A “New Social Class” or Old Friends? A Study of Private Entrepreneurs in the National People's Congress of China

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ID12847747
AuthorsLuwei Rose Luqiu (0000-0003-3772-9148, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Chuyu Liu (0000-0001-9335-5529, Pennsylvania State University)
Year2018
Volume18
Issue3
Pages389-400
Publication date2018-07-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/jea.2018.18
OpenAlexW2822879335
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

In this research note, we introduce a new dataset on China's national legislators. It provides descriptive information on one key parameter: the nature of the business owned by private entrepreneur deputies in China's National People's Congress (NPC) from 2003 to 2017. The dataset contains information on whether the deputy once worked as a government official, whether the deputy was a former top manager of a state-owned/collective enterprise, and whether his/her current company was a state-owned/collective enterprise before being privatized. We categorize deputies as “insiders” as long as they stratify one of the aforementioned backgrounds, whereas others as the “grassroots.” This dataset thus reveals two types of private entrepreneur deputies who are significantly different with regard to how they started their own businesses. These findings shed new light on the relationship between private entrepreneurs and the party-state in China

Business · Categorization · China · Economics · Government (linguistics · Grassroots · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Private enterprise · Public relations · State (computer science · State owned · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Finance

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