Acknowledgements
This book is the product of the Oxford University–CELAP Joint Centre for Urban Studies and is supported by the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Associate Professor Chen Yuanzhi, Professor Alan Hudson and Professor He Lisheng were the joint project leaders, working out the book’s overall structure and the topic for each chapter.
Team members include:
- Deputy General Director Liu Genfa, Professor Zhu
- Ruibo, Professor Chu Tianjiao, Deputy Director
- Ding Jinfeng, Austin Williams, Dr Yang Zhiqiang, and Associate Professor Ge Yixiang. The authors of the first drafts of each chapter are as follows:
- Preface (Alan Hudson, Chen Yuanzhi)
- Chapter 1 (He Lisheng, Chu Tianjiao)
- Chapter 2 (Chu Tianjiao)
- Chapter 3 (Liu Genfa, Chu Tianjiao)
- Chapter 4 (Ding Jinfeng, Chu Tianjiao)
- Chapter 5 (Austin Williams)
- Chapter 6 (He Lisheng, Chen Yuanzhi, Zhu Ruibo)
- Chapter 7 (Alan Hudson, Chen Yuanzhi)
- Chapter 8 (Yang Zhiqiang)
- Chapter 9 (Zhu Ruibo, Yang Zhiqiang)
- Chapter 10 (Chu Tianjiao)
- Chapter 11 (Chen Yuanzhi)
- Chapter 12 (Chen Yuanzhi)
- Conclusion (Chen Yuanzhi, Alan Hudson).
Chen Yuanzhi and Alan Hudson revised the whole book on the basis of the first drafts. They also adapted and improved the translated version of the book. Chen Yuanzhi undertook the task of obtaining the copyright of all the photos used in the book.
The project received substantial help from the following organisations: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Nanchang Organization Department of CPC Committee, Qingdao Organization Department CPC Committee, Hangzhou International City Research Center, Chengdu Organization Department of CPC Committee, and Hefei Municipal Government. These organisations helped to arrange the field study agendas, provided case study materials and contributed their thoughts regarding city development. Thank you to all of them. The present book has benefited enormously from the hard work and professionalism of our editorial team at RIBA Publishing. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of our Commissioning Editor, Alex White.
Dr Chen Yuanzhi, Associate Professor at the Department of Academics, CELAP
Alan Hudson, Director of Programmes in Leadership and Public Policy, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education
Dr He Lisheng, Director of the Teaching Affairs Department, CELAP