Governing the Chinese economy: Regulatory reform in the service of the state

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Pearson, Margaret M.
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00755.x
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 718-730
• 关键词: government

摘要

Pursuant to its extensive program of market reforms, China's government tried to restructure itself to support a market-dominated economy. Reform efforts have included elements that are familiar to scholars of public administration: streamlining government, strengthening bureaucratic capacity, distancing government from firms, and establishing independent regulators. But how deep have these reforms been, and with what ultimate goals? This article examines a crucial segment of the economy-China's so-called lifeline industries-to show how reforms to China's economic governance system have been mapped onto an existing system characterized by extreme institutional fragmentation and an inability to imbue new governmental bodies with authority. Moreover, for these key industrial sectors, the Chinese party-state's strong interests in ownership, revenues, and social policy dictate that it use a variety of tools to protect these interests.