IMF Working Papers

China: An Evolving Market Economy: A Review of Reform Experience

By Kalpana Kochhar, Michael W. Bell

November 1, 1992

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Kalpana Kochhar, and Michael W. Bell China: An Evolving Market Economy: A Review of Reform Experience, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed December 22, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines China’s reform experience since 1978, reviewing major initiatives taken and assessing their impact on economic structure and their implications for macroeconomic management and stability. It identifies some of the special conditions before and during the reform process that impinged on China’s capacity to implement reforms, and, in particular, those where China may differ from other countries undertaking reform, including former CPEs. A further consideration is the choice of the sequence and pace of reform and the structural and institutional changes that are needed to reorient the economy towards the market.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Fiscal policy, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Labor, Prices

Keywords: Aggregate demand, Agricultural sector, Budget constraint, Eastern Europe, Economic system, Enterprise autonomy, Enterprise burden, Enterprise group, Enterprise reform, Enterprise sector, Enterprise share, Foreign trade, Inflation, Market forces, Market price, Pricing system, Resource allocation, State enterprise, Village enterprise, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    67

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1992/089

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0891992

  • ISBN:

    9781451851212

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Examines China's reform experience since 1978.