Targeting students, academics, economists, and researchers, this updated overview of the Chinese economy from ancient times to the present covers different sectors of the economy as well as
policy changes, particularly post 1978, and ends with one of the 22 contributors speculating on the future of the Chinese economy. There are 19 essays: the characteristics of China’s tradition
economy; the late Qing dynasty to the early Republic of China: a period of great institutional transformation; the centrally planned command economy (1949-84); China’s economic reform:
processes, issues, and prospects (1978-2012); economic growth and development; population in China: changes and future perspectives; a labor market with Chinese characteristics; the Chinese
savings puzzles; macroeconomic management of the Chinese economy since the 1990s; trends in income inequality in China since the 1950s; china’s agriculture: past failures, present successes and
enabling policies; state and non-state enterprises in china’s economic transition; foreign trade of China; china’s inbound and outbound foreign direct investment; banking and financial
institutions; law and the economy in China; political mechanisms and corruption; energy and environmental issues and policy in China; the future of the Chinese economy. Annotation ©2014
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