The Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Karl Marx Society and the World Association of Political Economy are arranging a short two-hour symposium:

QUESTIONS OF CHINESE ECONOMY AND MARXISM

Helsinki, 7th of November, 16:00 – 18:00 o’clock, Main Building of the University of Helsinki, Lecture Room 10 (Fabianinkatu 3, 3rd floor)

The Chinese delegation is returning from the WAPE (World Association of Political Economy) Congress in Moscow and thanks to their stay in Helsinki we have this unique opportunity to have a most informative symposium on actual questions of economy and Marxist theory, both in China and in Northern Europe. The programme of the symposium is as follows:

 ENFU CHENG, Academician Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chair of the World Association for Political Economy: A Theory of China’s Economic: Socialist Political Economy with Chinese Characteristics

 XIAOQIN DING, Professor at School of Marxism, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Secretary General of the World Association for Political Economy: Socialism in the 21st Century: China and the World

 GUANGBIN LIN, Professor at School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, China: State Theory and the Political Economy of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

 MARKKU KIVINEN, Professor, Director of the Aleksanteri Institute: Russian modernization: Bolshevik project and contemporary reality

 JUHA KOIVISTO, Adjunct Professor, Dr., Finnish Marx Society and University of Helsinki: The Project of A Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism – Now in Chinese, Too

 MIIKA KABATA, MA, Finnish Marx Society and University of Tampere: The crisis and the contradictions of the euro currency system.

The presentations will be short, ca. 15 to 20 minutes each. The event is open for all interested. Welcome!