In the terminology of Chinese planning the "state plan" embraces both the central and provincial plans, while the "local plan" refers exclusively to the one for the Xian (county) and its administrative equivalent, namely the provincial municipality. After identifying the major Xian planning...

Critical appraisal of the agricultural reform envisaged in Document No.1, 1984 of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Types and variants, 1980-83, of the agricultural production responsibility system. The greatly increased rural labour reserves, released by the much more...