Village Elections,Accountability and Income Distribution in Rural China

1. Introduction The village election was first envisioned by the late chairman of the National People’sCongress (NPC), Mr Peng Zhen, in the mid-1980s to enhance village governance after the commune system was dissolved in China in the early 1980s. In 1987, the NPC passed a tentative version of The Organic Law of the Village Committee (OLVC), and started a 10 year experiment of village elections. In 1998, the NPC formally passed the law and elections quickly spread to the whole count…     

西北地区进城农民工配偶相携迁移发展机制研究—基于22省60市的问卷调查

家庭迁移已经成为中国20世纪90年代以来农村劳动力乡城流动中的一个重要特征。运用课题组城镇打工农民就业变化与市民化问卷调查数据,分析了西北地区携眷迁移发展状况,从整体携眷迁移和夫妻不同先行者携眷迁移两个维度建立三个回归模型,将人力资本和社会资本放在统一的分析框架中,探讨西北地区进城农民工携眷迁移发展机制,首次对城市农民工配偶相携迁移机制进行了实证分析,拓展了以往农民工家庭迁移的研究视野。研究表明:西北地区未婚和已婚农民工携眷迁移水平远远低于个体迁移,且女性携眷迁移水平较男性携眷发展更低,与西北外地区携眷发展还有差距。人力资本、社会资本及城市门槛对夫妻不同先行者携眷迁移的影响作用及路径有显著差异,西北地区夫携迁移发展机制主要来自城市打工生活时间、现城镇住房状况、业缘朋友数量等级、迁移距离的作用,而妻携迁移发展的主要渠道和作用较夫携迁移多元化。应努力创建农民工相应迁移机制发挥效应的环境和平台,以增强其家庭成员迁移的人力资本、社会资本及跨越城市迁移门槛的能力,并形成携眷迁移与女性职业提升协同发展的互动机制。     

Capital Account Liberalisation by China and the Effects on Global FDI and Trade

We model the partial liberalisation of the capital account by China using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model of the world economy. Our results indicate that a reduced capital controls on foreign direct investment (FDI) would lead to a significant increase in FDI capital in China and a significant reduction in the cost of capital in China relative to the rest of the world. Furthermore, we observe an increase in capital stocks in most regions, which benefits most regions in terms of GDP and GNP. The Chinese economy grows by 3.3% driven by a significant fall in the rental price of capital that, in turn, lowers domestic costs, causes a real depreciation of the exchange rate and thus increased exports relative to other regions. We also observe an across-the-board increase in the saving rate driven by the rise in the price of consumption relative to investment (saving) in all regions.     

Local Government Debt,Factor Misallocation and Regional Economic Performance in China

This paper examines total factor efficiency and productivity performance by taking into account local government debt (LGD) in 31 Chinese provincial regions for the period 2000–2013. The results show that neglecting LGD may overstate economic performance in Chinese provinces. The eastern region shows better performance in single factor efficiency and total factor efficiency than the non‐eastern regions. The western region shows the worst total factor performance. The north‐eastern region is the only region that has experienced a decline in total factor performance. The state‐dominated, investment‐driven development model may help technological progress across Chinese regions but could lead to significant factor misallocation. We argue that biases towards more state‐dominated investment and land supply in less productive western, central and north‐eastern regions, at the expense of investment and land supply in more productive eastern regions, have contributed to the recent slowdown in economic growth in China. Therefore, further market‐oriented reforms in factor markets should be considered in the future.     

WTO框架下政府采购透明化的发展与我国对策

加入《政府采购协定》不但将使我国市场完整地对外开放,而且将极大地促进国内政府采购制度的完善和发展。我国准备加入的GPA,是一个对开放程度和透明度要求很高的协议,而且正处于一种更新换代的特殊时期。认真分析WTO框架下的政府采购透明化的发展形势,不断完善我国相关制度建设,不仅对我国加入GPA的谈判起着重要作用,而且对我国政府采购也具有重要的现实意义。     

中国西部省区市区域竞争力的评价、问题与对策

文章从资源环境、经济实力、产业市场、对外开放、基础设施、人力资本、科技创新和管理服务八大方面构建包括40个二级指标在内的区域竞争力指标体系,并在此基础上采用了基于主成分分析、层次分析两种方法的组合评价法进行了中国西部省区市区域竞争力的研究.通过计算中国西部11个省区市和东、中、西三大地带的区域竞争力组合指数,分析了西部与东部省市区域竞争力的差异性以及西部省区市区域竞争力存在的问题,最后提出了提高西部省区市区域竞争力的对策建议.     

论当前我国可持续消费文化的建构

可持续消费是可持续发展研究的一个重要内容,也是实现可持续发展的重要机制之一。可持续消费文化本质上就是要强调人与社会、人与人、人与自然、人与文化协调一致发展。文章基于社会问题本质上是一种社会建构产物的观点,从消费社会学视角探讨了转型期我国建构可持续消费文化的基本条件及其社会文化机制问题。     

中国邮政品牌建设方案研究

邮政作为百年老店,具有较强的品牌影响力。但由于维护不力,品牌效应逐渐减弱。本文在分析中国邮政品牌建设现状的基础上,提出了中国邮政品牌建设的具体方案,并进一步阐述了方案的实施措施。     

旅游节庆的创新发展研究--以浙江象山县中国开渔节为例

本文以浙江象山县中国开渔节为例,从主题形象、活动项目、运作机制、宣传促销等方面对旅游节庆的创新发展进行了探讨,指出旅游节庆开发成功的要素包括：根植于地方文化、创意策划、市场化运作、民众参与、品牌化经营。     

亚洲发展中国家现代化发展的路径选择与比较——以中国、印度、沙特为考察对象

儒家文化、印度文化和伊斯兰文化构成了亚洲东方文化的主体。在这三大文化圈中,中国、印度和沙特阿拉伯无疑是各自文化圈中最具代表性的国家,从地域上也都是区域性的大国。它们的发展道路的选择和效用在各自区域内都具有明显的示范效应。在迈向现代化的征途中,中国、印度、沙特因现实国情和历史各异,致使实现现代化的方式和选择的社会发展道路存在着明显差别,各具特色。