发布时间：2025-09-12
The Regional Science Association of China (RSAC) is a national academic society supported by Peking University, approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and officially registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in October 1991, initiated and established by Professor Yang Kaizhong.
The mission of the Association is to unite and organize scholars and practitioners in regional science and regional economics across China. We are dedicated to advancing domestic and international academic exchange and cooperation, providing consulting services on spatial planning, urbanization, and regional development, and offering intellectual support for China's modernization drive.
Since April 2012, the Association has operated under a refined governance structure, implementing a system where the Chairman of the Council holds responsibility under the guidance of the President. The current Chairman of the Council is Professor Liu Binglian, Dean of the Academy of Economic and Social Development at Nankai University. The Association currently has nearly 1,000 members and comprises 23 specialty committees:
Specialty Committee on the Yangtze River Economic Belt
Specialty Committee on Urban Economics
Specialty Committee on Rural Revitalization
Specialty Committee on Common Modernization for All Ethnic Groups
Specialty Committee on Regional Innovation
Specialty Committee on Regional Economics
Specialty Committee on Regional Cultural Development
Specialty Committee on Regional and Urban Planning
Specialty Committee on Population and Regional Development
Specialty Committee on Ecological Civilization Studies
Specialty Committee on the Development of Underdeveloped Regions
Specialty Committee on Urban Management
Specialty Committee on the Revitalization of Old Industrial Bases
Specialty Committee on Territorial and Spatial Planning
Specialty Committee on Marine Economy Research
Specialty Committee on Spatial Analysis
Specialty Committee on Spatial Economics
Specialty Committee on Regional Sustainable Development
Specialty Committee on Regional Tourism Development
Specialty Committee on New Economic Geography
Specialty Committee on the "Belt and Road" Initiative
Specialty Committee on Urban-Rural Integrated Development
Specialty Committee on Free Trade Zones and Ports
The Association has continuously enhanced its collaboration and cooperation with the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organisation (PRSCO), the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), and other key national regional science bodies, as well as with universities, research institutes, government agencies, and enterprises at home and abroad. In January 2019, the RSAC officially joined the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
Each year, focusing on the global academic frontiers and major national strategic needs, the Association hosts the Annual Conference of the Regional Science Association of China. In 2016, in collaboration with Peking University, Nankai University, Tsinghua University, Capital University of Economics and Business, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Joint Innovation Center of Hebei University of Economics and Business, the School of Government at Peking University, and the Beijing Development Institute, it launched the annual New Year Forum on Urban Policy and Management in China.
From 2007 to 2012, an annual Cross-Strait Symposium on Regional Science was jointly held; since 2013, this symposium has been officially merged into the annual conference of the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organisation. In 2007, the Association co-hosted the Sino-Japanese International Symposium on Regional Science. This event was expanded in 2010 to become the annual Asian International Symposium on Regional Science. Eight sessions were successfully held in Beijing (China), Kitakyushu (Japan), Hualien and Taipei (China Taiwan), Seoul (South Korea), Harbin (China), and Sendai (Japan). Beginning with its ninth session, the event was officially renamed the Asian Conference of Regional Science and has since been successfully convened in Shanghai (China, 2019), Tsukuba (Japan), Taiwan (China), and Ulsan (South Korea).
In 2009, together with academic societies from South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, the Association initiated the establishment of the Asian Association of Urban and Regional Studies (AAURS), and has since co-organized successful international symposia in Seoul (South Korea), Nanning (China), Bangkok (Thailand), and other locations.
Since 2010, the Association has annually hosted the Advanced Training Program for Young Scholars in Regional Economics and the National Annual Conference on the Development of Urban Management as a Discipline. Additionally, it periodically organizes the International Conference on Regional Science in Developing Countries, the International Conference on Spatial Economics, the International Symposium on New Economic Geography, as well as international advanced workshops and seminars on Regional Science and Spatial Economics, advanced training courses for teachers of regional economics, and the China Regional Development Forum.
The Secretariat of the Association is hosted by Peking University.
Secretary-General: Prof. Lu Jun
Website: www.rsac.pku.edu.cn
Tel: +86-10-62758811