0. Introduction and Historical Backgrounds of China
Historically, China was mainly an agricultural economy. It used to considered foreigners or races other than Han as barbarians and should not be allowed to enter China. On one hand, China has a splendid culture of more than 5,000 years. It also has one of the oldest civilization in the world. It seems that China’s history tends to move in cycles, from rise of dynasty to fall of dynasty and repeating. In this report, China’s political and economic system will be briefly introduced.
1.0 China’s macroeconomics performance since 1978
1.1 Introduction of the course
1.2 The patterns of economic growth and living standard
1.3 The trends of inflation in recent years
1.4 The situation of employment and unemployment
2.0 The structure of the economy of China
2.1 General Trend of structural change
2.2 Structural change between urban and rural areas
2.3 Structural change of income
2.4 Structural change of consumption and investment
2.5 Structural change of different regions
2.6 Competitive Analysis
3. The progress of economic reform
3.1 The socialist planned economy from 1949 to 1978
3.2 The process and strategy of reform from planned economy to market economy
3.3 The reform in rural area
3.4 The reform in urban area
3.5 The development of no-state-owned enterprises
3.6 The development of enterprises from HK, Macao and Taiwan, and their roles in China’s economy
3.7 The development of foreign-owned enterprises and their roles in China’s economy
4. Government budget and fiscal policy
4.1 The government system of China and the role of government in economy
4.2 The revenue of government
4.3 The spending of government
4.4 Tax system reform in rural areas
4.5 Reform of inter-government fiscal relationship
4.6 Debts of local government
5. Fiscal system and monetary policy
5.1 Introduction of China’s bank system and central bank - People’s Bank of China
5.2 The change of roles and structure of PBC
5.3 The goal and instruments of monetary policy
5.4 The reform of state-owned commercial banks and NPLs.
6. China’s economy in the world
6.1 The process of trade system reform
6.2 Foreign investment
6.3 China’s overseas investment
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