Past Events

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) co-organized a training camp, "Research on Labor Relations in China in the New Era," with the School of Politics and Public Administration, South China Normal University, on August 30-31, 2024, in Guangzhou, China. It also co-hosted a workshop, "Labor, Work, and Security in the Digital Age," with the School of Public Administration, South China University of Technology, on September 1, 2024, also in Guangzhou. Around 80 young Chinese scholars participated in both events. CGWE Director Mingwei Liu and affiliate Xian Huang, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers, attended and delivered lectures.

Please join the SMLR Alumni Association and Rutgers University Alumni Association on 8/15 for a fun evening of drinks, food and networking at the Zeppelin Hall

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) co-organized the 4th Summer Camp, "Frontiers of Labor and Human Resources Management," with Rutgers Global, held from July 29 to August 10, 2024. Eleven students from Renmin University of China participated in the camp at Rutgers' New Brunswick campus.

Join the SMLR Alumni Association for their upcoming board meeting on May 22!

Has China’s rapid economic growth reached to an end? What lessons can one learn to appreciate China’s historical ascendance to material abundance? Based on his  newly published book, Professor Wang revisits the four narratives commonly seen to account for China’s spectacular transformation in the last four decades: that China’s growth was preordained, it was guided by state initiated reforms, it relied on a vast reservoir of cheap labor, and that China’s experience is unique.  He traces the origins of this transformation, summarizes the paths of China’s rise to material abundance, and revisits its underlying driving forces. He argues that China’s ascendance was in essence an industrialization and urbanization process with special Chinese characteristics, that China’s growth originated from grassroot initiatives in the society, and that China’s cheap labor was good and exploited labor. With the surplus created during this age of abundance beginning to shrink, the Chinese state is facing increasing fiscal challenge as China exits from its age of abundance. Rapid population aging, persistent inequalities, and a return to political rigidity are among the major headwinds that are likely to accelerate the end of this era.

Save the Date for Rutgers Day - Saturday, April 27!

Negotiation tactics can transform your work life. Come and learn how to score deals with our insightful tips.

Join RU SHRM for their 19th Annual Spring Business Conference - "Building Future Human Capital Leaders: Harnessing AI and Fostering a Global Network for Success" on Friday, April 12, 2024.

Mao and Markets (Yale University Press, 2022/3), a Financial Times Best Book of 2022, examines these questions and charts how the lasting legacy of Mao Zedong’s ideological principles, mass campaigns, and socialist institutions enduringly influence Chinese economic and political actors and so are essential for understanding the country’s future trajectory.

Get tips on LinkedIn profile development and how to use LinkedIn to network. This event will be hybrid in person and on Zoom.