Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book by influential policymaker Chi Fulin lays out in issue-oriented and detailed chapters, at a time when China is at a crossroads, exactly how the government plans to deal with the social, political and economic issues the world's second-largest economy faces. From managing the decline of industry, to urbanization, to managing consumption, to social security and education, Chi offers a roadmap for the years ahead. This book will be particularly fascinating to Western scholars of China who speculate on the inner workings of the Chinese policymaking elite, with the ambition of China's central planners here laid out for the world to see.
Synopsis
1. General Introduction The 13th Five-Year Plan: Economic Transformation and Structural Reform.- 2. Industrial Change as a Turning Point from Industry Orientation to Service Orientation.- 3. Urbanization as a Turning Point from Scale to Population.- 4. Consumption Pattern as a Turning Point from Material Consumption to Service Consumption.- 5. Opening-up as the Turning Point is Shifting from Goods Trade to Service Trade.- 6. Education Calling for Second Reform.- 7. Establishing a Fair and Sustainable Social Security System.- 8. Promoting Government Reform with a Focus on Regulatory Changes.- 9. Structural Reform with Economic Transformation and Upgrading as the Main Line.
Synopsis
Provides insights into policymaking in China from an insider perspective
Summarizes the social, economic and political challenges faced by China today
Grapples with the problem of the middle income trap as it impacts China