1st Edition

State-Led Privatization in China The Politics of Economic Reform

By Jin Zeng Copyright 2014
216 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Large-scale privatization did not emerge spontaneously in China in the late 1990s. Rather, the Chinese state led and carefully “planned” ownership transformation with timetables and measurable privatization quotas, not for the purpose of extracting the state from the economy, but in order to strengthen the rule of the Party. While it is widely believed that authoritarian regimes are better suited... Read more

1. The Political Economy of Restructuring in China 2. The Evolution of SOE Reforms and Management in China 3. Local Officials’ Incentives for Privatization 4. The Implementation of Privatization 5. The Political Dynamics of Privatization in China 6. Conclusion

Biography

Jin Zeng is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, USA