中国经济学人

  • Chinese Enterprises:Time to Assume More Social Responsibilit

    金碚;

    <正>On November 28th and 29th, the Annual Meeting onEnterprise Competitiveness sponsored by China BusinessJournal was held with the theme "corporate profitability,going global and social responsibility."Seeminglyunconnected, these three issues, which would otherwise

    2008年01期 1页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 173K]
  • Promoting East-West Interaction Exclusive interview with Dr.Cao Yushu,Deputy Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Western Region Development at the State Council

    陈伟;

    Economic growth and environmental "friendliness" are the dual missions of China's grand western development. In the past eight years,China has seen the gap between eastern and western regions still widening while also taking on the arduous task of protecting nature,ecology and environment in the western region. How has western development fared in the past eight years? What difficulties and challenges are being encountered? The development of the western region poses the single greatest difficulty facing China's regional economic development,but how can we advance along a "sound and fast" development path? The establishment of economic zones in Chengdu and Chongqing,Guanzhong and North Bay has opened up new possibilities and expectations for western China's economic development.

    2008年01期 5-11页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1258K]
  • Annual Meeting Reveals Competitiveness of Chinese Enterprises

    刘晓午;

    This is the fifth year since the first "Chinese Enterprises Competitiveness Annual Meeting" convened in 2003. During those five years,we have witnessed a period of remarkable performance by Chinese enterprises. These last five years have seen a reaping of the fruits brought about by China's three-decade-long reform and opening, as evidenced by the increasing growth and maturity of Chinese enterprises and the rising competitiveness of publicly listed Chinese enterprises. Along with the development of globalization initiatives, Chinese enterprises are moving firmly and solidly towards internationalization and have begun to have a profound impact on the world economy. The roadmap of Chinese enterprises has now become a focus of global attention.

    2008年01期 12-18页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1065K]
  • Economic Growth——"Sound and Rapid" Development

    刘树成;

    Sound and rapid development is an intrinsic requirement in the implementation of the "scientific outlook on development" and represents an important change in the concept of economic development. This article, reviews past achievements under the guidance of "rapid and sound" development, and brings to light the reasons why we need to pursue "sound and rapid" development and how it can be achieved.

    2008年01期 19-28页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1115K]
  • RMB:Depreciating Internationally while Appreciating Externally

    贝多广;朱晓莉;

    RMB has been depreciating internally while appreciating externally since 2002. This new monetary phenomenon, has been strengthened in the context that US dollar depreciates internationally and that domestic economy is overwhelmed with excessive liquidities. Certainly the monetary phenomenon is the reflection of the actual economy: continued trade surplus, triggered robustly by the export-driven economy, is bringing a huge amount of exchange reserve which accelerates sequentially the expansion of domestic money supply. Furthermore, a refrained appreciation of RMB tends to deteriorate the domestic inflation, which is not simply a traditional concept of CPI but a broad inflation parameter including a variety of asset prices. It's sure that the new phenomenon is becoming a new challenge to the macroeconomic equilibrium as well as the decision maker of monetary policy.

    2008年01期 29-42页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1636K]
  • Accelerate China's Social Security Legislation

    王延中;

    Since the financial crisis in Asia in 1997, China's social security system has undergone continual reform and readjustment, and has proved to be an integral part of government efforts to perfect the socialist market economy as well as in building a socialist harmonious society. Although social security construction has achieved certain results, it has also left a lot of problems. With the rapid growth of China's economy and revenue, people from all walks of life are putting ever-increasing demands on the social security system; therefore, the construction of a sound social security system suited to China's current situation still remains an arduous task. In this article, the author have reviewed the 10 years development of China's social security system, analyzed problems and challenges and proposed its suggestions.

    2008年01期 43-60页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1081K]
  • China's Real Estate Finance:Undergoing Directional Change

    郭琼;宋燕华;赵剑飞;

    <正>Influenced by a host of new policies on real property loans and foreign investment restrictions, real estate finance is in the midst of directional change characterized by fluctuations in domestic and overseas financing arrangements. The long-

    2008年01期 61-68页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 637K]
  • Should China Develop Small Cities and Towns?

    温铁军;温厉;

    Given its national conditions,China cannot simply copy the European and American model of modernization, which was driven by industrialization. The Communist Party of China adopted a "small city and town" strategy in 1998 in recognition of the success of towns that thrived even without state investment.However,this development strategy also faces a series of challenges.China should draw on international experiences and prevent the emergence of social malaises such as slums,mafia groups and crimes that occurred in some other large developing countries with a population of above 100 million.The key to developing small cities and towns in China is to reform the ownership of rural community land and township enterprises,reform local governance structure,and balance the relationship between statutory towns and village self-governance.

    2008年01期 69-78页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1798K]
  • Survey Reveals Farmers'Perceptions of Modern Life

    赵德余;方志权;

    Through a statistical analysis of the results of a field survey conducted in a moderately remote suburb of Shanghai,this article investigates the common problems and concerns that farmers are facing during the process of marketization. In evaluating the level of rural development,farmers pay more attention to social security and their living conditions than an increase in income. Whilst playing a prominent role in the development of the rural economy and environmental governance, the government has failed to adequately cultivate community culture and public spiritual life. The government policies on building a new socialist countryside focus on those issues of most concern to farmers: income,employment,education,social security and rural environmental governance,whilst neglecting the cultural life of farmers.

    2008年01期 79-89页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 738K]
  • China-US Trade Relations:Win-Win Picture Distorted

    李若谷;

    At present China-U.S.trade relations are in a state of confusion.Although both countries have gained tremendous benefits from the bilateral trade relationship,some Americans have intentionally distorted some basic facts regarding China-U.S.trade relations. Based on an analysis of some official and nonofficial research reports published in the United States,this article holds that the China-U.S.trade imbalance is the symptom of a bigger issue stemming from the contradiction between the United States as the world's sole superpower and China as an emerging power.Economic globalisation came about due to the needs of western developed countries represented by the United States to boost economic development.Only by seizing the opportunities of economic globalisation, has China gained strong economic growth. Such a development is changing the world political,economic,military and cultural landscape that have been shaped since the post-cold-war era,and has to some extent raised doubt or suspicion on the part of the United States and its western allies.This is a manifestation of how unprepared some people in the United States and other western countries are in the face of China's rapid development and rising status.So,their immediate reaction has been to seek protection for themselves,and try their utmost to prevent China's rapid growth from impacting on the international framework and their vested interests.

    2008年01期 90-105页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1099K]
  • Oil Price Fluctuation Reflects International Power Balance

    张宇燕;管清友;

    Due to the uncertainty of the oil economy,economists have yet to build a perfect analytical framework for the oil market.Over a period of time,oil price fluctuates according to the supply and demand of the international market.In the long run,however,given the political nature of oil,oil price fluctuation is also dependent on the power balance between oil consumer and producer countries.History has proven that the world energy landscape is constantly in a process of change and evolution,which underlies the increasing oil price uncertainty in the long run.From the perspective of the world energy landscape and its evolution,this article applies international political-economic methodology in addressing the energy security issues facing China,with the purpose of offering recommendations for further areas of energy research.

    2008年01期 106-115页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 900K]
  • Industries in Western Region Mismatch MNC Investment Strategies in China

    杨先明;张正华;

    Using the "matching extent" method,this article conducts a multi-perspective analysis on the compatibility of the investment strategies of the western region and MNCs,as well as national policies on foreign investment. Research indicates that low matching extent amongst the above three decision-makers is an important reason for the disadvantage of the western region in terms of FDI attraction,and this situation will not change in the short term. In addition,this article also sheds light on how to increase matching extent.

    2008年01期 116-126页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 968K]
  • China's CSR Has Both Common and Unique Dimensions as Compared with Western CSR

    徐尚昆;杨汝岱;

    We conducted an inductive analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in China based on an open-ended survey of 630 CEOs and business owners in 12 provinces and municipalities across China. In the survey, we collected 2811 CSR sample scenarios. After examining the quantitative data thus acquired, we identified 9 dimensions of CSR, including two dimensions never mentioned in western literature and another 2 dimensions generally recognized in western countries but not yet taking shape in China. A comparative study of CSR between China and western countries also unveiled some unique dimensions of CSR in China.In conclusion, CSR has been manifested in China in a form different from that in western countries, and China's CSR is closely related to the social and cultural background of China.

    2008年01期 127-136页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 1231K]
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