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Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics V2Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform |
Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics: Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform explores a broad set of issues from an economic perspective. It addresses issues ranging from land tenure and housing to migration, labor markets, healthcare, demographics, and more. After 30 years of incredibly rapid economic growth, standards of living in China have increased appreciably and many families have been raised from poverty. New concerns, such as economic inequality and environmental degradation, are, however, arising. Economic issues related to China's reforms are explored in an accessible manner by a wide array of Chinese and international scholars who use this anniversary to take stock of, and provide insight into, the remarkable transitions underway.
Contributors include Bruce Anderson (Queen's University), Gordon Betcherman (World Bank), John Cai (Fudan University), Jie Chen (Fudan University), Zhao Chen (Fudan University), Weili Ding (Queen's University), Julan Du (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Peilei Fan (Michigan State University), Emily M. Hill (Queen's University), Gary H. Jefferson (Brandeis University), Stever F. Lehrer (Queen's University), Shuzhuo Li (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Xiaofeng Liu (Fudan University), Ming Lu (Fudan University), Changyuan Luo (Fudan University), Warren Mabee (Queen's University), John Meligrana (Queen's University), Stephen Morgan (University of Nottingham), Naoki Murakami (Nihon University), Wenwei Ren (Fudan University), Ana Revenga (World Bank), Yucheng Sang (Fudan University), Christoph M. Schimmele (University of Victoria), Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University), Minna Hahn Tong (World Bank), Guanghua Wan (Yunnan University), Yongqin Wang (Fudan University), Kailei Wei (Hainan University), Guanzhong James Wen (Trinity College), Sonia M.L. Wong (Lingnan University), Zheng Wu (University of Victoria), Rudai Yand (Peking University), Shujie Yao (University of Nottingham), Yang Yao (Peking University), Linda C.W. Yung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Jun Zhang (Fudan University), Yan Zhang (Fudan University), Ye Zhang (Nanjing University), Yuan Zhang (Fudan University), and Zhiyao Zhang (Fudan University).
Contributors include Bruce Anderson (Queen's University), Gordon Betcherman (World Bank), John Cai (Fudan University), Jie Chen (Fudan University), Zhao Chen (Fudan University), Weili Ding (Queen's University), Julan Du (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Peilei Fan (Michigan State University), Emily M. Hill (Queen's University), Gary H. Jefferson (Brandeis University), Stever F. Lehrer (Queen's University), Shuzhuo Li (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Xiaofeng Liu (Fudan University), Ming Lu (Fudan University), Changyuan Luo (Fudan University), Warren Mabee (Queen's University), John Meligrana (Queen's University), Stephen Morgan (University of Nottingham), Naoki Murakami (Nihon University), Wenwei Ren (Fudan University), Ana Revenga (World Bank), Yucheng Sang (Fudan University), Christoph M. Schimmele (University of Victoria), Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University), Minna Hahn Tong (World Bank), Guanghua Wan (Yunnan University), Yongqin Wang (Fudan University), Kailei Wei (Hainan University), Guanzhong James Wen (Trinity College), Sonia M.L. Wong (Lingnan University), Zheng Wu (University of Victoria), Rudai Yand (Peking University), Shujie Yao (University of Nottingham), Yang Yao (Peking University), Linda C.W. Yung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Jun Zhang (Fudan University), Yan Zhang (Fudan University), Ye Zhang (Nanjing University), Yuan Zhang (Fudan University), and Zhiyao Zhang (Fudan University).
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Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 127 in series)
216 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Policy Studies Series - School of Policy Studies
ISBN 9781553392347
January 2009
Formats: Paperback, Cloth
"A comprehensive, yet in-depth, look at one of the most astonishing and significant stories of rapid economic development in human history; the political, economic, institutional, and social changes described and analyzed in these two volumes are part of the "great transformation" underway in these early years of the 21st century that are influencing us all and will continue to do so in the years ahead."John M. Curtis, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and former Chief Economist of the Canadian federal government's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
"A valuable assessment and timely summary of the past thirty years' rich and unique experience in China's reform and opening up, a continuing process of most profound transformation initiated by Mr. Deng Xiaoping. Its revolutionary impact on China and its people can never be overestimated."Mei Ping, former Chinese Ambassador to Canada
"The volume powerfully portrays the transition of contemporary China through the reform process, and while it offers in-depth coverage of economic reform, the political-economic reforms are given slightly less coverage in comparison."Tai Wei, Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
"A valuable assessment and timely summary of the past thirty years' rich and unique experience in China's reform and opening up, a continuing process of most profound transformation initiated by Mr. Deng Xiaoping. Its revolutionary impact on China and its people can never be overestimated."Mei Ping, former Chinese Ambassador to Canada
"The volume powerfully portrays the transition of contemporary China through the reform process, and while it offers in-depth coverage of economic reform, the political-economic reforms are given slightly less coverage in comparison."Tai Wei, Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Arthur Sweetman is director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, Canada, where he holds the Stauffer-Dunning chair in public policy.
Jun Zhang is Cheung Kong Professor of Economics and the director of the China Center for Economic Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Jun Zhang is Cheung Kong Professor of Economics and the director of the China Center for Economic Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Acknowledgements ix
Crossing the River by Touching the Stones: An Introduction to China’s Remarkable Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up
Arthur Sweetman and Jun Zhang 1
I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT TO THIRTY YEARS OF REFORM AND OPENING UP
1 Assessing China’s Economic Transformation and Growth since 1978
Jun Zhang 11
2 An Era and an Event: Reform and Opening in China since 1978
Emily M. Hill 43
3 The Path and Experiences of Three Decades of Development: Thoughts on China’s Strategies for Political Development
Yucheng Sang 61
II ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FINANCE
4 Market Distortion, Fiscal Decentralization, and FDI Penetration in Post-Reform China: An Overview
Changyuan Luo and Jun Zhang 69
5 China’s Convergence Imperative: Growing Income Equality as a Precondition for Sustained Economic Growth
Gary H. Jefferson 89
6 Innovation Capability for Economic Development: The Chinese Experience in the Reform Era
Peilei Fan and Guanghua Wan 99
7 The Evolution of Corporate Finance and the Emergence of the Market for Corporate Control in China
Julan Du, Sonia M.L. Wong, and Linda C.W. Yung 123
8 The Costs and Benefits of Federalism, Chinese Style
Yongqin Wang, Yan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Zhao Chen, and Ming Lu 141
III TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
9 Upgrading Technology in China’s Exports
Rudai Yang, Yang Yao, and Ye Zhang 163
10 Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Protection: A Discussion of China’s Hydroelectric Dam Projects
Weinwei Ren, John Meligrana, Zhiyao Zhang, and Bruce Anderson 183
11 Alternative Energy Development in China: Bioenergy and Biofuels
Warren Mabee 199
About the Authors 213
Crossing the River by Touching the Stones: An Introduction to China’s Remarkable Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up
Arthur Sweetman and Jun Zhang 1
I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT TO THIRTY YEARS OF REFORM AND OPENING UP
1 Assessing China’s Economic Transformation and Growth since 1978
Jun Zhang 11
2 An Era and an Event: Reform and Opening in China since 1978
Emily M. Hill 43
3 The Path and Experiences of Three Decades of Development: Thoughts on China’s Strategies for Political Development
Yucheng Sang 61
II ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FINANCE
4 Market Distortion, Fiscal Decentralization, and FDI Penetration in Post-Reform China: An Overview
Changyuan Luo and Jun Zhang 69
5 China’s Convergence Imperative: Growing Income Equality as a Precondition for Sustained Economic Growth
Gary H. Jefferson 89
6 Innovation Capability for Economic Development: The Chinese Experience in the Reform Era
Peilei Fan and Guanghua Wan 99
7 The Evolution of Corporate Finance and the Emergence of the Market for Corporate Control in China
Julan Du, Sonia M.L. Wong, and Linda C.W. Yung 123
8 The Costs and Benefits of Federalism, Chinese Style
Yongqin Wang, Yan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Zhao Chen, and Ming Lu 141
III TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
9 Upgrading Technology in China’s Exports
Rudai Yang, Yang Yao, and Ye Zhang 163
10 Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Protection: A Discussion of China’s Hydroelectric Dam Projects
Weinwei Ren, John Meligrana, Zhiyao Zhang, and Bruce Anderson 183
11 Alternative Energy Development in China: Bioenergy and Biofuels
Warren Mabee 199
About the Authors 213
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