The 'Scientific Development Concept', promulgated by Hu Jintao in 2007 articulated the increased eminence of social development in official ideology. The shift from political and economic objectives towards social factors can be explained by growing concerns over the current negative...

State and society responses to China's social welfare needs : an introduction to the debate / Shawn Shieh and Jonathan Schwartz -- Beyond corporatism and civil society : three modes of state - NGO interaction in China / Shawn Shieh -- Social welfare responses in noncrisis situations -- The role...