On June 1st, we invited Professor Ge Suqin from Virginia Tech to give a lecture entitled "Aging in a Dual Economy: Urban Aging, Rural-Urban Migration, and Rural Development".Part of the teachers and all students attended the lecture presided by Dean Lijian Qin.

First, Prof. Ge Suqin introduces the realistic background that urban aging in a dual economy affects technology adoption through labor redistribution; second, by constructing a two-sector model, she divides the Chinese economy into two sectors, urban and rural, and systematically examines the impact of urban aging on technology adoption in both sectors; finally, she lists some specific measures to promote the automation of urban enterprises and accelerate the process of agricultural mechanization in conjunction with the research findings.

The academic forum which is informative and insightful broadened the horizons of the students and teachers, providing them with a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of social aging.

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