99 entries offering an authoritative overview and comprehensive coverage of issues facing the Chinese economy

Contributions from present and past senior officials of international agencies like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; senior Chinese government officials from the Centre and the Provinces; and four recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics

Clear and concise perspectives

Editors are global leaders in Chinese economic analysis and policy

Topics include: The China Model, Future Prospects for China , China and the Global Economy, Trade and the Chinese Economy, Macroeconomics and Finance, Urbanisation, Industry and Markets, Agriculture and Rural Development, Land, Infrastructure and Environment, Population and Labour, Dimensions of Wellbeing and Inequality, Health and Education, Gender Equity, Regional Divergence in China, and an entire section on specific Chinese provinces

China's rise as an economic powerhouse raises a number of questions that are the subject of lively debate. How did the country do it? How applicable are the lessons of China's economic reform of the past thirty years to the challenges it faces in the next three decades? What does the detailed pattern of China's success and challenges look like the sub-sectoral and sub-national levels, and what does this mean for future policy? How will China's role as a global economic player evolve?

This Oxford Companion to the Economics of China presents an original collection of perspectives on the Chinese economy's past, present and future. The contributors of these entries include: the best of young Chinese researchers based in China and outside; renowned academics from the top universities in China, Europe, and North America; present and past senior officials of international agencies like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; senior Chinese government officials from the Centre and the Provinces; and four recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

The Companion consists of 99 entries written by the leading China analysts of our time. The topics covered include: The China Model, Future Prospects for China , China and the Global Economy, Trade and the Chinese Economy, Macroeconomics and Finance, Urbanisation, Industry and Markets, Agriculture and Rural Development, Land, Infrastructure and Environment, Population and Labour, Dimensions of Wellbeing and Inequality, Health and Education, Gender Equity, Regional Divergence in China, and China's Provinces: Selected Perspectives.

The Editors are four global leaders in Chinese economic analysis and policy who between them have held or hold the following positions: Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute; Co-Editor, China Economic Review; President Chinese Economists Society; Assistant Director of Research at the IMF; Principal Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank; and Professors of Economics at Ivy League Universities.

Edited by Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, Ravi Kanbur, T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics, Cornell University, Shang-Jin Wei, N.T. Wang Professor and the Director of the Chazen Institute, and Xiaobo Zhang, Distinguished professor of Economics, School of Development, Peking University, and senior research fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The editors are four global leaders in Chinese economic analysis and policy who between them have held or hold the following positions: Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute; Co-Editor, China Economic Review; President Chinese Economists Society; Assistant Director of Research at the IMF; Principal Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank; and Professors of Economics at Ivy League Universities.

Contributors:

Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania

Doug Almond, Columbia University

Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide

Wan BaoRui, Ministry of Agriculture

Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley

Chad Bown, The World Bank

Loren Brandt, University of Toronto

Deborah Bräutigam, Johns Hopkins University/SAIS

Hongbin Cai, Peking University

Ximing Cai, University of Illinois

Zongsheng Chen, Nankai University

Xi Chen, Yale University

Yang Chenhua, Development Research Center

Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin

Zhang Chuanting, Policy Research Center of Shandong Province

Simon Cox, The Economist

Alan de Brauw, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Sylvie Démurger, Université Lumière

Yongheng Deng, National University of Singapore

Chengri Ding, University of Maryland

David Dollar, Brookings Institution

Xiao-yuan Dong, University of Winnipeg

Qu Dongyu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Julan Du, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Richard Easterlin, University of Southern California

Shenggen Fan, International Food Policy Research Institute

Cai Fang, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania

Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne

Roger Gordon, University of California, San Diego

Wei Li, Cheung Kong GSB

Nathaniel Grotte, University of Chicago

The Late Robert Fogel

Gordon Hanson, University of California, San Diego

Ann Harrison, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Dong He, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

James Heckman, University of Chicago

Junjian Yi, University of Chicago

Vernon Henderson, Brown University

Trevor Houser, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

Jikan Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yasheng Huang, MIT Sloan School of Management

Yiping Huang, Peking University

Hi Tang Jie, Shenzhen Government

Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

John Knight, University of Oxford

Samuel Krumholz, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Haizheng Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

Qinyi Liu, Hunan University, China

Hongbin Li, Tsinghua University

Edwin Lim, CERAP

Shuanglin Lin, University of Nebraska Omaha

Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University

Gordon Liu, Peking University

Feng Lu, Peking University

Yi Lu, National University of Singapore

Xiaopeng Luo, Zheijang University

Guonan Ma, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank

Lingsheng Meng, Tsinghua University

Xin Meng, Australian National University

Michelle Miro, University of Illinois

Victor Nee, Cornell University

Sonja Opper, Lund University

Keijiro Kei Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Yao Pan, George Washington University

Albert Park, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dai Peikun, Anhui Development Research Center

Dwight Perkins, Harvard University

Eswar Prasad, Cornell University

Ye Qi, Tsinghua University

Nancy Qian, Yale University

Yingyi Qian, Tsinghua University

Jun (<"QJ>") Qian, Boston College

Xie Qingsheng, Guizhou University of China

Futian Qu, Nanjing Agricultural University

Martin Ravallion, The World Bank

Carl Riskin, Columbia University

Peter Robertson, University of Western Australia

Wang Rong, Peking University

Nouriel Roubini, New York University

Scott Rozelle, Stanford University

Wang Sangui, Renmin University of China

Jinchuan Shi, Zhejiang University

Stephen Smith, George Washington University

Lina Song, University of Nottingham

Zheng Song, Chicago Booth

Ligang Song, The Australian National University Canberra

Michael Spence, New York University

Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University

Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute of International Economics

Laixiang Sun, SOAS, University of Toronto

Zhigang Tao, University of Hong Kong

Guoqiang Tian, University of Texas A & M

Kai-yuen Tsui, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Calum Turvey, Cornell University

Guo Wanda, China Development Institute (CDI)

Hua Wang, The World Bank

Jici Wang, Peking University

Jing Wang, University of Western Ontario

Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University

John Whalley, University of Western Ontario

Adam Wolfe, New York University

Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia

Yu Xie, University of Michigan

Bin Xu, China Europe International Business School

Chenggang Xu, University of Hong Kong

Dennis Tao, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yang Yao, CCER, Peking University

Du Ying, National Development and Reform Commission

Boyang Zhang, Cornell University

Weiying Zhang, Peking University

Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University and International Food Policy Research Institute

Yaohui Zhao, Peking University

Changwen Zhao, China State Development Research Center

Funing Zhong, Nanjing Agricultural University

Cui Zhongren, Guangxi Development Research Center

Ling Zhu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CESS)

Huang Zuhui, Zhejiang University