1st Edition

China's Economic Development Growth And Structural Change

By Chu-yuan Cheng Copyright 1982
560 Pages
by Routledge

560 Pages
by Routledge

560 Pages
by Routledge

This book demonstrates how two goals – the substitution of socialist views for embedded traditional values, and the use of China's actual and potential economic surpluses – have together formed the features of China's economic development.

1. Geographical Setting and Natural Endowment 2. Ideological Background 3. Collectivization of Agriculture 4. Evolution of the Commune System 5. Socialist Transformation of the Urban Economy 6. Formulation and Implementation of the Central Plans 7. Material Distribution and Market Control 8. Price-Wage Structure and Policies 9. The Strategies of Development 10. Growth and Fluctuations in the National Economy 11. The Industrialization Program 12. Agricultural Development 13. Changes in the Structure of the Economy 14. International Economic Relations

Biography

Dr. Cheng, a native of Guangdong Province, is professor of economics at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. He was for ten years consultant to the National Science Foundation, during which time he served as chief investigator with the Research Project on Scientific and Engineering Manpower in China. Among his many books on China’s economy are Communist China’s Economy, 1949–1962; Economic Relations Between Peking and Moscow; China’s Allocation of Fixed Capital Investment; The Machine-Building Industry in Communist China; and China’s Petroleum Industry: Output Growth and Export Potential.