CHINA'S ECONOMY INTO THE NEW CENTURY<br> STRUCTURAL ISSUES & PROBLEMS

CHINA'S ECONOMY INTO THE NEW CENTURY
STRUCTURAL ISSUES & PROBLEMS

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER JOHN WONG and DING LU	i
Part I: Growth and Structural Adjustments
China's Economy: Confronting Restructuring and Stability WING THYE WOO	3
The Nature and Sources of Economic Growth in China: Is There TFP Growth? ZHIQIANG LIU	43
Understanding China's Statistical System JOHN WONG and CAIFANG REN	63
China's Industrial Policy and Long-term Structural Planning DING LU	81
Part II: Fiscal Federalism and Reforms
Tax Reforms and Government Revenues SHUANGLIN LIN	113
Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth JUSTIN LIN YIFU and ZHIQIANG LIU	147
Too Many Fees and Too Many Charges: China Streamlines Fiscal System SHUANGLIN LIN	175
From the Helping Hand to the Grabbing Hand: Fiscal Federalism and Corruption in China KANG CHEN, ARYE L. HILLMAN and QINGYANG GU	193
Part III: Inter-regional Policy
China's Inter-Provincial Disparities: 1952–1995 XIAOWEN TIAN and RON DUNCAN	219
China's Drive to Develop Its Western Region XIAOWEN TIAN	237
Economic Openness and Implications for Chongqing's Development JOHN WONG	273
Part IV: Infrastructure – Hard and Soft
China's Infrastructure Development SHUANGLIN LIN	291
Building Up China's Telecommunications Infrastructure DING LU	325
Education and Development: Experiences from East Asia JOHN WONG and ZHIQIANG LIU	373
China's Drive to Attract the Return of Its Expatriate Talents WING YIN YU	387
Part V: Regional Impact
Implications of China's Reform and Development on the Asia Pacific JOHN WONG	405
Has the Asian Financial Crisis Eroded China's Export Competitiveness? FRIEDRICH WU	425
BACK MATTER JOHN WONG and DING LU	445
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