About the Conference

The Asian Demographic Research Institute will host the 4th Asian Population Association (APA) in Shanghai, China, at Shanghai University from 11 July to 14 July 2018. 

The Asian Population Association Conference has strongly become a major international event drawing over 1,600 participants from over 50 countries around the globe. The Conference is held every three years, providing opportunities for experts and students to share and discuss their scientific study of population issues. The key topics of interest shared by our members and participants include but not limited to the followings; Fertility, Reproductive Health, Mortality, Child Health, Migration, Refugees, Population Ageing, Labour force and Employment, Population and Education, Poverty, Population and Development, Gender Issues and Techniques of Demographic Analysis.

Language

The language of the 2018 Conference will be English. English to Chinese translation service will be offered at the opening sessions and keynote speakers.

International Organising Committee (IOC)

IOC Chair:             Doo-Sub Kim: APA President

IOC Vice chair:       Baochang Gu: APA Vice President

IOC Members:        Terence Hull: Immediate Past President of APA

                           Paul Yip: APA Secretary General

                           Bhassorn Limanonda: APA Treasurer

                           Santhya KG: APA Council Member

                           Sureeporn Punpuing: APA Council Member

                           Wendy Hartanto: APA Council Member

                           Yasuhiko Saito: APA Council Member

                           Youngtae Cho: APA Council Member

                           Rossarin Gray: APA Executive Secretary

National Organising Committee (NOC)

NOC Chair:            Xueguo Wen: Vice President of Shanghai University

NOC Vice chair:      Leiwen Jiang: Director, Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University

NOC Members:       Jinhong Ding: Director, China East Normal University

                           Limin Dong: Director, Social Sciences Office, Shanghai University

                Baochang Gu: Vice President, Asian Population Association

                Dan He: Director, China Population and Development Research Center

                Xizhe Peng: Dean, Fudan University

                Kaifeng Qin: Deputy Director, President Office, Shanghai University

                Changmin Sun: President, Shanghai Population Association

                Wanggen Wan: Director, International Affair Office, Shanghai University

                Zhenwu Zhai: President, China Population Association

                Wenhong Zhang: Dean School of Sociology and Politic Sciences, Shanghai University

                Haiwang Zhou: Deputy Director, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Secretary Team:     Yuzhao Liu, Deputy Dean, School of Sociology and Politics Sciences, 

 Shanghai University

                    Hao Yuan, Deputy Dean, School of Sociology and Politics Sciences, 

Shanghai University

                    Samir KC, Professor, Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University

                    Qi Hu, Secretary General, Shanghai Population Association

                    Hong Wei, President Office, Shanghai University

                    Huijie Lai, International Affair Office, Shanghai University

                    Wuli Zhou, Social Sciences Office, Shanghai University

                    Fan Jie, School of Sociology and Politics Sciences, Shanghai University

                    Yu Zhang, Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University

                    Fenfang Xu, School of Sociology and Politics Sciences, Shanghai University

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