CHOU KWOK PING ¤³°ê¥­
Assistant Professor

Academic Qualifications
¡E Ph.D, The University of Hong Kong, China (2003)
¡E M.Phil in China Studies, City University of Hong Kong, China (1997)
¡E Diploma of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (1997)
¡E B.A. in Public and Social Administration, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong (1991)

Teaching Area
¡E Public Administration
¡E Politics

Research Area
¡E Governance in China
¡E Implementation studies
¡E Local government in China
¡E Government procurement in China
¡E Public sector reform
¡E Civil service system

Current Research
¡E Citizen participation in China
¡E Governance and civil service reform in China

Selected Publications

BOOKS
(Forthcoming), co-edited with Yufan Hao, China¡¦s Policies on Its Borderlands and the International Implications, (Singapore: World Scientific).

(2009), Government and Policy-Making Reform in China: The Implications of Governing Capacity, (London; New York: Routledge)

(1998), Handbook for Civic Education Teacher, co-edited with Chung Man-kin, Ng Ka-lap, and Yim Wai-chun (Hong Kong: Fly Fire Ltd).

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
(Forthcoming), ¡§Building National Identity in Hong Kong and Macao¡¨, East Asia Policy.

(2009), (co-authored with Jinyang Sun), ¡§Chinese Governing Capacity: A Case Study of the Role of NGO in Sichuan Earthquake Relief¡¨ (in Chinese), Journal of US-China Public Administration, 6, no. 2: 52-55.

(2008), ¡§Does Governance Matter? Civil Service Reform in China¡¨, International Journal of Public Administration, 31, no. 1: 54-75.

(2006), ¡§China¡¦s Economic Integration into Global Regulatory Frameworks: A Study of Government Procurement¡¨, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, no. 39: 431-445.

(2006), ¡§Challenges for China¡¦s Reform of Government Procurement¡¨, Journal of Contemporary China, 15, no. 48: 533-549.

(2005), ¡§Interest Group Politics in Macao after Handover¡¨, Journal of Contemporary China, 14, no.43: 191-206.

(2005), ¡§Implementing the Reform of Performance Appraisal in the Civil Service of China¡¨, China Information, 19, no.1: 39-66.

(2005), ¡§Public Sector Reform in Macao and Hong Kong after Handover: An Examination of the Political Nexus Triads in the Two China¡¦s Special Administrative Regions¡¨, Public Administration and Policy, 14, no.1: 63-86.

(2004), ¡§Civil Service Reform in China, 1993 ¡V 2001: A Case Implementation Failure¡¨, China: An International Journal, 2, no. 2: 210-234.

(2004), ¡§Public Sector Reform in Macau after the Handover¡¨, China Perspectives, no. 52: 56-63.

(2003), ¡§Implementing Recruitment and Selection Reform in the Civil Service of China in the 1990s: An Application of Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation¡¨, Public Administration and Policy, 12, no. 2: 83-114.

BOOK CHAPTERS
(Forthcoming), ¡§Economic Integration of China¡¦s Hong Kong and Macao: Regional and International Dimensions¡¨, in Frank Columbus (ed.), Economic Integration: Development, Implications, and Challenges, (New York: Nova Science).

(Forthcoming), ¡§Singapore¡¦s Casino Policy: A Lesson to Macao¡¨ (in Chinese), in Beatrice Leung and Sonny Lo (eds.), The Development and Impact of Casino on Macau's Society, (Hong Kong: City University Press).

(Forthcoming), ¡§Political Economy of Hong Kong and Macao: An Perspective of Embedded Autonomy¡¨ (in Chinese), in Herbert Yee, Eilo Yu and Bruce Kwong (eds.), A Tale of Two Cities III: The Politics, Economy and Culture of Hong Kong and Macao after the Handover, (Macao: Macao Social Sciences Society).

(Forthcoming), ¡§Innovations in the Governance of China: More than an Authoritarian Style¡¨, in Stephen J. Bailey, Pekka Valkama, and Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko (eds.), Innovation in Public Governance in Asia (New York: Palgrave Macmillan).

(2009), ¡§Interest Groups in Macao¡¨, in Conor McGrath (ed.), Interest Groups & Lobbying: Volume Three - Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press): 317-340.

(2009), ¡§Regulatory Reform and Private Sector Development in China: A Case Study of Downsizing Administrative Licenses¡¨, in Ray Forrest and Ka-ho Mok (eds.), Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia (London; New York: Routledge): 159-182.

(2007), ¡§WTO Implementation and Rule of Law: Government Procurement in China¡¨ in Macau Ricci Institute (ed.), Culture, Law, and Order: Chinese and Western Traditions (Macao: Macau Ricci Institute): 455-476.

(2007), ¡§Hong Kong and Macau under One Country, Two Systems¡¨, in Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds.), Interpreting China¡¦s Development (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing): 67-71.

(2007), ¡§The Policy of Macao¡¦s Higher Education Institutes in Recruiting Mainland Chinese Students: From New Institutionalist Approach¡¨, in Bai Gang and Shi Weiming (eds.), Analysis of China Public Policies 2007 (in Chinese) (Beijing: Social Sciences Press): 278-290.

ENTRY TO ENCYCLOPEDIA
(2009), ¡§Macau¡¨, in David Pong et. al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Modern China, Vol. 4, (Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner¡¦s Sons), pp. 540-543.

CONFERENCE PAPER
(2009) ¡§State, Market Force, and Building National Identity in China¡¦s Hong Kong and Macao¡¨, First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Macau Studies: Intercultural Exchange between East and West, 25 ¡V 27 May, University of Macau, Macao, China

(2008) ¡§Interest Groups in Macao: From Corporatism to Cronyism¡¨, II Seminario Internacional de Direito e Ciencias Sociais: Desafios da Boa Governanca: Dimensoes Politica, Juridica e Social, 13 ¡V 17 October, State University of San Paulo (Marilia Campus), Brazil.

(2008, co-authored with Wang Xin), ¡§The Reform of Spending Control in the Local Governments of China: The Case of Beijing¡¨ (in Chinese), The 3rd International Conference on "Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, 14 ¡V 15 October, University of Macau, China.

(2008, co-authored with Sun Jinyang), ¡§China¡¦s State Capacity: An Analysis of NGO¡¦s Participation in the Earthquake Relief in Sichuan¡¨ (in Chinese), The 3rd International Conference on "Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, 14 ¡V 15 October, University of Macau, China

(2008), ¡§Challenges for Reforming the Control of Public Spending in China¡¨, The Third Annual International Conference on Public Policy and Management, 3 ¡V 6 August 2008, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India.

(2008), ¡§Civil Service Reform in China ¡V Between Central Agenda and Local Priorities¡¨, International Conference on Asian Development Issues and Models organized by Asian Political and International Studies Association, on 5 ¡V 7 March, Ewha Woman¡¦s University, Seoul, South Korea.

(2007), ¡§The Paradox of Macao¡¦s Development¡¨, 1st Seminar on Law and Social Sciences, 30 ¡V 31 October, University of Macau, Macao, China.

(2006), ¡§Regulatory Reform and Private Sector Development in China: A Case Study of Downsizing Administrative Licenses¡¨, Third East Asian Social Policy Research Network International Conference, 12 ¡V 13 July, University of Bristol, UK.

(2005), ¡§WTO Implementation and China¡¦s Integration into Global Regulatory Framework: A Study of Government Procurement¡¨, Asian Political International Studies Association Second Congress, 14 ¡V 16 November, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

(2005), ¡§Public Participation and Governance in Urban China¡¨, The Chinese Studies Association of Australia Ninth Biennial Conference in Association with the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), 30 June ¡V 3 July, Chinese Dragon Museum, Bendigo, Australia.

(2004), ¡§Downsizing the Chinese Government in the 1990s: A Case of How the Priorities of Local Governments Defeated a National Policy¡¨, International Conference on Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, 10 ¡V 11 January, University of Macau, Macao, China.

(2004), ¡§Public Sector Reform in Macau and Hong Kong: An Examination of the Political Nexus Triads in the Two China¡¦s Special Administrative Regions¡¨, International Conference on Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, 10 ¡V 11 January, University of Macau, Macao, China.

(2003), ¡§The Conflicts and Ambiguities in Implementing Compensation Reform in the Civil Service of China, 1993 ¡V 2000¡¨, Third International Convention of Asian Scholars, 19 ¡V 22 August, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.

(2002), The Politics of Implementing Reform on Performance Appraisal in Chinese Civil Service between 1993 and 2000: An Application of Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation¡¨, International Conference on Governance in Asia: Culture, Ethics, Institutional Reform and Policy Change, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 5 ¡V 7 December.

(2000), ¡§Note on Preliminary Research Finding and Fieldwork Methodology on the Study of the Politics of Implementation of Civil Service Reform in China (1993 ¡V 1999)¡¨, Postgraduate Workshop on Fieldwork Research Methods in Contemporary Chinese Society, St. Cross College, Oxford University, 18 ¡V 21 September.

(2000), ¡§Policy Implementation Problems in Modernizing China ¡V A Case Study of Public Personnel Reform in Shenzhen City¡¨, 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., USA, 30 August ¡V 2 September.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH PROJECT
(2003), Civil Service Systems: A Comparative Perspective, co-authored with Newman M.K. Lam and Alex H.K. Choi, Macao: Macao SAR Government.

INTERNAL RESEARCH PROJECT
(2008-2009) Process and Contests of Local China: A Case Study of Food Safety

(2007-2008) with Bryan Ho, Reform of Local Governance in China

(2004-2005) with K.L. Ngok and Danny W.H. Tsui, Civil Society, Governance, and Public Sector Reform in China

(2003-2004) Globalization and Governance Reform in China

Professional Affiliations
¡E Member of Hong Kong Political Sciences Association, HK.

Courses Taught
¡E Public Sector Personnel Management
¡E Western Political Thought
¡E Policitics Of China
¡E Public Sector Organization Structure
¡E Business And Government
¡E Governance
¡E Public Administration Research Project I
¡E Public Administration Research Project II
¡E Chinese Public Administration
¡E Continuity and Change in Contemporary China
¡E Current Issues in Macau, Hong Kong and China

Contact Details
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities (FSH)
University of Macau
Av. Padre Tomˆhs Pereira S.J., Taipa, Macao

E-mail address: kpchou@umac.mo