On the morning of Nov. 14th , Prof. Cai Tuo, director of Research Institute of Globalization and Global Issues of China University of Political Science and Law and PhD. Supervisor, gave a speech titled "Supply of International Public Goods: the New Dimension of Global Governance Research and China's Actions" for the academic salon in Room B103 of No. 6 Teaching Building on North Campus of GDUFS.
This salon is the 16th Session of Yunshan Academic Salon, which was attended by the chief research fellows and research fellows of GRIIS, teachers from colleges of GDUFS, the whole staff of GRIIS and the students of European Studies Center, etc..
Prof. Cai firstly made the systematic analysis on the research value and significance of international public goods studies. With economic globalization developing nowadays, the supply and management of international public goods becomes the main content and the effective approach of global governance. It will promote the international cooperation to emphasize on international public goods. Besides, the cognition of international public goods involves the foreign strategy, international positioning and influence of a country.
Prof. Cai Tuo giving the speech
Then, Prof. Cai Tuo made theoretical analysis to the concepts of "public goods" and "international public goods". He compared the fees payed by China, the US, Japan, France and India to UN and World Health Organization through data, graph and case study. He reached the conclusion on the preference of China in supplying international public goods by the "Burden level". The data shows that the total amount of international public goods provided by China is not large and grows rapidly, which indicates an inactive attitude seen from the rate of GDP burdens. The US provides the international public goods in large and stable amount, but the attitude is not active in real sense. The amount provided by Japan is high and relatively stable, indicating an active attitude. The amount of France is high and stable, also showing an active attitude. The amount of India is low and sees a small increase, reflecting a negative attitude. The period chosen is the ten years during which China experienced the most rapid development and enjoyed the greatest upgrading of international status. Through the comparative and quantitative analysis of representative countries, the effective information and basic conclusion can be achieved, namely, the total amount of international public goods provided by China is not large and grows rapidly, which indicates an inactive attitude seen from the rate of GDP burdens.
Prof. Cai Tuo explained the preference of China in supplying international public goods from 3 factors: 1. The position of strength, which is in positive correlation with the total amount of public goods; 2. The stress from social interaction, with which the strength of the country is in positive correlation. It affects the trend of the actant supplying international public goods. 3. China's international position. The more extraverted and clear the position is, the more active the supply is, and vice versa.
In the Q&A session, the audience asked whether the indicator of UN fees was appropriate for identifying the attitude of China's participation in international public goods supply. Prof. Cai Tuo answered the question in a patient manner. He hoped that China would avoid state-centrism and accept to be an "emerging nation" and take more international responsibilities. The speech is of huge significance to the major research of "China's Participation in Global Governance" of GRIIS.
