Xiaoxi Li - Assessing the Extent of China's Marketization
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing | 2006-12-19 | ISBN: 0754648788 | PDF | 330 pages | 1.03 MB


China is indisputably one of the most dynamic economic regions in theworld; however the character, nature and extent of its market economystatus remains in question. This book provides an empirical analysis ofmany aspects of the developing market economy including: governmentreform, the marketization of enterprises, land transactions, capitaltransactions and finance; the market determination of wage rates; thedevelopment of intermediary organizations; and the improvement in theeconomy's legal framework. China's economic growth has also broughtconflict with both the EU and the US, this book examines thesecontentious debates; such as the extent of renminbi convertibility, theindependence of the financial sector, the freedom of labor in wage-ratebargaining, the extent of foreign investment, the extent of governmentownership of enterprises, the protection of property rights, and thedevelopment of company law and of corporate governance.