The Fifth Asian Seminar in Regional Science is set upon with the aim to serve as a platform for cross-fertilization of ideas among scholars and particularly to promote the exchange of ideas and research among Asian countries and regions. It is expected that the exchange will further contribute to the stability and prosperity for the regions.
 
CONFERENCE TIMELINE
Registration: 17th, July, 2015
Conference: 18th– 19th, July, 2015
Technical Tour: 20th, July, 2015
 
ORGANIZATION
Regional Science Association of China
Harbin Institute of Technology
Applied Regional Science Conference                                                         
Korean Regional Science Association
Chinese Regional Science Association-Taiwan
 
THEME
Optimizing the Spatial Pattern of Economic Development
 
SUBCONFERENCE
Asian Integration, Spatial Economics, Economic Geography, Transportation, Asian Regional and Urban Issues, Regional Development, Location of Economic Activities, Housing, Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Quality, Local Public Finance, Migration and Demographic Analysis, Regional and Urban Resilience, The New Silk Road and Sino-Russian Cooperation, Russian Economy in Global Politics.
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
CO-CHAIRMAN
Kaizhong Yang (Peking University)
Shi An (Harbin Institute of Technology)
Jae Hong Kim (Ulsan University)
Fu-Chuan Lai (Academia Sinica)
Se-il Mun (Kyoto University)
 
REGISTRATION
Online registration:  Registration website http://asrs.rsah.org.cn/?page_id=304
Deadline for online registration is April.30th, 2015. Please complete the registration form and pay the registration fee online.
Regular registration:  09:00~22:00, July.17th, 2015, at hotel lobby.
Please pay the registration fee by cash (RMB).
 
REGISTRATION FEE: MEMBERS (RMB¥1000), STUDENTS (RMB¥500)
 
Hotel information
Wanda Sofitel Hotel
68 Ganshui Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 150090
Twin bed room or King bed room (80 rooms available)
RMB¥650 for one night
(Please contact us before April.30th for hotel reservation)
 
Transportation information

50.  minutes by driving from Harbin Taiping International Airport

20 minutes by driving from Harbin Railway Station
25 minutes by driving from Harbin West Railway Station
 
Technical Tour
Time: 07:30 - 17:00, July, 20th
Fee: RMB¥200
Places to visit:

·         Wetland Park

·         Daotai Mansion Ruins

·         Saint Sophia Cathedral

·         Baroque Style Russian Buildings

·         Memorial Tower of Fighting Against the Floods 

·         Songhua River

·         Central Street