Conceptions of the Market in Post-Mao China
An Interpretive Essay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6008100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Hsu (Clark University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 436-460 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009770048501100402 |
| OpenAlex | W2054101501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Since late 1978, when China adopted modernization as its new development objective, many economic reforms have been introduced. The reforms are still ongoing, and their ultimate impact on the economy may be profound and far-reaching. Initial results from the agricultural sector indicate that the reforms in the rural areas have already produced impressive results in terms of raising peasant incentives and productivity. Although the reforms cover a wide area-agricultural responsibility system, tax reforms, greater enterprise autonomy, foreign investment, more free markets, and so on-the central underlying strategy is the combination of planning with the market mechanism in order to impart greater economic incentives and flexibility to the economic system, thereby raising productivity in all sectors of the economy. This introduction of the market mechanism into a society that has been hitherto ideologically
China · Economic history · Economics · Political science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |