"The Government of China has placed strong emphasis on addressing problems related to agriculture, farmers, and rural … delivery at the grassroots level. And, given China's size and diversity, reform efforts must focus on improving incentive …

In China, most of the service delivery responsibilities are assigned to the subnational governments. Yet for reasons of … public service provision and accountable local governance in China. The paper argues that the existing design of such … transfers to create responsive, responsible, equitable, and accountable local governance in China …

The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a … government has raised the scale of transfers. Over the past decade, China’s transfer policy has addressed the horizontal … strong budgets. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of China (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/china) …