02360    a2200397   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001800069037003600087040000700123041000800130072001500138072001500153072001500168072001500183072001500198072001600213072001300229072001300242072001300255072001300268072001300281072001600294072002100310072002100331072002100352072002100373072002100394100001900415245008900434250000600523260003200529300001000561520137600571999001501947113899199620250317100401.0250312042016GB        28           eng    a9781138991996  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aGTP2thema7 aJPH2thema7 aJPR2thema7 aJPP2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FPC2bisac7 aGTF2bic7 aJPH2bic7 aJPR2bic7 aJPP2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FPC2bisac7 aPOL0000002bisac7 aPOL0400002bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a320.609512bisac1 aBill K.P. Chou10aGovernment and Policy-Making Reform in ChinabThe Implications of Governing Capacity  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160728  a186 p  bChina’s rapid economic development has not translated automatically into political development, with many of its institutions still in need of major reform. In the post-Mao era, despite the decentralization of local government with significant administrative and fiscal authority, China’s government and policy-making processes have retained much of the inefficiency and corruption characteristic of the earlier period. This book analyzes the implementation of government and policy-making reform in China, focusing in particular on the reform programmes instituted since the early 1990s. It considers all the important areas of reform, including the enhancement of policy-making capacity, reform of taxation and fund transfer policies, tightening of financial control, civil service reform and market deregulation. Bill K.P Chou assesses the course of policy reform in each of these areas, considers how successful reforms have been, and outlines what remains to be done. In particular, he explores the impact on the reform process of China’s entry into the WTO in 2001, demonstrating that the process of reform in China has been one of continuous conflict between the agenda of political elites in central government, and the priorities of local leaders, with local agents often distorting, delaying or ignoring the policies emanating from the central government.  c1283d1283