Past Conferences         Since 1999, UCRN has orgainized a series of international conferences on Urban China Research. These meetings are designed primarily to tutor and mentor young scholars by their searsoned colleagues. The meetings also provide great opportunities for researcher from different academic disciplines to share ideas and perspectives.     *  China�s Urban Transformation and Restructuring (Guangzhou, Dec. 13-15, 2013)     *  Fostering the Next Generation of Urban China Scholars (Guangzhou, Jan. 4-6, 2013)     *  Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China (Hongkong, Dec. 13-14, 2012)     *  Cities after Socialism (Providence, Feb. 28, 2012)     *  Social Science Perspectives from China And North America (Albany, May 6-7, 2010)     *  Trends in China's Urban Development (Guangzhou, Jan. 6-8, 2009)     *  Chinese Cities in Transition (Shanghai, Jul. 7-9, 2005)     *  Urban China in Transition (New Orleans, Jan. 15-16, 2005)     *  Cities in China - Part 3 (Hongkong, Dec. 12-14, 2004)     *  Urban China in Transition (Santa Monica, May. 1-2, 2004)     *  Cities in China - Part 2 (Hongkong, Dec. 13-14, 2003)     *  Urban Studies and Demography of China (Minneapolis, Apr. 30, 2003)     *  Cities in China - Part 1 (Albany, Jun. 14-15, 2002)     *  Doing Research on Urban China (Hongkong, December 2000)     *  The Future of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century (Shanghai, July 1999)     *  International Migration and Its Impacts on Chinese Urbanization (Albany, May 1999)