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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Emergence of Social Systems Engineering (SSE)
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Outline of Social Systems Engineering (SSE)
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Application of Social Systems Engineering
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Development Research Center of the State Council, Beijing, China
Huijiong Wang
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Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council, Beijing, China
Shantong Li
About the authors
He became a senior research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Science through open examination in 1980, and served as a consultant at UNIDO in 1981. Later, he was transferred to the newly established Techno-Economic Research Center (which later became the Development Research Center) of the State Council and became one of the leading group members. He has spearheaded several major national and international projects, such as Comprehensive Planning of ShanXi Heavy Chemical and Energy basis 1980-2000, China by the Year 2000 (National First Class S&T Progress Award 1988), Industrial Restructuring and Industrial Policies (A joint research project with the World Book), and Integrated Study of China’s Development and Reform (A grant from the UNDP (ca. 3 million USD) from 1988-1991). He has been Vice President of the DRC Academic Committee since the 1990s. He has also served as a local consultant to the World Bank, ADB, ESCAP, OECD etc.
Professor Shantong Li is a Senior Research Fellow and former Director General of the Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy of Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council (People’s Republic of China). She was a member of the National Committee of CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) and currently holds professorships at both Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Li has participated in numerous joint development projects with the World Bank, UNDP, UNIDO, OECD and the ADB. She has conducted systematic research on issues concerning China’s medium-term and long-term development, with a particular focus on regional economic and social development. Among many of her accomplishments Professor Li has contributed to the Development Strategy and Policies for 13th Five-Year Plan and towards 2030. She has created an applicable CGE model, the DRC-CGE model of China, and has also trained a team of scholars working in this field. This model has been applied in many research projects both domestically and abroad. She won the Fudan Management Excellence Award in 2014. She is Director of the project “Urbanization development path selection and management research of China in the new stage, key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China” (project no. 71133003) and also joined the project “Sustainable Urbanisation in China: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Mega-trends towards 2050” (EU Project Number FP7－266941).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Social Systems Engineering
Authors: Huijiong Wang, Shantong Li
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7040-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7039-6Published: 12 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3908-0Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7040-2Published: 28 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 711
Number of Illustrations: 71 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
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