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How Far Across the River? : Chinese Policy Reform at the Millennium / ed. by Nicholas C. Hope, Dennis Tao Yang, Mu Yang Li.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Stanford Studies in International Economics and Development
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (536 p.) : 91 tables, 47 illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Gradual change has been a hallmark of the Chinese reform experience, and China's success in its sequential approach makes it unique among the former command economies. Since 1979, with the inception of the continuing era of reform, the Chinese economy has flourished. Growth has averaged nine percent a year, and China is now a trillion dollar economy. China has become a major trading power and the predominant target among developing countries for foreign direct investment. Despite all this, China remains poor and the reform process unfinished. This book takes its defining theme from Deng Xiaopeng's famous metaphor for gradual reform: “feeling the stones to cross the river.” How far has China progressed in fording the river? The experts who contributed to this volume tackle many aspects of that question, assessing Chinese progress in policy reform, priorities for further reform, and the research still needed to inform policymakers’ decisions.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- 1 Economic Policy Reform in China
- Part I POLICY REFORM IN CHINA: WHAT IS NEEDED NEXT?
- 2 China's Transition to a Market Economy How Far Across the River?
- Part II BUILDING MARKET -SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
- 3 When Will China's Financial System Meet China's Needs?
- 4 Thriving on a Tilted Playing Field China's Nonstate Enterprises in the Reform Era
- 5 The More Law, the More . . . ? Measuring Legal Reform in the People's Republic of China
- Part III TOWARD GREATER ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- 6 Trade Policy, Structural Change, and China's Trade Growth
- 7 Sizing Up Foreign Direct Investment in China and India
- 8 How Much Can Regional Integration Do to Unify China's Markets?
- Part IV SHARING RISING INCOMES
- 9 China's War on Poverty
- 10 Social Welfare in China in the Context of Three Transitions
- 11 Housing Reform in Urban China
- Part V SUSTAINING POLICY REFORM
- 12 Can China Grow and Safeguard Its Environment? The Case of Industrial Pollution
- 13 The Political Economy of China's Rural-Urban Divide
- 14 What Will Make Chinese Agriculture More Productive?
- 15 Bending Without Breaking: The Adaptability of Chinese Political Institutions
- Part VI FURTHER RESEARCH
- 16 Agenda for Future Research
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-6709-2
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