SESSION I: Urban-Rural Migration in China
Chair: Larry Ma, Hong Kong University

Chen Yiu-por, Columbia University
"The Emergence of an Urban Individual Labor Market in China: An Institutional Analysis.
Discussant: Andrew Marton, University of Nottingham

Cao Guangzhong, Peking University
Migration Constraints and China's Urbanization: A Cases Study and its Policy Implications
Discussant: Wolfgang Taubmann, University of Bremen

Xiaogang Wu, University of California, Los Angeles
Hukou Status and Social Mobility
Discussant: Dorothy Solinger, University of California, Irvine

SESSION II: Urban Policies and Politics
Chair: Weiping Wu, Virginia Commonwealth University

Li Zhang: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Reform of the Hukou System and Rural-Urban Migration in China: The Challenges Ahead
Discussant: Zai Liang, University at Albany

Ren Yuan, Institute of Population Research, Fudan University
NGO's, Public Participation and Community Development in Urban China
Discussant: Lu Hanlong, Shanghai Academy of Social Science

Huang Jinxin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pension Reform and Urban Retirees
Discussant: Chen Xiangming, University of Illinois at Chicago

SESSION III: Urban Inequality in China
Chair: Li Si-ming, Hong Kong Baptist University

Min Yang, Wuhan University
The Influence of Social Inequality on the Life Satisfaction of Urban Residents: A Case Study in Wuhan City
Discussant: Youqin Huang, University at Albany

Arianne Gaetano, University of Southern California
Peasant, Woman, Outsider: Migration and the Construction of Identity of Beijing "dagongmei"
Discussant: George Lin, Hong Kong University

SESSION IV: Urban Transformations
Chair: Christopher J Smith, University at Albany

Wang Enru, University of Washington
Commercial Structure of Beijing in the Reform Era
Discussant: Wu Fulong, University of Southampton, UK

Liu Zhi-jun, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China
Rural Urbanization and Religious Transformation? A Case Study of Zhangdian Town
Discussant: Alan Smart, University of Calgary

Shao Jinhua and Xun Li, Shandong University
The Transformation of Government Function in Community Construction in Tsingtao City and Jinan City
Discussant: William Parish, University of Chicago

SESSION V: Neighborhoods and Community Organization
Chair: Jennifer Rudolph, University at Albany

Benjamin Read, Harvard University
Beijing Communities and Their Residents' Committees: A Survey
Discussant: Carolyn Cartier, University of Southern California

Zhu Jiangang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shanghai Lilong Neighborhood: An Ethnography of Civil Associations and Community Movements in Shanghai
Discussant: Yan Xiaopei, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou

Pan Tianshu, Harvard University
"Shanghai Nostalgia: Community-building and Place-making in a Late Socialist City."
Discussant: Michael Leaf, University of British Columbia