COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum

The China Transport Forum is a joint event that is organized by COTA (previously NACOTA) and the World Bank during the annual COTA China conferences. The purposes of the Forum are to
  • high-light critical challenges and opportunities in China’s transport development and
  • share and discuss inter-national and China’s experience (including the experiences of the World Bank funded projects in China) among COTA members, invited government officials, researchers, educators and practitioners from China.
The 1st COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum was held in 2010 along with the 10th ICCTP conference in Beijing, China. The forum provided both an invited speaker’s session and a panel discussion session for in-depth discussion on the topic. It has become the most influential meeting during CICTP coneference each year.
  • 2010 - 1st COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum, Bejing, China. Theme: Sustainable urban transport development in China.
  • 2011 - 2nd COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum, Nanjing, China. Theme: Road safety in China.
  • 2012 - 3rd COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum, Beijing, China. Theme: Public transport system integration.
  • 2013 - 4th COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum, Shenzhen, China.
  • 2014 - 5th COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum, Changsha, China.


The 6th COTA - MOT - WB China Transport Forum in CICTP 2015

The 6th COTA-MOT-World Bank China Transport Forum in CICTP 2015

Theme: Transport Economics and Transportation for Economic Development in China and around World
Organizer: COTA, Ministry of Transport of China, the World Bank
Co-organizer: Beijing Jiaotong University
Ruibin Building, #1 Conference Room, Friendship Hotel, Beijing, July 27, 2015
(北京友谊宾馆,瑞宾楼1号会议室)

Purpose: The COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum is a joint event to be organized by COTA and the World Bank during the annual COTA China CICTP conference since 2010. The purposes of the Forum are to (i) highlight critical challenges and opportunities in China’s transport development and (ii) share and discuss international and Chinese experience on transportation development including experiences from the Bank funded transport projects in China among COTA members, invited government officials, researchers, educators and practitioners from China.

The 6th COTA-WB China Transport Forum will be jointly organized by COTA, the World Bank and Ministry of Transport of China. This year’s forum will focus on transport economics and transportation for economic development in China and around world. It is a timely topic which links transportation and economic in a fast growing economy of the world. The forum will feature national and international experts on the topic to discuss range of issues related to transportation and economics as well as the economic development which is a core focus from Chinese government.

Proposed Agenda:
Time
Topic
Speaker
8:30 - 8:30
Opening Remarks
Prof. Yafeng Yin, COTA President

Michel Kerf, Practice Manager, WB

Shengying Yu, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Planning, MOT
Session I - Transport and Economic Development
Moderator: Michel Kerf, Practice Manager, The World Bank
8:30 - 8:50
China’s High-Speed Rail Impact on Economic Development
Prof. JIN Ying, Cambridge University
8:50 - 9:10
Economic Impact for Completing the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) in U.S.
Jason Wang, Appalachian Regional Commission, USA
9:10 – 9:30
Congestion Pricing in China
Prof. Song, Shunfeng, University of Nevada, Reno
9:30 – 9:50
Transport and Poverty Reduction
Prof. Marlon Boarnet, University of Southern California
9:50 – 10:00
Q&A
10:00 – 10:10
Coffee Break
Session II - Financing and Public- Private Partnership (PPP)
Moderator: Yuhe Cai, Secretary, China Communications News
10:10 – 10:30
China PPP Case Study
Tiger Shan, PricewaterhouseCoopers China (TBC)
10:30 – 10:50
Urban Transport Financing under the New Budget Law
Binyam Reja, The World Bank
10:50 – 11:10
Transit Metropolis
One Director from CATS
11:10 – 11:20
Q&A
Panel Discussion: New Ideas of Transport Development & Financing to Integrate into 13th FYP Preparation
Moderator: Shengying Yu, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Planning, MOT
11:20 – 12:00
Binyam Reja (Lead Transport Specialist, The World Bank)
Shunfeng Song (University of Nevada, Reno)
Jason Wang (Appalachian Regional Commission, USA)
Ying Jin (Cambridge University, UK)
Jifu Guo (Director, Beijing Transportation Research Center)
Xuedong Yan (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Yulin Jiang (Director, Urban Transport Research Center – CATS)

               

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Contact

Beijing Jiaotong University:
Dr. Xuedong Yan (xdyan@bjtu.edu.cn)


COTA:
Dr. Yu Zhang (yuzhang@usf.edu), or
Dr. Yafeng Yin (yafeng@ce.ufl.edu).