Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33981 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2248
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
China has achieved tremendous economic progress in the last three decades, but there is much work to be done to make the economy resilient to large shocks, ensure the sustainability of its growth, and translate this growth into corresponding improvements in the economic welfare of its citizens. We discuss the complex challenges that Chinese policymakers face in striking the right balance in terms of speed and coordination of reforms. We argue that China's current stage of development, along with its rising market orientation and increasing integration with the world economy, may make the incremental and piecemeal approaches to reforms increasingly untenable and, in some cases, could even generate risks of their own. The present favorable domestic and external circumstances provide an excellent window of opportunity for bolder reforms and for tackling some deep-rooted problems without causing much economic disruption.
Subjects: 
policy reforms
market-oriented economy
trade and financial integration
policy complementarities
JEL: 
P2
F3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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