Dr. Liu attended the Beijing Forum 2013 in China and presented research co-authored with Dr. Ren Mu, entitled “Chinese Public Concerns for Environmental Protection: Evidence from National Survey Data.” This research employs national representative public survey data and recent province-level statistics to analyze and explain Chinese citizen’s concerns for environmental protection in China. Using a series of regression analyses, it demonstrates that the levels of Chinese citizen’s environmental concerns are not only rooted in individual social-economic-demographic characteristics and personal experience of pollution events, but also significantly affected by regional macroeconomic conditions, local environmental risks, and provincial government investment in pollution treatments.
Beijing Forum is a high-profile international conference co-sponsored by Peking University, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, and the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. It attracts hundreds of distinguished scholars and experts from around the world to explore the most challenging issues facing China and the international community.
