Changing Central-Local Relations in China: Reform and State Capacity.

Abstract

Introduction, Jia Hao and Lin Zhimin. Part 1 Historical perspective and overview: China's central-local relationship - a historical perspective, Zhao Suisheng market and state - changing central-local relations in China, Jia and Wang Mingxia institutional reorganization and its impact on decentralization, Gong Ting and Chen Feng. Part 2 The functional dimension: central-local fiscal politics in China, Wang Shaoguang rural reform and the rise of regionalism, Luo Xiaopeng central-local relations from the perspective of state and non-state industries, Xiao Gang foreign trade decentralization and its impact on central-local relations, Zhang Amei and Zou Gang. Part 3 Regional differentiation and case studies: regional inequality variations and central government policy, 1978-1988, Huo Shitao the case of Guangdong in central-provincial relations, Peter Tsan-yin Cheung reform and Shanghai - changing central-local fiscal relations, Lin.