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Twenty-five years of economic reforms have substantially transformed the social, economic and political landscapes of China. The uniqueness of China’s transformations lies in a gradual merging of capitalist principles with socialist principles, despite communism remaining the ultimate goal of the Chinese Communist Party. China has maintained a fast economic development in the past 25 years but with a growing income distribution gap between the rich and the poor.
The ruling elite is seeking to redress the inequality problem, while they are still upholding the policy of creating haves as the party’s strategy to reach common prosperity in the future. This paper tries to show that the ruling elite has upheld this capitalistic development strategy because their institutional behavior is constrained by the institutional environments. Analysis of the ruling elite’s institutionalizing the protection of the private property suggests that once Chinese people was given back freedom to pursue and keep wealth, social, economic and political transformations will follow to accommodate the economic freedom.
The paper concludes with a suggestion that China’s transition towards advanced economic development and a democratic polity will combine features of capitalism and socialism, which will be an evolutionary one, more stable but relatively longer than a ‘big bang’. |
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Name: American Political Science Association URL: http://www.apsanet.org
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| Wang, Yanlai. "The Chinese Transition: a Unique Transitional Route towards Economic Development and Political Democracy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59589_index.html> |
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| Wang, Y. , 2004-09-02 "The Chinese Transition: a Unique Transitional Route towards Economic Development and Political Democracy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59589_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Twenty-five years of economic reforms have substantially transformed the social, economic and political landscapes of China. The uniqueness of China’s transformations lies in a gradual merging of capitalist principles with socialist principles, despite communism remaining the ultimate goal of the Chinese Communist Party. China has maintained a fast economic development in the past 25 years but with a growing income distribution gap between the rich and the poor.
The ruling elite is seeking to redress the inequality problem, while they are still upholding the policy of creating haves as the party’s strategy to reach common prosperity in the future. This paper tries to show that the ruling elite has upheld this capitalistic development strategy because their institutional behavior is constrained by the institutional environments. Analysis of the ruling elite’s institutionalizing the protection of the private property suggests that once Chinese people was given back freedom to pursue and keep wealth, social, economic and political transformations will follow to accommodate the economic freedom.
The paper concludes with a suggestion that China’s transition towards advanced economic development and a democratic polity will combine features of capitalism and socialism, which will be an evolutionary one, more stable but relatively longer than a ‘big bang’. |
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| The Chinese Transition: a Unique Transitional Route towards Economic Development and Political Democracy? Dr Yanlai Wang Research Associate Euro-Asia Centre University of Limerick Limerick Ireland +86 21 58355579 (H) Jianlai@cableplus.com.cn Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association September 2-5 2004. Copyright by American Political Science Association 1 Yanlai Wang The Chinese Transition: a Unique Transitional Route towards Economic Development and Political Democracy?1 Twenty-five years of economic reforms have substantially transformed the social |
| 29 Yanlai Wang Opinions of the CCP Central Committee and the State Council Concerning Some Policies on Promoting the Increase of Farmers' Income issued on 31st December 2003 Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Implementing the "Opinions of the CCP Central Committee and the State Council Concerning Some Policies on Promoting the Increase of Farmers' Income" and the Relevant Preferential Taxation Policies issued on 20th January 2004 Opinions of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee |
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