ChinaS Reform Economic Development

This course introduces students to the economic reform that China launched in 1978 and to the subsequent China's transition from a planned economy towards the one driven by market. It addresses some of the important economic, social, and political issues prior to and since 1978, including the structuring of state-owned enterprises, the development of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ), the impact of direct foreign investment, the booming of townships and villages, the disparity between coastal and inland provinces, and the Western Development Project.