Call for Papers: The 29th Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for the History of Foreign Economic Theories

To uphold and develop Chinese and foreign Marxist economics, and to conduct in-depth research and correctly draw lessons from foreign economic theories, the Chinese Society for the History of Foreign Economic Theories ^[1] and Shandong University will jointly host the 29th Annual Academic Conference of the Chinese Society for the History of Foreign Economic Theories. The conference is organized by the School of Business at Shandong University and is scheduled to be held from August 6 to 9, 2021, in Wehai City.

This conference will focus on discussing the following topics:

1. Research on the development and evolution of foreign economic thought.
2. Comparative research between Marxist economics and Western economics.
3. Research on frontier theories of contemporary Western economic doctrines.
4. Research on the overseas dissemination of Xi Jinping Economic Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
5. Research on the restructuring of global value chains in the post-pandemic era.
6. Research on global economic governance in the post-pandemic era.
7. Research on the China-Japan-ROK Free Trade Area within the frameworks of RCEP ^[2] and CPTPP ^[3].
8. Path selections and international comparisons for the modernization of agriculture and rural areas ^[4].

We are now soliciting papers on the above topics from colleagues nationwide. Papers are required to take Marxist economics as their guide, demonstrate academic innovation, and adhere to standard writing conventions. Following a peer-review process, we will issue formal invitations to the authors of selected papers. Selected papers will be compiled into a collection of proceedings to be published by China Economic Publishing House. The conference will select outstanding achievements and recommend them to important journals such as Marxism Studies (《马克思主义研究》), Economic Perspectives (《经济学动态》), Contemporary Economic Research (《当代经济研究》), Journal of Political Economy (《政治经济学研究》), and Crits of Shanghai School of Economics ^[5] (《海派经济学》, quarterly).

Submissions must include an abstract of approximately 800 characters. On the footnote of the first page, please provide a brief author biography, contact telephone number, mailing address, postal code, and email address. Please send submissions to the conference organizing committee’s email: zhhwjh@126.com (Contact person: Teacher Yang). The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2021.

Chinese Society for the History of Foreign Economic Theories Shandong University March 2021