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Conference Paper: Political and Economic Institutions of China and Constitutionalism
Title | Political and Economic Institutions of China and Constitutionalism |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The Hong Kong Economic Association. |
Citation | The 7th Biennial Conference of the Hong Kong Economic Association, Hong Kong, China, 13-14 December 2012. In the Abstracts of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Hong Kong Economic Association, 2012, p. 50 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The necessity of institutional reforms including establishing constitutional rules
for China’s stability and sustainability is becoming a consensus among reformers. But
what should be done and how should these be done are debating questions. In this talk
I will address a key question: what are the major obstacles that have prevented China
from establishing constitutional rules? I will argue that all socio-economic problems
in China, e.g. the absence of rule of law, worsening corruption and inequality, low
domestic demand, etc. are all rooted in China’s fundamental institution: Regionally
Decentralized Authoritarianism (RDA). Thus, reforming the RDA regime is necessary.
However, the RDA regime itself does not follow constitutional rules that the power of
the government is unlimited and powers are not separated, although administration
and economy are decentralized. This posts great challenges. Moreover, the RDA
regime is a double edged sword that it is also responsible to the success of the reform
and the growth in the past 35 years. |
Description | Keynote Speech |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190687 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Xu, C | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T15:35:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T15:35:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 7th Biennial Conference of the Hong Kong Economic Association, Hong Kong, China, 13-14 December 2012. In the Abstracts of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Hong Kong Economic Association, 2012, p. 50 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190687 | - |
dc.description | Keynote Speech | - |
dc.description.abstract | The necessity of institutional reforms including establishing constitutional rules for China’s stability and sustainability is becoming a consensus among reformers. But what should be done and how should these be done are debating questions. In this talk I will address a key question: what are the major obstacles that have prevented China from establishing constitutional rules? I will argue that all socio-economic problems in China, e.g. the absence of rule of law, worsening corruption and inequality, low domestic demand, etc. are all rooted in China’s fundamental institution: Regionally Decentralized Authoritarianism (RDA). Thus, reforming the RDA regime is necessary. However, the RDA regime itself does not follow constitutional rules that the power of the government is unlimited and powers are not separated, although administration and economy are decentralized. This posts great challenges. Moreover, the RDA regime is a double edged sword that it is also responsible to the success of the reform and the growth in the past 35 years. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Hong Kong Economic Association. | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Biennial Conference of the Hong Kong Economic Association | en_US |
dc.title | Political and Economic Institutions of China and Constitutionalism | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Xu, C: cgxu@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Xu, C=rp01118 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 223407 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 223440 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 50 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 50 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | en_US |