"China must embrace further constitutional reform, which aims at, among other
things, defining property rights so as to grant the private sector an
institutionalized basis in the growth of the national economies and to give the on-
going privatization a constitutional justification. Notes * The author appreciates Dr
Dagmar Richter of the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and
International Law (MPIV) and Professor Wulf G ..."
"County government authorities County as an important level of administration was maintained after the Chinese Communist victory after 1949, even though the name was formally changed to “county people's government.” Initially, the county ..."
"Despite its recent rapid economic growth, China’s political system has remained resolutely authoritarian. However, an increasingly open economy is creating the infrastructure for an open society, with the rise of a non-state sector in which a private economy, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and different forms of social forces are playing an increasingly powerful role in facilitating political change and promoting good governance. ..."