China's Rural Industrialization Policy

SHI CHENG is Research Fellow in Economics at the Japan Society for thePromotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, and at the Jiangsu Provincial Academyof Social Sciences, China. He is also Visiting Research Fellow at theGraduate School of Economics, Nagoya University, Japan, where he leadsthe JSPS project on the impact of the WTO on government policies andthe productivity of township and village enterprises in China.

• List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: China's Rural Industrialization, Characteristics and Miracle PART I: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION UNDER STATE MONOPOLY CONTROL Shifting in the Land Reform Campaign Sprouting in the Cooperative Campaign Great Leap Forward in the People's Communization Campaign Great Leap Backward in the Panic Famine Recovery in the Campaign to Accelerate the Mechanization of Agriculture PART II: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE TRANSITION TO ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION Rise Under the Household Responsibility System Great Expansion in the Disintegration of the People's Commune System Setbacks in the Emergency Braking for a Crisis New Great Leap Forward after the Collapse of the Soviet Union Slowing Down in the Privatization Wave New Century Shifting in the Campaign to Increase Farmer Income Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index

'Shi Cheng presents a comprehensive study of China's industrialization process over the decades, covering the main policies from 1949 till today.' - Development'...the book provides a valuable, careful and thorough study, which might be of high value for students interestd in rural economic development and its prospects.' - Thomas Heberer, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature