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China’s 40 Years of Reform

Editor: Wei Liu

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

Book Series : Understanding China

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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About this book

This book focuses on the key issues around Chinese reform in the past 40 years, including economic structure upgrading, finance reform, enterprise ecology, village modernization, ecological development, income structure, global governance, BRI, and governance model. It collects the most important concerns and reveals the deep logic behind the reform. By reading this book, it helps readers to grasp the engine of China’s continuous growth toward modernization in the four decades.

Frontmatter

Introduction China’s Reform and Opening-up from a Historical and Global Perspective

Abstract

The year 2018 was nothing but exceptional because domestically, it coincided with the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up, which started in 1978, and the 120th anniversary of the Hundred Days of Reform of 1898, and globally, it coincided with the 170th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto in 1848 and the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth in 1818.

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From Adjustment to Innovation: How China’s Economic Structure Has Been Upgraded

Abstract

In the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, through economic and industrial restructuring, China has always focused on the key task of transforming its extensive model of economic development into an intensive development model.

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From Flat Ground to Tall Building: How China’s Finance Rises

Abstract

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up. At the age of 40, China’s reform and opening-up has also changed from the original style of “crossing the river by feeling for stones” to a new era of paying more attention to top-level design.

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From an Auxiliary Role to a Central Role: How to Shape Enterprise Ecology

Abstract

Enterprise reform is a process during the four decades of China’s reform and opening-up in which the government has been continuously adjusting and reshaping market rights. Looking back at the past four decades, on the one hand, SOE reforms have always been the central task of the entire economic structural reform.

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From “Division of Land” to Revitalization: How Chinese Villages Achieve Modernization

Abstract

Agriculture underpins a country’s economic development, and the issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers are fundamental issues related to the national economy and people’s livelihood. Reviewing the national agricultural policy and agricultural development from 1949 (when the PRC was founded) to the reform and opening-up and to the new period after 2012, we can understand the historical background and evolution process of issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.

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From Green Water to Golden Mountains: The Evolution of Ecological Development

Abstract

The years from 1978 to 2018 was a period of 40 years of reform and opening-up. In the beginning, China’s environmental protection and green development cause were null, and advancements were made gradually in terms of concepts, systems, institutions, and practices.

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From “Taking the Lead to Achieving a Better Quality of Life” to Fairness: The Road to Optimizing the Income Structure

Abstract

With the convening of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, the eyes of people from all over the world are focused on China. How China will thoroughly implement the development concept of “innovative, coordinated, green, and open development that is for everyone”, and constantly adapt, grasp, and alleviate the conflict between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life has been the main concern of people at home and abroad.

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From Docking to Leading: Road to the Center Stage of Global Governance

Abstract

The 40 years of China’s reform and opening-up has been a process in which China opened its doors to the world and integrated itself into the world. With the gradual deepening and expansion of the reform and opening-up, China’s national strength has continued to increase and its international status and influence have risen significantly.

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From Initiative to Networking: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Reshapes the Road of World Development

Abstract

Since the BRI was proposed in 2013, it has received great attention and extensive discussion at home and abroad. However, there are still different understandings at home and abroad about what the BRI is, what it does, and what its future is.

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From Processing to Importing: The Transformation of the Opening-Up Pattern

Abstract

Trade is an important factor in economic development and an important indicator of economic development. Above all, it is an indispensable to national development. In the post-financial crisis era, the world economy has entered in a period of profound adjustment, and global trade has subsequently shown some new changes and development characteristics in terms of growth rate, driving mechanism, and development mode.

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From Digital China to Reform of Party and Government Institutions: The Wisdom of Modernizing the Governance Model

Abstract

“Big data”, “digital economy”, and “digital China” were included in the “Report on the Work of the Government” for the first time in 2014, 2017, and 2018, respectively, which fully demonstrated that China is coordinating and advancing the five-sphere integrated plan, the innovation-driven development strategy, and innovative social governance.

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Backmatter

Title: China’s 40 Years of Reform
Editor: Wei Liu
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-8505-8
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-8504-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8505-8