Corporate governance and financial reform in China's transition economy / Leng Jing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leng, Jing.

Series:

HKU Press Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance--China.

Corporate governance.

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.

China.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines corporate governance reforms in China as an economy in transition - from a planned economy to a market economy - in the context of globalization and the country's accession to WTO. The author interprets China's experience as a gradualist transition strategy, which is appropriate given the existing constraints imposed by China's limited political, legal and regulatory framework. This approach also compares favorably with the radical privatization programme (""shock therapy"") in Russia. In China, ""institutional innovations"" play a key role in discovering a better way to the

Contents:

Basic concepts of corporate governance and global movements in corporate governance reforms

The history of China's enterprise reform and emerging corporate governance issues

Corporate governance practices of major types of Chinese enterprises and institutional constraints on corporate governance improvements during transition

The interaction between capital markets and corporate governance of Chinese listed companies

Corporate governance reform of China's banking system

The Chinese experience in international corporate governance debates.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

988-220-678-6

1-282-70877-5

9786612708770

988-8052-15-2

OCLC:

646068516