【新唐人2011年11月15日讯】中国首次发布的《中国会议蓝皮书》指出，中国每年举办的各种会议多达几千万个，经济产值近万亿元。“会议经济”正成为拉动地方经济的新增长点，同时也成了某些单位“政绩”的一部分，于是大型会议中心、分会场，一个个建立。专家认为，过多的会议解决不了实际问题，更多的是形式主义。
中国国际会议举办城市，在全球232个城市中排名前六名，分别是：北京、上海、成都、南京、杭州、大连。一些城市快速的扩建大型会议中心，使用效益却很低。不少会议表面上是开会，实际上成了旅游。而国际学术会议主办方往往还要负担参会者的食、住、行全部费用。
《中国会议蓝皮书》汇集了全中国18个省和直辖市、39个城市的近百个会议型酒店的8270个会议信息。
全国政协委员、北京师范大学教授刘炎表示，一年举办多少国际会议，是某些单位“政绩”的一部分，哪怕赔本也要赚吆喝。
《中国青年报》也曾经报导，一位政协委员感慨的说，有人弄个项目，打起一个旗帜，就能举办国际会议。拉几个金发碧眼的人捧场，就敢叫“国际学术会议”。
而全国政协委员、南京大学教授高抒向媒体表示，对国际学术会议的热衷，原因是，在各种类型的考核中，比如专案、学科建设、人才计划申报、院士评选都会出现这样的指标：举办了几次国际学术会议﹖作过多少国际学术会议的报告﹖他说，考核看的是数量，不讲质量。
另一方面，有的单位手上有钱但是没有名目，很难转化成可以消费掉的钱，通过国际会议的名义就可以把钱花掉。
美国南卡罗莱纳大学经济系教授谢田：“中共它开了很多各种各样的多少大多少大的会议，但实际上它这些代表的费用都是民脂民膏，都是从国库直接支付的，人大和政协的会议我们也知道，实际上每年或每四年五年一次，也花费了很多民脂民膏。”
全国政协委员、北京大学教授丁伟岳院士告诉《中国青年报》，国际会议泛滥的现象，已经存在若干年了。有的项目，钱多得不知道怎么用，如果你开个国际会议，确实能够解决花钱的问题。
谢田：“实际上就是一个腐败的温床，也是一个中共官员浮华、挥霍中国老百姓、人民的资产，纳税人的资产，这也像中共一个独特的腐败形式。”
根据国际会议和大型会议协会的统计报告，世界上大多数国家只有两种主要会议，就是“社团会议”和“公司会议”，而中国则拥有另外两大类主要会议：政府会议和事业单位会议。
新唐人记者刘惠、李庭、李月采访报导。
“Conference Economy” – New Performance Indicator
According to China’s first Chinese Conference Blue Book,
China holds tens of millions of conferences a year, with economic value of nearly a trillion RMB.
“Conference Economy" has become the new area
to drive local economic growth.
It has become a “performance indicator” of some organizations.
Large conference centers and meeting rooms are built.
Experts believe that too many meetings cannot solve problems.
It is only a formality.
The top six among the 232 cities in the world for holding
international conferences are in China:
Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Dalian.
Some cities are rapidly expanding large conference centers,
although the usage of these places is very low.
Some of the meetings are actually just site-seeing and touring.
International conference organizers often have to pay all costs,
including food and accommodations of participants.
Chinese Conference Blue Book collects information of 8270
conferences held in nearly 100 hotels in 18 provinces and municipalities, and 39 cities.
CPPCC National Committee member, Professor Liu Yan
of Beijing Normal University expressed a view on the issue.
He thinks the number of international conferences held each
year is becoming a performance indicator of some organizations.
They held conferences even when losing money.
China Youth Daily published the words of a CPPCC National
Committee member, that anyone can set up a banner and hold international conferences;
they get some foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes,
and call it “international academy conference.”
CPPCC National Committee member, Professor Gao Shu
of Nanjing University told the media,
the enthusiasm for international academic conferences
is due to the KPIs assessment.
It includes establishing projects and disciplines,
applying for talents, evaluating members of the academy,
number of international conferences held, papers
presented at international academic conferences, etc.
He said the assessment should focus on quality,
instead of quantity.
On the other hand, some organizations have money, but
don’t have a way to spend them, so they organize conferences.
Prof. Xie Tian (Economics Dept. Univ.of South Carolina):
“Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds many large meetings.
All participants’ expenses for are paid for by public money.
It is directly paid from the national treasury.
We know the NPC and CPPCC meetings are held yearly
or every four-five years and paid for with tax-payers’ money.”
CPPCC National Committee member, Professor Ding Weiyue
of Beijing University told China Youth Daily,
the proliferation of international conferences in
Mainland China has existed several years.
Some projects have so much money.
They don’t know what to do with them, so international
conferences can solve the problem and utilize the money.
Xie Tian: “At present, China is hotbed of corruption. It’s also
a unique form of CCP officials wasting taxpayer’s money.”
According to data of International Congress and Convention
Association (ICCA), most countries hold two types of conferences, “community" and “corporate."
China has two other major types of meetings:
government conferences and public institution conferences.
NTD reporters Liu Hui, Li Ting and Li Yue
