Shanghai Municipal Government - Past Activities and Events

December 2004 - Representatives from the Maxwell School and the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing visited the China Scholarship Council to brief them about a new joint graduate program in public administration, to be administered by Syracuse University and Tsinghua University.

November 2004 - Representatives from Executive Education Program at the Maxwell School met with a delegation from Shanghai municipal government in New York City to explore collaborative opportunities in short-term training program for government officials in Shanghai.

November 2004 - The Maxwell School hosted a visit by representatives from the Chinese Consulate General from New York City to discuss public administration education and executive training programs at Maxwell.

October 2004 - The Maxwell School hosts its annual Chinese Directors-General Program in the United States, as a part of the three-month training program the participants attend at CNSA. The program will provide the participants with background and perspective on the U.S. government and economy, supplemented by visits to local, state and federal agencies and businesses to demonstrate theory in practice.

July 2004 - The Maxwell School hosted a Chinese delegation to study the government oversight system in the United States. The delegation visited relevant New York and Federal government agencies.

June 2004 - Representatives from the Maxwell School visited several provincial and municipal governments in China, including Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, to discuss collaborations in executive training and graduate program at Maxwell.

March 2004 - A delegation from the School of Continuing Education from Tsinghua University in China visited Maxwell School and the School of Continuing Education at Syracuse University to explore collaboration opportunities.

December 2003 - Representatives from the Maxwell School visit China National School of Administration (CNSA) and the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua in Beijing to discuss next year’s activities. They will also meet with representatives from several American corporations that have been supportive of Maxwell’s partnership with China.

November 2003 - The Maxwell School hosts the third GE sponsored CNSA Directors-General Program in the United States on the topic “government and economy.” In addition to intensive classroom instruction in Beijing, the course of study includes a two-week international training and travel component. The Maxwell School has been designated by the CNSA as the host institution in the United States.

The program will provide the participants with background and perspective on the U.S. government and economy, supplemented by visits to local, state and federal agencies and businesses to demonstrate theory in practice.

September 2003 - The Maxwell School hosts a delegation from China National School of Administration (CNSA). The delegation meets with the dean of the Maxwell School and Director and staff of the Executive Education Program.

September 2003 - The Maxwell hosts a delegation from Shanghai Administrative Institute (the municipal government’s top training institution). The two institutions explore the possibility of a future partnership in areas of local government training.

September 2003 - The Maxwell School hosts a reception at the 15th annual conference of Association for Budgeting and Financial Management for the China panel participants and official inauguration of the Chinese (-in-America) Association for Public Administration.

July 2003 - A representative from the Maxwell School visits China National School of Administration (CNSA) and the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing to discuss training and educational projects to be conducted both in China and the U.S.

January 2003 - The Maxwell School hosts a professor from China National School of Administration (CNSA) for a year-long visiting scholar program. The professor will conduct research on leadership and management in public sector. In preparation of CNSA’s launching of MPA program this fall, he will also study curriculum design and observe how public administration courses are taught at the Maxwell School.

October 2002 - The Maxwell School hosts the third GE sponsored CNSA Directors-General Program in the United States. The two-week training program enables senior Chinese officials to understand the role of various governments in the U.S. in promoting economic development. The on campus lectures is supplemented by visits to local, state and federal agencies and businesses to demonstrate theory in practice.

May 2002 - The Maxwell School cosponsors an international conference in Beijing with the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University and the Kennedy School of Harvard University on the topic of MPA education and government reforms.

May 2002 - The Maxwell School and College of Law Partnership team conducts its annual workshop in China. For 2002, the topic is "governmental transparency" to help educate Chinese legal scholars and government officials in preparation to draft China’s Freedom of Information Act.

March, 2002 - The Maxwell School hosts a delegation of senior members from the Chinese Academy of Engineering to discuss the challenges of globalizing professional education and trends towards cross-disciplinary and cross-country collaboration among universities.

January, 2002 - The Maxwell School hosts a GE delegation of Chinese state enterprise CEOs and government officials to examine the influence of public administration education on United States government management and the Maxwell School approach.

December, 2001 - Maxwell School representatives visit Shenzhen, the pioneer city for Chinese
reforms, to discuss training opportunities with the leadership of the Shenzhen Institute of Administration and senior officials from the Civil Service Bureau.

December, 2001 - The Maxwell team visits major partners in China after September 11 to assure them of the Maxwell School’s continued commitment and to discuss the possibility of developing a joint degree program.

October, 2001 - The Maxwell School and GE host the third CNSA Directors General Program on Government and Economy in the United States. The topic for the two-week long program is "Government Functions in a Market Economy."

August – January, 2001 - The Maxwell School hosts a faculty member from CNSA for a sixth-month residence to conduct comparative research on history and recent reforms in social policy in the United States and China.

August, 2001 - The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University and China’s MPA Guidance Committee jointly organize a workshop in Beijing on case teaching and case writing for faculty members from over 30 leading Chinese universities.

April, 2001 - A Maxwell team meets in Beijing with major Chinese partners including China National School of Administration, China’s MPA Guidance Committee, Tsinghua University and GE, to finalize several events for 2001.

February, 2001 - A Maxwell School delegation attends the graduation ceremony for the first class of the Hong Kong Future Leaders Program, organized by Maxwell. The team also meets with leaders from political and business communities in Hong Kong to discuss future endeavors.

January-June, 2001 - The Maxwell School and Syracuse College of Law jointly host a Visiting Fellow from the Chinese Administrative Law Research Group to study and conduct research on American constitutional law.

January – June, 2001 - The Maxwell School hosts junior faculty member from Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management for a semester-long residence as part of the faculty training program between Maxwell and Tsinghua.

November, 2000 - William Sullivan is appointed an honorary professor at CNSA, joining a distinguished group of leading scholars, state leaders and foreign partners that have made great contributions to the development of CNSA.

November, 2000 - The Maxwell School and GE host the 2nd CNSA Directors General Delegation Study Tour on government and economy in the United States.

October, 2000 - The Maxwell School hosts 35 members of the Hong Kong Future Leaders Program for a two-week training program on "American Politics and the Democratic Process."

September, 2000 - The Maxwell School hosts CNSA faculty for a six-month residency in preparation of CNSA’s launching of graduate degree programs in public administration.

August, 2000 - The second faculty team from Tsinghua’s School of Public Policy and Management starts their semester-long residence as part of the faculty training program between Maxwell and Tsinghua.

August 2000 - The Maxwell School and Syracuse College of Law host a two-week study tour on Administrative Enforcement Law for leading Chinese legal scholars and judges.

July, 2000 - The Maxwell School and the General Electric Company (GE) establish a three-year partnership to assist CNSA to train senior government officials.

May, 2000 - A Maxwell delegation participates in the first international advisory board meeting of the newly established School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University.

May, 2000 - A Maxwell School and College of Law team comprised of Dean Daan Braveman and Professors William Banks and Richard Goldsmith, conducts a training workshop in Beijing on Comparative Enforcement Law in the United States.

April, 2000 - Selected participants from the 5th Maxwell/CNSA Institute in Beijing travel to the United States for a two-week study tour on government capacity building and performance evaluation.

March, 2000 - The Maxwell School leads a US Environmental Protection Agency delegation visit to Beijing and Shanghai to explore potential collaboration opportunities in environmental finance.

February, 2000 - The Maxwell School signs a partnership agreement with the Hong Kong College of Technology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University to design and implement the Hong Kong Future Leaders Program.

Spring, 2000 - The first faculty team from the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University in China starts their semester-long residence at Maxwell to observe classroom pedagogy and to work with Maxwell faculty to design and develop public administration core courses.

November, 1999 - The Maxwell School is designated by CNSA as the lead American institution for its prestigious Directors General Program and hosts the first group of participants for a two-week training program on "Government and Economy in the United States."

October, 1999 - William Sullivan, the Maxwell School’s lead administrator for the partnership with China, receives the Friendship Award from the Chinese central government (the highest award given to a foreigner) for his efforts to promote the field of public administration. He is invited as a guest of state to participate in the 50th Anniversary of China celebration in Beijing.

October, 1999 - The Maxwell School hosts a two-week delegation visit from China’s State Commission for Public Service Structure and Establishment Administration on Government-Business Relations.

September, 1999 - Maxwell representatives Al Zuck, Kirke Harper, Director of Human Resources at US Office of Personnel Management, and William Sullivan participate in the 5th Maxwell/CNSA Institute in Beijing on "Government Capacity Building and Performance Evaluation." Chinese participants include representatives from CNSA, provincial administrative school faculty members, and senior human resource managers from the central and provincial governments.

August, 1999 - The Maxwell School and College of Law host the "Rule of Law" study tour on state administrative law models of New York and California.

June, 1999 - Professor Jeffrey Straussman and Dr. Caroline Tong of the Maxwell School and Dr. Walter Broadnax of American University publish their study, "Civil Service Reform in the People’s Republic of China: Case Studies of Early Implementation", in the Journal of Public Administration and Development.

June, 1999 - CNSA Vice President Zhang Xiuxue visits the Maxwell School to discuss a future collaboration plan and to meet with Maxwell leadership and faculty.

May, 1999 - The Maxwell School and Syracuse College of Law team deliver lectures at Tsinghua University on public administration and administrative law.

May, 1999 - The Maxwell School and College of Law of Syracuse University conduct a workshop in Beijing for the Administrative Law Partnership on administrative law at the state level of government in the United States.

April, 1999 - The Maxwell School hosts a CNSA delegation for a two-week study tour that investigates leadership selection and assessment in the United States.

January, 1999 - CNSA publishes a book comprised of cases written for 1997 and 1998 Maxwell/CNSA Institutes with Maxwell input. The book is distributed to provincial and municipal administration schools across China to be used in training of government officials at various levels.

December, 1998 - The Maxwell School and Tsinghua University enter into an institutional partnership to collaborate in establishing China’s first school of public affairs and to promote cooperative public administrative education and research.

December,1998 - The Maxwell School and CNSA jointly organize "Sino-US Seminar on Leadership – Theory and Practice" in Beijing. The Maxwell School team consists of Professor Astrid Merget, Chair of the Public Administration Department and Associate Dean, Dr. Walter Broadnax, former Deputy Secretary of US Department of Health and Human Services, and William Sullivan, Director of Executive Education at Maxwell.

November, 1998 - The Maxwell School and Syracuse College of Law team, led by Professors William Banks and Richard Goldsmith, make presentations on American administrative law at the 3rd East Asia Administrative Law Annual Meeting in Shanghai.

September, 1998 - Selected government officials attend the Maxwell/CNSA Institute, a two-week training program in the United States, to learn how the American government conducts downsizing and organizational restructuring.

August, 1998 - The Maxwell School hosts a "Rule of Law" delegation comprised of Chinese legal scholars and judges, on topic of judicial review and public hearings. The delegation meets with American legal administrators and scholars and observes government agency administrative hearings in Syracuse, Albany, New York City and Washington, D.C.

June, 1998 - The 4th Maxwell/CNSA Institute, "Government Restructuring and Downsizing", takes place in Beijing. The Maxwell School team led by Associate Dean Michael Wasylenko participates in the Institute with CNSA faculty and senior officials from central and provincial governments.

June, 1998 - Maxwell School Political Science Professor Steven Macedo makes presentations at CNSA on current theory and trends in the field of political science and meets with CNSA faculty to discuss teaching methodologies.

May, 1998 - CNSA Executive Vice President and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji’s economic advisor, Gui Shiyong, visits the Maxwell School to celebrate five years of institutional cooperation and to meet with Maxwell and Syracuse University leaders.

April, 1998 - CNSA technology specialists begin a month-long residency with the Maxwell School’s Information and Computing Technology Group to develop technology-based curricula at CNSA.

April, 1998 - The Maxwell School hosts a faculty delegation from the Beijing Municipal Administrative College that investigates comparative public administration education and executive training.

August, 1997 - The Maxwell School hosts a delegation of local government officials from China for a one-week program to study the role and functions of local governments in the United States.

July, 1997 - The Maxwell School hosts a delegation from the Jiangsu Provincial Government to discuss a possible collaboration with local and provincial governments.

May, 1997 - Selected Chinese government officials from the Maxwell/CNSA Institute in Beijing travel to in the United States for a two-week study tour on civil service reform efforts in the United States.

May, 1997 - Maxwell School representatives meet with the US Ambassador to China to discuss Maxwell School’s partnerships with the Chinese government and educational institutions.

January, 1997 - A Maxwell School team visits the Jiangsu Provincial School of Administration in Nanjing, China to discuss executive training for government officials. Local TV stations in Nanjing interview the team about public administration education in the U.S. and Maxwell’s partnership with China.

January, 1997 - The 3rd Maxwell/CNSA Institute, "China’s Civil Service Reform Efforts over the Past Decade", is held in Beijing. A Maxwell expert team, led by Professor Jeffrey Straussman, includes Dr.Walter Broadnax of the US Department of Health and Human Services and Kirke Harper from US Office of Personnel Management.

December, 1996
CNSA publishes a book of articles selected by Maxwell Public Administration faculty on government reform efforts around the world. The book is circulated to interested individuals from universities, provincial and municipal schools of administration, and central government ministries.

October, 1996
The Dean of The Maxwell School, John L. Palmer, visits Beijing to meet with CNSA leadership to discuss and develop a plan for future collaboration between the two institutions and to participate in a case-writing seminar.

October, 1996
Maxwell representative Mr. Al Zuck, the former president of the International Institute of Administrative Science and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), delivers a two-day seminar at CNSA on graduate public administration programs in the United States.

July, 1996
The Maxwell School and College of Law at Syracuse University enter into a partnership agreement with the Administrative Law Research Group of the National People’s Congress to develop administrative laws and procedures for the Chinese government.

July, 1996
A Maxwell expert team led by Professor William Banks of the College of Law at Syracuse University make presentations at a one-week administrative law conference in Inner Mongolia organized by the State Commission of Public Structure and Establishment Administration in China.

May, 1996
The Maxwell School hosts a senior-level Chinese government official from the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics. Sponsored by IMB, the official conducts research and produces a paper about technology and its impact on cross-cultural understanding.

May, 1996
Maxwell School technology experts return to CNSA to continue their work to develop a computer network at CNSA.

March, 1996
Representatives from CNSA, including Vice President Tang Tiehan, and from the State Commission on Public Structure and Establishment Administration attend a national "Reinventing Government" conference in Washington, D.C.

October, 1995
A Maxwell expert team led by Professor Guy Peters of the University of Pittsburgh deliver a series of lectures on social welfare policies and government administration in the United States.

August, 1995
The 2nd Maxwell/CNSA Institute on "Performance Appraisal and Public Budgeting" is held in Beijing. The Maxwell faculty include Professors Jeffrey Straussman and Sean O’Keefe.

June, 1995
The Maxwell School, CNSA and IBM sign a three-party agreement to establish a technology training facility at CNSA and to create computer-based training curricula.

May, 1995
The Maxwell School hosts a delegation of provincial public administration school leaders from China on "Government Executive Training in the United States." The trip results in a publication of a book on the same topic and is circulated across China.

April, 1995
The Maxwell School begins a partnership with China’s State Commission of Public Structure and Establishment Administration, an agency assigned to study China’s governmental structure and to make recommendations for reform. The Commission sends a 18-member delegation to Maxwell to examine intergovernmental relations in the United States.

March, 1995
The Maxwell School hosts CNSA technology specialists for a one month residency to investigate how technology is used in teaching and research.

January, 1995
A Maxwell team, led by Professor Stuart Thorson, travels to Beijing to assist CNSA in curriculum development and in the design of a campus computer network.

November, 1994
The Maxwell School hosts the Director of CNSA’s International Cooperation Office for a six-week residency. The visit results in the production of a strategic plan to guide CNSA’s institutional development.

October, 1994
A CNSA delegation, led by its Executive Vice President Zhang Jinyuan, attends the Maxwell School’s seventieth anniversary celebration and meets with Maxwell and Syracuse University leadership to discuss additional areas of collaboration.

August, 1994
A Maxwell faculty team, led by Professor Patricia Ingraham, participates in the first Maxwell/CNSA Institute in Beijing. The one-week program explores "Civil Service Reform and Comparative Administration." Participants include faculty from CNSA and other universities and government officials from selected central government ministries.

March, 1994
Maxwell Professor Edward Bock visits CNSA to lead discussions on curriculum development, the case method and teaching methodologies for adult learners.

August, 1993
The former dean of The Maxwell School, Dr. Guthrie Birkhead, visits CNSA to lecture on public administration practice in the United States; participants include representatives from CNSA and provincial schools of administration from across China.

April, 1993
The Maxwell School signs a collaborative agreement with the China National School of Administration (CNSA) and becomes CNSA’s first international partner.

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