Shaanxi Impressions

Ancient, but longing to be modern
In most people＇s eyes, Xi＇an, the capital of Shaanxi, a province in western China, is an alias for ＂Ancient China＂, which is also what Patricia from Arizona, U.S., who was sitting next to me on my Xi＇an flight thought as well. ＂My husband and I managed to spend one precious day there in our busy China trip schedule, just to have a look at the great Terra Cotta Warriors,＂ Patricia＇s eyes were glimmering as we set off flying towards history. The Terra Cotta Warriors are the masterpiece of the First Qin Emperor, whose dynasty dates back to BC 221 - BC 207. Actually, I would prefer to refer to the city as ＂Chang＇an＂, which used to be the city＇s name in the Tang dynasty （AD 618 - 907） when it served as China＇s capital during the most prosperous period in ancient Chinese history.     

EU-GHINA PARTENABIAT 2006：Trade Pageant between China and the EU

Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, is well known throughout Chinese history for Wealthy Heaven Country, the beautiful Emei Mountains, and even the lovely panda, Panpan. On November 9, 2006, seeing through the thin fog curtain, Chengdu attracted the focus of the whole world, EU- China Partenariat 2006 was held here.     

Hefei：A Place of Interest in Anhui Province

Lying between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, Hefei is the capital city of Anhui province and is ranked as one of the fifty strongest cities in China. Close to the coastal area, Hefei plays an important part in connecting the eastern and western areas of China while also linking the south and the north. Covering an area of 7,266square kilometers, Hefei is known as the central tourist city of the whole province.     

Guiyang, the Forest City

Guiyang City, the capital of Guizhou Province, is located in the .southwest of China, on the eastern side of the Yungui Plateau. It is said that in ancient times, Guiyang was surrounded by dense bamboo groves and was famous for producing a musical instrument known as a Zhu. Hence the city is known also as Zhu.     

Fiscal incentives and local tax competition: Evidence from China

This paper explores how fiscal incentives affect capital tax decisions by local governments in the Chinese context. We develop a model in which local governments, facing different fiscal incentives, compete for mobile capital over corporate taxes. The key prediction of the model, borne out in data from Chinese cities over the years 2004–13, is that an increase in the local corporate income tax-sharing ratio, proxying local fiscal incentives, makes city governments’ horizontal tax reactions stronger. Our results contribute to the fiscal federalism literature by providing evidence in support of the argument that fiscal incentives faced by local governments significantly shape their policy choices. Additionally, we provide explicit evidence on local tax competition within provinces in China, which has long been regarded as one of the driving forces of China's rapid economic growth.     

外资投资中国物流业若干问题的探讨

随着2006年现代物流在中国产业地位的进一步确立,以及中国物流业的全面对外开放,更多的外资瞄准了中国物流市场。本文分析了外资投资中国物流业的成因,阐述了其对中国经济贸易的积极作用,梳理了其发展变革的历史脉络,指出了其潜在隐患与对策建议。     

Breathe Fresh Morning： China-Columbia Business Breakfast Meeting

On February 11, Premier Wen Jiabao hosted the executive meeting of the State Council, where preparation progress of the Shanghai Expo was reported. Wang Jinzhen, Vice Chairman of CCPIT, Member of the Shanghai World Expo National Organizing Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Liaison Group of the Shanghai World Expo National Organizing Committee, attended the meeting.     

武汉的“商人企业家”

武汉的企业家大多表现出很浓的商人气质，即便他们的个性不同，所从事的行业不同，但是他们的商业天赋以及由此表现出来的“商人品性’’是相近的。     

FDI与国内资本投资对经济增长影响效率的比较——基于我国转型期的一个实证研究

研究我国转型期经济增长效率,必须从我国转型期的基本特征入手,从对我国经济增长的统计分析中可知,资本因素是推动我国经济增长的最显著因素,在分析资本形成和资本效率的过程中,必须全面考察资本的各项来源和构成。本研究就是把资本投资效率与我国经济转型期的特征结合起来,通过把资本细化为外商直接投资、国有资本投资和非国有资本(民营资本)投资三类来进一步探究该问题。     

Humanitarian Negotiation to Protect: John Rabe and the Nanking International Safety Zone (1937–1938)

In the late months of 1937 and in the beginning of 1938, John Rabe, German CEO of Siemens China, engages in humanitarian negotiation with many actors, as the Japanese troops approach and then occupy Nanking, the capital city of Nationalist China. His responsibility as a leader and negotiator is guided by one purpose—the protection of the Chinese poorest of the poor. It motivates him in all his negotiation moves, whether he leverages principles, values, needs, interests, relationship and culture to persuade his interlocutors. The ten humanitarian negotiation situations that he faces suggest a three-step process: a planning stage to create a safety zone, an implementation stage to operationalize it and, finally, an exit stage to properly end the mission. Rabe’s ongoing questioning and doggedness, as well as that of the other twenty-one members of the International Safety Zone Committee, made a difference to protect 250,000 Chinese men, women and children. At the time, his heroism owed him the honored name of a living Buddha, and, sixty years later, of “The Schindler of China.” He was a pioneer of the responsibility to protect, and of corporate social responsibility.     

Sister Cities Flourish

Building sister city relation, also known as friendship city, is a common channel for cities in different countries to keep a closertie and communication. According to the statistics from China International Friendship Cities Association, up to the end of 2007, 1087 provinces and states and 314 cities from 120 countries in the world have found their sister cities in China. Among them, Japan has the largest amount of Chicapital history.     

大学毕业生人力资本存量贬损及对策研究

人力资本存量贬损指人力资本承载者获得收入的能力、拓展收入空间能力的弱化或消失,其实质是承载者无法获得既有投资决策时点的预期投资收益。大学生在我国＂毕业即失业＂的事实属于人力资本存量贬损现象。初始投资决策失误,保留工资水平过高,投资收益回收路径过少是贬损的内因;经济不景气,城市人力资本市场的供给激增,人力资本市场供求错位,企业、政府及非政府组织对职业培训供给不足是贬损的外因。可通过个体的后续人力资本投资、构建高校就业助推机制和营造社会的就业援助氛围,形成个体、高校、社会的三级联动应对体系。     

中国经济结构变革与资本存量的动态估计——基于财政学视角的一个初步考察

当前资本存量估算的一个重要不足是假定资本和折旧变化平稳,这无法反映中国经济发展过程中巨大的结构变迁。本文引入状态空间方程,采用将资本存量和折旧定义为观测信号的方式,使之可以反映中国经济结构性变迁的影响,从而改变了以往的投资和折旧平稳性假定。研究结果表明,中国持续的制度变革和国有企业改革、乃至经济波动等均对经济结构产生重要影响,导致中国资本存量和折旧并不像西方成熟市场经济体系下那样平稳,而是随着经济结构变革出现剧烈波动。空间状态方程估算的信号序列很好地反映了这种波动。因此,基于卡尔曼滤波对中国经济结构变革中资本存量和折旧的估算,更加符合中国现实经济发展状况,同时也充分表明,伴随着经济结构的变革,资本存量和折旧的变化是一个动态过程。     

Date with the Green Island

Qingdao, also spelled Tsingtao, is one of the most beautiful and clean cities in China and with a population of around 2.5 million （7 million regional） is the largest city after Jinan （the capital） in Shandong Province. The name ＂Qingdao＂ means ＂The Green Island＂.     

延安的红色足迹

1935年,历史选择了延安。在这里,星星之火得以燎原、照亮中国。在中国共产党迎来90周岁华诞之际,让我们一同回顾历史,走进这永远的圣地——延安。     

Drive Around the World

"It's so cool that I can drive on my own,and my own car,"Cao Gang,working for a private company in Changsha,capital city of Hunan Province,mid-south China,said in excitement when he newly bought Ben Ben,a Chinese local auto brand of Chang'an,with his freshly-passed driving license."Now,I wish     

Canton Fair, World Festival

Canton Fair, also named China Import and Export Fair, will embrace its 105th session this April, in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province, southern oart of China, also where takes up one third of China＇s foreign trade. Under the clouds of global financial crisis, however with the turning-point hope from G20 Summit, the 105th China Import and Export weights more to China＇s goal of 8 percent economic growth this year.     

Risky business: Financial‐sector liberalization and China

China's dramatic growth in exports, its rising conflict with its trade partners over the perceived undervaluation of the renminbi, and the snail's pace of financial liberalization is pushing its bilateral trade and monetary relations to a boil. Discontent in the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, and, most recently, Brazil, has led popular pundits and even country finance ministers to speak publicly of a “currency war” with many calling for the de‐pegging of the renminbi to the dollar and an immediate appreciation of China's currency. However, China's history of liberalization, beginning with the opening to the West in 1978, is well known as one of gradualism in trade and the financial spheres. Economic history is replete with economic crises brought on by too rapid or premature liberalization of countries' capital flows. This article presents the case both for and against capital account liberalization and highlights the risks that China in particular confronts in responding to external demands for greater openness and an appreciation of the renminbi. It clearly captures the tightrope that China must walk between responding to the demands of its trade partners and maintaining economic growth and political stability at home. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Nanjing： A Famous Capital City in South China

Lies on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, is one of the most delightfulof Chinese cities. Known as the Capital City of Six or Ten Dynasties in China＇s history, it has a brilliant cultural heritage.