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How Does the Family Environment Affect Toddlerhood Language and Cognitive Development? Evidence from Peri-urban China

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Research suggests that elements of the family environment may have significant associations with cognitive and language development outcomes. Less is known, however, about the family environment in peri-urban China, where rates of cognitive and language delay in children aged 0-3 years are as high as 51% and 54%, respectively. Using data collected from 81 peri-urban households with toddlers aged 18-24 months in Southwestern China, this study examines the associations between stimulating parenting practices, the home language environment, and parental self-efficacy, with cognitive and language development. The results indicate that stimulating parenting practices was significantly associated with cognitive development, the home language environment was significantly associated with language development, and parental self-efficacy was significantly associated with cognitive development. The implications of such findings reveal several mechanisms for supporting healthy cognitive and language development among toddlers from peri-urban China.

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Tianli Feng
Scott Rozelle

"How Private Are Chinese Companies?": A Big Data China Event

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The event will be webcast live from this page.

In this event on February 7 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET, the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) and the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics present their latest Big Data China publication. The feature provides an overview of the latest data-driven research evaluating the influence of the Chinese party-state on Chinese corporations and their ability to maintain autonomy.

CSIS Trustee Chair Director Scott Kennedy will host the event, which will include an introduction by Professor Scott Rozelle of Stanford University. Professors Curtis Milhaupt of Stanford Law School and Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law will discuss their research on the topic, followed by a discussion on the implications for U.S.-China relations and U.S. policy with distinguished panellists Barry Naughton of UC San Diego, Martin Chorzempa of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and CSIS Trustee Chair Senior Fellow Ilaria Mazzocco.
 

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Scott Kennedy 
Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business 
and Economics		Ilaria Mazzocco 
Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Scott Rozelle 
Co-director at Stanford Center on China's Economy 
and Institutions		Barry Naughton 
So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs, UC San Diego
Curtis J. Milhaupt 
William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law, Stanford Law School		Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin 
Associate Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
Martin Chorzempa 
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics		 
  

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Scott Kennedy
Ilaria Mazzocco
Curtis J. Milhaupt
Barry Naughton
Scott Rozelle
Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin
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Effect of the mHealth-Supported Healthy Future Programme Delivered by Community Health Workers on Maternal and Child Health in Rural China: Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

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Introduction Millions of young rural children in China still suffer from poor health and malnutrition, partly due to a lack of knowledge about optimal perinatal and child care among rural mothers and caregivers. Meanwhile, there is an urgent need to improve maternal mental health in rural communities. Comprehensive home visiting programmes delivered by community health workers (CHWs) can bridge the caregiver knowledge gap and improve child health and maternal well-being in low-resource settings, but the effectiveness of this approach is unknown in rural China. Additionally, grandmothers play important roles in child care and family decision-making in rural China, suggesting the importance of engaging multiple caregivers in interventions. The Healthy Future programme seeks to improve child health and maternal well-being by developing a staged-based curriculum that CHWs deliver to mothers and caregivers of young children through home visits with the assistance of a tablet-based mHealth system. This protocol describes the design and evaluation plan for this programme.

Methods and analysis We designed a cluster-randomised controlled trial among 119 rural townships in four nationally designated poverty counties in Southwestern China. We will compare the outcomes between three arms: one standard arm with only primary caregivers participating in the intervention, one encouragement arm engaging primary and secondary caregivers and one control arm with no intervention. Families with pregnant women or infants under 6 months of age are invited to enrol in the 12-month study. Primary outcomes include children’s haemoglobin levels, exclusive breastfeeding rates and dietary diversity in complementary feeding. Secondary outcomes include a combination of health, behavioural and intermediate outcomes.

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Alexis Medina
Gary Darmstadt
Huan Wang
Scott Rozelle

Experts Convene Roundtable to Discuss China’s Industrial Policy

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The Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions and Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis co-organized a closed-door roundtable on the scope, impact, and implications of China’s industrial policy. The roundtable focused on an intensified round of industrial policies in China that gained momentum around 2014. Beijing announced its “Made in China 2025” plan in 2015, quickly followed by its 2016 “Innovation-driven Development Strategy.” The strategy specifically focused on the emerging technological revolution, targeting sectors such as next generation information technology, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, and digital media. 

Since the announcements, industrial policy has increasingly become a central feature of Chinese economic development efforts and ongoing public debates about the future of U.S.-China competition and the global economic and geopolitical order. Around the world, effectiveness of national industrial policies has become a key point of policy and political contention. In addition, carefully judging the impact of Beijing’s industrial policy is also now critical to accurately assessing the long-term performance and sustainability of China’s economic growth model.

The full report on the roundtable, conducted under the Chatham House Rule, recounts a candid discussion that coalesced around the examination of five key questions:

  1. How much is China spending on industrial policy?
  2. What are the possible objectives of China’s industrial policy?
  3. What have been the effects of China’s industrial policy?
  4. What are the key, open questions still remaining around China’s industrial policy?
  5. What are the implications for Washington, D.C. and the international community?

 

 

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Scholars Gather for Roundtable to Analyze Causes, Prospects, and Challenges of China’s Common Prosperity Program

SCCEI joins forces with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) to convene private roundtables comprised of social science experts who conduct data-intensive research into timely issues confronting China’s economy.
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Overreach and Overreaction: The Downward Spiral in the U.S.-China Relations

Dr. Susan Shirk joined Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions as the featured speaker of the 2022 Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture.
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US-China Business Council President Shares Insights on US-China Relations in Private Roundtable

SCCEI hosted a private roundtable discussion with the president of the US-China Business Council, Craig Allen, and a select group of Stanford faculty and business leaders, discussing technology competition and the shifting business environment between the US and China.
US-China Business Council President Shares Insights on US-China Relations in Private Roundtable
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The Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions and Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis co-organized a closed-door roundtable on the scope, impact, and implications of China’s industrial policy and produced a summary report of the discussion.

Fears of a 'Dark COVID Winter' in Rural China Grow as the Holiday Rush Begins

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Listen to the recording of SCCEI Research Scholar Huan Wang speaking with NPR host Emily Feng about how rural China is coping with the COVID surge the Lunar New Year holiday is anticipated to bring. 

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SCCEI Research Scholar speaks with npr host Emily Feng about the current COVID situation in rural China, saying there is fear of rural villages being 'left on their own in a dark, COVID winter.'

Young Researcher Workshop

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About the Workshops


The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a bi-weekly series of presentations from scholars around campus who are working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The aim of the series is to bring together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, share results from preliminary data analyses, or do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation. The Workshop Series is an opportunity to give and receive feedback on existing research, get to know other researchers around campus who are working on or in China, and be a testing ground for new ideas, data, and presentations.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided! 

Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present. 

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The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a bi-weekly series of presentations from scholars around campus who are working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The aim of the series is to bring together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, share results from preliminary data analyses, or do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation. The Workshop Series is an opportunity to give and receive feedback on existing research, get to know other researchers around campus who are working on or in China, and be a testing ground for new ideas, data, and presentations.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided! 

Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present. 

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Young Researcher Workshop

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About the Workshops


The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a bi-weekly series of presentations from scholars around campus who are working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The aim of the series is to bring together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, share results from preliminary data analyses, or do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation. The Workshop Series is an opportunity to give and receive feedback on existing research, get to know other researchers around campus who are working on or in China, and be a testing ground for new ideas, data, and presentations.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided! 

Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present. 

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Minghao Qiu
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About the Workshops


The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a bi-weekly series of presentations from scholars around campus who are working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The aim of the series is to bring together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, share results from preliminary data analyses, or do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation. The Workshop Series is an opportunity to give and receive feedback on existing research, get to know other researchers around campus who are working on or in China, and be a testing ground for new ideas, data, and presentations.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided! 

Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present. 

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Huan Wang

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Huan Wang is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI), and a long-standing member of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP). Huan's research portfolio is grounded in empirical methods and a commitment to addressing real-world development challenges. Her connection to Stanford began in 2010, when she first collaborated with FSI faculty. She formally joined FSI as a postdoctoral scholar in 2017 and has been a full-time research scholar since 2019.

Her research investigates the determinants and constraints of human capital development across the life course in China — from early childhood through old age. She leads large-scale randomized controlled trials and field experiments to evaluate programs targeting the physical, cognitive, and emotional drivers of educational attainment, productivity, and healthy aging. Her interdisciplinary projects are integrated with the Stanford School of Medicine and the School of Education.

Her publication has appeared in Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Economics of Education Review, and The China Quarterly. Her research contributes to a body of evidence that has informed China's national school lunch programs and the inclusion of vision care in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals framework.

Huan is part of the SCCEI Seminar Committee, helping to identify emerging China scholars and bring them to Stanford to engage with our community.

Beyond academia, Huan currently runs a social enterprise that works with local communities to establish sustainable, high-quality vision care services for children in rural China.

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The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a weekly series of presentations from scholars working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The series brings together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, results from preliminary data analyses, or even do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided! 

Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present. 

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