/29/content_523870.htm
http://theory.people.com.cn/BIG5/40557/46002/5181418.html
3、《中国社会科学院院报》(记者曹苏红,2006年12月26日):
探讨多民族国家社会和谐理论:中加“社会和谐与经济发展”研讨会在京举行
http://www.cass.net.cn/file/2006122684735.html
4、《中国民族报》(记者牛锐,2006年12月15日):
探寻现代化进程中的社会经济发展方向:中国—加拿大“社会和谐与经济发展”研讨会综述
http://www.mzb.com.cn/onews.asp?id=8954
CONFERENCE REPORT
Canada- China Symposium on Social Inclusion and Economic Development:
Improving Mutual Understanding and Forging Future Collaborations
Canada-China symposium on Social Inclusion and Economic Development,has held successfully on December 12-14, 2006 in Beijing, China. The objective of this symposium was to enhance the mutual understanding between Canadian and Chinese policy researchers on social and economic issues in order to explore potential for further dialogue.
This event was jointly organized by Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS) and the Policy Research Initiative (PRI) Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, and the Organizing Committee for the 16th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES 2008). It was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The symposium was opened by senior officials from both Canada and China including Mr. Robert Wright; Ambassador of Canada to China, Ms. Susan Scotti; Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Mr. Gao Quan-li; Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Mr. Zhou Ming-fu, Executive Deputy Chair, Organizing Committee for the 16th International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnological Sciences in 2008. Minister Phil Calvert of the Canadian Embassy hosted the farewell reception with remarks from Ms. Scotti. Senior officials from China and Canada recognized the timeliness and the importance of this event, and expressed the need to further this dialogue after the symposium.
Dr. Jean Kunz (PRI) and Professor Du Fachun (IEA/CASS) were the principal organizers. Ms. Wang Li, Academic Relations Officer and Ms. Rachael Bedlington, Head of Public Affairs Section at the Canadian Embassy offered valuable counsel ensuring the success of the event.
Over 70 individuals participated in this 2-day symposium, 23 of which came from Canada. A plenary session was devoted to issues on the challenges of social inclusion in multi-ethnic societies based upon evidences from China and Canada with speeches by Mr. Hao Shi-yuan, member of CASS and Director of IEA/CASS, Professor Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan, and Professor Don DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University.
There were eleven workshop sessions that covered a wide range of topics that were highly relevant for both countries including ethno-cultural diversity, aboriginal conditions, integration of migrants, social inclusion, poverty reduction, trade and investment, and environmental protection.