Deep Dive Session 3.1: Rural Vitalization: Lessons from East Asia

This session will share insights and experiences from East Asia in addressing rural challenges and how infrastructure construction, talent cultivation, environment protection, living environment enhancement, and integrated rural-urban development affect this development.

Moderator:

Shingo Kimura, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB 

Speakers:

• Kevin Chen, Qiushi Chair Professor and International Dean China Academy for Rural Development Zhejiang University, and Senior Research Fellow International Food Policy Research Institute 
• Keijiro Otsuka, Professor, Kobe University 
• Shobayashi Mikitaro, Professor, Research Institute for Human and Nature  
• Il Jeong Jeong, Minister Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva 
• Chen Ji, Professor China Academy for Rural Development Zhejiang University