ZHANG Yan1 ( 张晏 ), WANG Yongqin1 ( 王永钦 ), ZHANG Yuan1 ( 章元 ), CHEN Zhao1 ( 陈钊 ) andLU Ming1 ( 陆铭 )   Editorial note: Many scholars attribute China’s rapid economic growth to the ample local government incentives to develop the local ...

ZHANG Guoyou1( 张国有 ) Editorial note: The rise of the Chinese economy over the past thirty years is nothing short of a miracle. However, people are now getting more interested in questions about whether China’s rapid growth can be sustainable and what factors ...

YANG Yiyong1( 杨宜勇 ) Editorial note : Employment, as a socio-economic issue of utmost concern, has always been at the top of the Chinese government agenda. China is the largest and most populous developing country in the world, as such the severity of the employment ...

WANG Tongsan1 ( 汪同三 ) and CAI Yuezhou2（ 蔡跃洲 ) Editorial note: China’s economic growth has been primarily driven by the impetus of investment and net export during recent years. Consumption demand has also grown rapidly but is still insufficient compared with the scale ...

WANG Hao1 ( 汪昊 )   Editorial note: Excess tax burden causes a decrease in consumer surplus and producer surplus thereby damaging the social benefits associated with taxation. China’s many types of tax have undermined the equilibrium of market resource allocation, leading to lower economic efficiency ...

Taskforce1   Editorial note: Income gap has been considered one of the most potent threats to China’s society and economy in the future. This paper finds that China’s residential income gap has exceeded the reasonable bound but still falls within the tolerable range. Following an analysis ...

QI Zhixin1( 齐志新 ), CHEN Wenying1( 陈文颖） and WU Zongxin2( 吴宗鑫 )   Editorial note: International experiences show that most industrialized nations have experienced a contradictory stage of fast per capita energy consumption growth versus rapid energy structural change in the process of industrialization. Given China’s ...

MA Yingtong1 ( 马瀛通 )   Editorial note: Scholars around the world are voicing their criticisms on China’s family planning policy, which, in their opinions, will lead to an unhealthy population structure. This article reviews the concepts of “rich before old” and “negative demographic bonus”, and ...

LI Xiaohua1( 李晓华 )   Editorial note: China’s industry has maintained a steady fast-paced growth since the adoption of the opening-up and reform policy and its development has attracted attention worldwide. Some people are so amazed that they have named it the “China Miracle” while others ...

CHEN Wenling1( 陈文玲 )   Editorial note: Consumer demand is the driving force of economy. Since 1978, China has witnessed a massive rise in consumption and expansion of consumption mix. However, insuffi cient consumption has remained a primary constraint to economic growth. As such, domestic demand ...