The rise of city-regions has been one of the predominant urban development patterns in the globalization era. After the successful first conference in December 2011, the Center for Chinese Public Administration Research and School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University will jointly organize the Second International Conference on Regional and Urban Development to promote cutting-edge research and practice in this area. This year’s conference will take place at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China on December 13-14, 2014.