John F. Kennedy School of Government

The Kennedy School of Government is engaged in several ongoing initiatives and projects that promote and support good governance practices in China. As China continues to emerge as a major player on the international stage, it faces an increasing number of economic, political, and technological challenges that will require thoughtful and nuanced solutions. The Kennedy School, along with the other schools at Harvard, is hoping to contribute to cross-collaborative solutions through a combination of engagement, research, and practice. A listing of several ongoing projects relating to China is below.

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (top)
The Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Project scholars are working primarily on two issues in China: clean-vehicle, and clean-coal technologies, seeking in each case to promote more rapid deployment of these options in China, and eventually to find mechanisms for China to "leapfrog" to the relevant advanced energy technologies.

Center for International Development (top)
The Center for International Development's Global Trade Negotiations Home Page has a China Summary, which includes China's WTO Commitments, State-Owned Enterprises, Piracy and Intellectual Property Rights, Relations with Taiwan, and Relations with the US. Also provides links to the World Bank's profile on China, a piece by Jeffrey Sachs on "China's Growth after WTO Membership", and other links including: WTO China Updates, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, ChinaWTO.com, The US-China Business Council, and The China WWW Virtual Library.

Kennedy School Student Government China Caucus (top)
Recently this student group has hosted a talk on "Health Insurance and Health Care Reform in China," co-sponsored a China Job Fair, and co-organized the Asia Business Conference.

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (top)
The Center for Business and Government's Asia Programs include the AIDS Public Policy Training Project, an executive training course for national, provincial and local government officials in the Asian region to promote leadership roles supported by knowledge for an effective response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and the China Public Policy Program, which supports the training of Chinese officials in an effort to enhance their capacity to manage policy in rapidly changing domestic and international public environments, engage in capacity building in China to further the teaching and analysis of public administration and public policy issues, and promote superior research and policy dialogues on current developments in China and those issues central to US-China relations.