Private Business and Economic Reform in China

Name: Private Business and Economic Reform in China
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

A history of the growth of domestic private business in China since 1978. This text focuses on the interaction between private-sector policy and other reforms and examines how this has affected China's political economy. > Based on Party and state documents, Chinese newspaper reports and surveys, the Chinese and Western scholarly literature and the author's own fieldwork, this important study examines the private sector as a case study of the mechanics of reform in China, emphasizing the relationships among local officials, private businesses, and central policy. The book traces the growth of private business in China since 1978 and focuses on the interaction between private sector policy and other reforms and examines how this has affected China's political economy. > Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Reviving Private Industry and Commerce; Chapter 3 Responses to the Private Sector Revival; Chapter 4 Overcoming Material Constraints; Chap.