In recent years, the rapid growth of the non-state economy, particularly the emergence of a significant private sector, has touched off new debates about whether China is remaining on the socialist road. In this and the next issue, iThe Chinese Economy/i translates several recent articles that...

This second volume of a two-part issue of iThe Chinese Economy/i,* on China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs), presents three articles that reflect very different points of view on the reform of SOEs and can give the reader a sense of some of the practical difficulties involved in reforming these...

This second issue of reflections on the economic reform process presents three articles by two of China's leading economic theorists. The first article, by Sheng Hong, "A Survey of the Research on the Transitional Process of Market-Oriented Reform in China," gives a rather detailed overview of...