The Unirule Institute of Economics held the Unirule Annual Board of Directors Meeting on 12th April 2012 in Beijing, and 12 board of directors in total attended the meeting. Firstly, Prof. Mao Yushi, president of the Unirule, briefly introduced the agenda of this meeting, further clarified the responsibilities and obligations of the Unirule as a private think tank, and then submitted the personnel change plan to the board of directors. Prof. Sheng Hong, director of the Unirule, then introduced the Unirule’s work in the past year in detail, including the report of the Nature, Performance, and Reform of the State-owned Enterprises which was released in March 2011, the Weekly Topics of China Review. Com, the Seminar "Land: Justice and Reform", the 2012 Forum on New Year’s Expectations, the Seminar on Local Governance and State Transformation which was held in July 2011, research programs such as, the Special Planning of Industrial Development in Qianhai Cooperation Zone, the Research on Urban Water Supply Performance Assessment and Administration System, the Research on Curbing Excessive Price Increases in Ningxia Autonomous Region, etc. Prof. Zhang Shuguang, chairman of the Academic Committee of the Unirule, introduced the organization of Bi-weekly Symposiums, the publication of China Economics 2009, Case Studies in China’s Institutional Change (Volume IV), What Should China Rely On for Food Security and The Great Wall and the Coase Theorem, as well as the change of specially invited researchers. In the end, members of board of directors discussed and commented on the Unirule’s work and the existing problems. In terms of personnel changes, according to the result of voting by members of the board of directors, Prof. Mao Yushi was elected as the honorary president, Mr. Yao Zhongqiu (Qiu Feng) as the new president, Mr. Yao Zhongqiu (Qiu Feng) and Prof. Feng Xingyuan as standing members of the board of directors, and Prof. Zhao Nong as the new member of the board of directors.
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