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CHINA DAILY GLOBAL

Better risk management

An opinion piece co-authored by PPOL Assist. Prof. ZHAO Xiaofan on how to improve China’s climate risk governance system, in which she said “Chinese cities must enhance policy learning and experience sharing with each other in the area of disaster risk management.”

THE THINK20 (T20)

Think20 (T20) Policy Brief

PPOL Associate Head Professor Kira Matus and Associate Professor Masaru YARIME have contributed to the Policy Brief "SusTech Solutions: Enabling New Technologies to Drive Sustainable Development" for Task Force 4 Digital Transformation of the Think20 (T20), which aims to provide research-based policy recommendations to the G20 leaders.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC POLICY

Dr. Xiaofan Zhao is awarded the Young Scientist Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

SCMP

Temperature rising: Hong Kong developers, universities act early on climate change, but most businesses hold back, doing the minimum

PPOL Associate Professor Masaru YARIME explained a project on energy saving in buildings to tackle climate change in HKUST Sustainable Smart Campus as a Living Lab providing a platform for learning, experimenting, and demonstrating innovation to address sustainability challenges.

SCMP

Temperature rising: Hong Kong’s poorest suffer most as city gets hotter, while experts call for action to avoid tragedy

Dr. Konstantinos Spandagos, a former postdoctoral researcher working with Professor Masaru Yarime at PPOL, made comments in an article in the South China Morning Post, based on our research on social influence and policy intervention for energy saving.

CHINA DAILY

More than money needed to help families grow

An article by SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN on the incentives of China’s three-child policy.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC POLICY

Nomination as Specialty Chief Editor for the Governance and Cities Section of the Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

PPOL Professor Masaru Yarime has been nominated as the Specialty Chief Editor for the Governance and Cities section of the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC POLICY (PPOL)

PPOL Student Awarded The Joseph Needham Merit Scholarship

PPOL MPhil Student Miss LI Veronica Qin Ting has been awarded 2021 The Joseph Needham Merit Scholarship.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

China digital currency: could Beijing’s advanced e-yuan replace smaller Asian currencies?

PPOL Prof. Edwin LAI said in an interview that China’s digital yuan is unlikely to be widely used in the global monetary system if the country is reluctant to relax its stringent capital controls.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO

The Legacy Of The Lasting Effects Of China's 1-Child Policy

PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN said in a radio news interview that China’s one-child policy may not be the only reason for the nation’s plunge in the birth rate during the 80s and 90s.

VARIOUS MEDIA

The Climate Crisis Advisory Group

PPOL Prof. Ye QI has joined a group of world-leading scientists to launch “The Climate Crisis Advisory Group”, which seeks to scrutinise different governments’ responses to climate and biodiversity crises. The advisory group will also suggest how policymakers can mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

ITEMS, U.S. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

Use of Personal Data in Tackling Covid-19 in East Asia

PPOL Associate Prof. Masaru YARIME published an article about Personal Data in Tackling Covid-19 in East Asia.

VARIOUS MEDIA

China Announces Couples Could Have Three Children

PPOL and SOSC Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN commented on China’s new three-child policy in media interviews, saying while the policy shift removes a clear inconsistency in the concerns over low fertility with restrictions on births at the same time, the policy alone will not be able to address the structural problem of China’s population.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC POLICY

Prof Naubahar SHARIF as the Acting Head of the Division of Public Policy

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF has been appointed as the Acting Head of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL) effective from 1 June 2021.

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

The changing nature of innovation policies: moving towards systems transformation approaches

PPOL Associated Professor Masaru YARIME contributed to the OECD-TIP Launch Event "R&D Policies for Better Post-Pandemic Futures: New Approaches and Tools on 20-21 May 2021.

VARIOUS MEDIA

‘Covid Zero’ Havens Find Reopening Harder Than Taming Virus

In an article on the possibility of achieving Covid-Zero, PPOL Senior Lecturer/IEMS Director, Prof. Donald LOW said authorities should impose measures that are harsher and stricter.

CHINADAILY

Window is closing on HK's innovation, technology hopes

An article written by PPOL Prof. Naubahar SHARIF requested the Government have a holistic plan to nurture science, technology and innovation in Hong Kong.

JAPAN TIMES & INTELLASIA

China bets on productivity over population to drive its economy

Media coverages on the SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN’s comments on China’s latest census finding.

EURACTIV

China, EU and US cooperation on climate change - is there political will to make real progress?

Professor QI Ye, Director of Institute for Public Policy (IPP) and Professor of Division of Public Policy (PPOL), will speak on China, EU and US cooperation in a climate change forum on 27 May 2021.

PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL

Catalyst For Change – Update on Sustainable Finance Activities in Asia & the Pacific

PPOL Associate Professor Masaru YARIME participated in A Catalyst for Change - A live virtual roundtable dialogue on the latest Sustainable Finance Developments across Asia and the Pacific that took place on March 24, 2021 in the UN-ESCAP 8th Annual Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD).

QS TOP UNIVERSITIES

Why The World Needs A New Generation Of Better Public Managers

The article investigates the reasons for the increasing demand for public managers and how they play the most crucial functions of society benefit all citizens and improve their daily lives.
 

QS Top Universities

4 Of The Best Reasons To Study Public Policy In Hong Kong

The article takes a closer look at what makes Hong Kong an ideal place to pursue a master’s in public policy.

FOREIGN POLICY

To Democratize Vaccine Access, Democratize Production

An article was co-written by PPOL Research Asst. Prof. Renu SINGH on how we could address the COVID-19 vaccine inequality by opening vaccine technology and assisting countries around the world to manufacture.

PPOL

MPP Admission Scholarship 2020-21

In 2020-21 academic year, 7 students were selected and awarded the MPP Admission Scholarship. Congratulations to all of them!

NOW NEWS

China Newborns Fell by 15% Last Year. The Trend Is Temporarily Difficult To Reverse

SOSC and PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN’s comments on China’s record low birth rate last year, saying the statistics are in line with a general global downward trend as a result of the pandemic in 2020, but he expects the drop will ease off in coming years.  He added that downward structural trend is likely to continue because the number of childbearing women is declining.

INDIA EDUCATION DIARY

Tokyo Institute of Technology: AEARU-Tokyo Tech Webinar on Collaboration in a Post-COVID-19 World

Acting Dean of Students and PPOL Professor, Prof. King CHOW, was one of the invited speakers of the webinar on “Cooperation and Collaboration among Research Universities in Asia in a Post-COVID-19 World” hosted by Tokyo Tech on November 27.  The webinar was part of activities organized under the Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU).  

THE NEWS ON SUNDAY

Is a victory over Covid in sight?

PPOL PhD Candidate Mr Athar MANSOOR wrote an article social distancing and not vaccines could have controlled infection rate and will remain the most powerful tool to curb the spread of COVID-19 for at least a couple of more years. 

SCMP

China-US tech rivalry: Beijing plans to restructure national labs, boost investment in scientific research

"State key labs are the main vehicles that the Chinese authorities are employing to direct resources towards advancing basic research capacity and capabilities. Scientific knowledge often takes a long time to become useful", PPOL Associate Professor, Prof. Naubahar SHARIF says.