The China Research Center was one of the co-sponsors of the 7th Annual Consortium for Western China Development Studies Conference, “China Regional Development Model: Ten Years of West China Development,” held at Sichuan University in Chengdu on July 5-6, 2010. Keynote speakers included Sichuan Province government officials, Vice President of Sichuan University, Dr. Changwen Zhao, and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University.
Center Associates Li Qi and Penelope Prime presented their paper “Financing of Chinese Manufacturing Firms: Implications for Understanding Financial Development in West China.” Dr. Prime has served on the Board of the Consortium since its inception in 2003. For more information on the Consortium and the conference go to http://chinadatacenter.org/westchina2010/.