Program Name: Get to Know China NKU Summer School

Canada Learning Initiative in China (CLIC)
2017 Program Information Collection for Credit Evaluation

General Information

Program Name: Get to know China NKU Summer School

Program Dates: 4 weeks, June - July, 2017

Chinese Host University:Nankai University, Tianjin

Language of Instruction:English

Contact Information:Rm.201,Aida Huiguan,NankaiUniversity ,94WeijinRoad, Tianjin

Eligibility Requirements:NO

Academic Information
(the following information is required for each course)

Course 2: China's Foreign Trade(Course code: CLICNKU003)

Instructor Name and Contact Information:Associated Prof. Tao YUAN,Economics College,Nankai University.Email:

Course Credits:3

Prerequisites: Economics

In-Classroom Instructional Hours: 35

Outside Classroom Learning Hours: 6

Course Overview:

This course is an introduction to the foreign trade of China. The course will mainly examine the following subjects: (i) Overview of Chinese Foreign Trade; (ii) Chinese merchandise Trade; (iii) Chinese Foreign Trade in commercial services; (iv) The Effect of Chinese Foreign Trade Policy; (v) The Relationship between Foreign Trade and Economic Development; (vi) FDI, processing and assembling trade; (vii) What promotes China’s trade surplus; (viii) To reduce trade frictions; (ix) China’s trade deficits with other economies.

There are many interesting topics discussed in this course, such as: the structure of China's trade; trade frictions between China and its main export markets; China's deficit on trade in services; China’s comparative advantage and competitive advantage; RMB’s exchange rate and China’s trade surplus; China as “world factory”; encouraging the U.S. and EU to export more high-tech products to China; China’s exports of high-tech and high value-added products.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course, students should be able to:

*explain the development of China’s foreign trade, and problems of China’s foreign trade in nowadays.

*analyserelation between China’s economy and other countries and the role of international trade.

*explain relation among China’s foreign trade, international investment and world economy.

*explain relation among China’s foreign trade, FTA and world trade system.

*analyse structure and characteristics of China’s foreign trade

*analyse relation between international trade and world economy of nowadays.

Evaluation Criteria and Grading:

Your final grade of the course will be based on the following components:

Participation10%

Assignments /Homeworks/Chapter Quizzes /attendance10%

Mid- term tests 30%

Final Exam 50%

Term Tests and Final Exam：

Chapter Quizzes will be held in class.

The midterm test is a presentation.

Final Exam is an academic paper with discussion among students.

Textbooks:

YUAN,Tao, On China's Trade Surplus, Springer, 2014. (ISBN: 978-3-642-38924-5) （

YUAN,Tao（苑涛），《世界贸易组织概论》（双语版）Introduction to the World Trade Organization(WTO)(Bilingual Version: in Chinese and English)，对外经济贸易大学出版社，2014.8。（ISBN978-7-5663-1042-2）

Reference books:

Abbott, Frederick M., China in the World Trading System: Defining the Principles of Engagement, Kluwer Law International, 1998.

Bown, Chad Philips, China's WTO Entry: Antidumping, Safeguards, and Dispute Settlement, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.

Kong,Qingjiang, China and the World Trade Organization: A Legal Perspective, World Scientific, 2002.

Panitchpakdi, Supachai, China and the WTO, J. Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2002.

Putatunda, Pradip, China and the WTO: Reshaping the World Economy, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2012.

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, US China trade and investment, impact on Pacific Northwest industries, U.S. G.P.O., 2005.

*The average course at a Canadian university is 135 hours of total instruction, with ~35 hours of formal/classroom instruction.