The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and National Chengchi University will co- sponsor an international conference on China Oct 5-6, in which MAC Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan is scheduled to make a keynote speech on cross-Taiwan Strait relations and the country's China policies, the MAC said in a news release Saturday. The conference, titled International Conference On China: Six Decades and After, will invite various scholars and experts to discuss and evaluate cross-strait relations, China's political, social and regional development, and a variety of other issues, according to the press release. The attendees will include Professor Brantly Womack of the University of Virginia, Associate Professor Scott L. Kastner of the University of Maryland, Professor Zhao Ding-xin of the University of Chicago, Professor Yang Zhong of the University of Tennessee, and Professor You Ji of the University of New South Wales in Australia. The MAC said the opinions and views collected at the conference will help the government further understand China's evolution and will serve as a reference for setting future China policies and managing cross-strait issues. 