JIANG Jing1 ( 江静 ) and LIU Zhibiao2 ( 刘志彪 )   Editorial note： The traditional view holds that China’s comparative advantage lies in low costs, and it is therefore imperative to reduce business costs if China intends to maintain her industrial competitiveness. In the following ...

HUA Min1 ( 华民 )   Editorial note： While China’s opening up policy has brought about rapid economic growth, it has also resulted in a certain loss of welfare. Many scholars have debated this issue extensively from different perspectives. An article entitled “An Open Economy Calls ...

HAN Kang1 ( 韩康 )   Editorial note： The Chinese government attaches a great deal of importance to the income growth of farmers. In considering strategies for solving rural problems in China, it is important not to depart from the external development strategy of transferring ...

ZHANG Zhuoyuan1 (张卓元)   Editorial note: The plan to transform China’s economic growth pattern is nothing new. As early as 1995, the Chinese government had already set out the task of changing from an extensive growth pattern to an intensive growth pattern. Why then, has ...

YU Yongzhen1 (于永臻) Editorial note: There is great disparity between China’s banking management efficiency and the top international standard, with relatively low efficiency in credit monetary allocation. In this paper, Yu Yongzhen sets out the hypothesis that “medium-sized banks promote competition”. He believes that ...

YU Fangdong1 (余芳东)   Editorial note: This article utilizes a large amount of statistical data to analyze the global distribution of foreign trade in China since 1990, as well as the factors involved and the changes in trends. The research results indicate that China ...

YAO Zhizhong1 (姚枝仲), LIU Shiguo2 (刘仕国)   Editorial note: In 2005, America’s trade deficit was as high as 725.8 billion U.S. dollars in terms of commodities and services – a rise of 17.5% from the previous year – while China’s trade surplus for the ...

LU Bu1 (卢布), YANG Ruizhen2 (杨瑞珍), CHEN Yinjun3 (陈印军), WU Kai4 (吴凯), ZHANG Yanqing5 (张燕卿)   Editorial note: With the growing need for resources brought about by economic development, countries throughout the world have attached greater importance to the development and exploitation of marine resources. ...

LIU Shijin1 (刘世锦)   Editorial note: That the Chinese economy has been burgeoning for nearly 30 years is an irrefutable fact. However, this robust growth has been achieved amidst accusations of “extensive” development and “low-efficiency”. Many scholars believe that low-priced labour is pivotal to China’s ...

LI Yuefen1 (李月芬)   Editorial note: Although the benefits of China’s trade expansion have been distributed much more broadly than those of some early industrialized nations, China has become the primary target of anti-dumping activities. Being a new and relatively efficient new rival in ...