Description
This book is part of a series which makes available to English-speaking audiences the work of the individual Chinese economists who were the architects of China窶冱 economic reform. The series provides an inside view of China窶冱 economic reform, revealing the thinking of the reformers themselves, unlike many other books on China窶冱 economic reform which are written by outside observers.
Du Runsheng (1913-) has made major contributions to policy making on land reform, rural development and science policy. Politically active from the 1930s, when he served as a guerrilla leader fighting Japanese aggression, and in the 1940s, when he was involved in the War of Liberation (1945-49), he has held many Chinese Communist Party posts. He was secretary-general of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the late 1950s, responsible for drafting the 1961 policy document which urged respect for intellectuals. Attacked and persecuted during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), he was for most of the 1980s in charge of research on rural economic reform and rural development strategies.
The book is published in association with China Development Research Foundation, one of the leading economic and social think tanks in China, where many of the theoretical foundations and policy details of economic reform were formulated.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Wang Mengkui Author窶冱 Preface 1. On a responsibility system for agricultural production (September 14, 1980) 2. Some opinions on rural economic policies (February 1981) 3. The historic transformation in [the Party窶冱] rural work (September 4, 1982) 4. The household contract system linking remuneration to output represents a new development in the rural cooperative economy (November 23, 1982) 5. Explanations on some issues regarding current rural economic policies (December 31, 1982) 6. Explanation of the CPC Central Committee窶冱 notice on rural work in 1984 (December 18, 1983) 7. Several 窶�social objectives窶� behind developing a rural commodity economy (December 20, 1984) 8. Getting rich first, later, and together (December 20, 1985) 9. Raise the economic standing of agriculture through reliance on science and technology (April 11, 1986) 10. Foreign-oriented development strategy for coastal regions (December 3, 1987) 11. Economic Development in mountainous areas is a major focus for research (October 1988) 12. Reforms in socialist countries must pass the 窶�test of the market窶� and the 窶�test of democracy窶� (May 9, 1989) 13. The objective of reform: establish a market economy under socialist conditions (October 1992) 14. Cooperative shareholding systems featuring land-to-shares conversion (January 1994) 15. Reform of 窶�supply-and-marketing窶� cooperatives (November 7, 1995) 16. Stabilizing the household contract system -- how to understand the 窶狼wo Leaps窶� correctly (January 1996) 17. Adhere to strategies that allow for sustainable development (December 11, 1996) 18. Contracted family operations should be kept stable for a long time (October 27, 1998) 19. Farmers should be 窶惑ree men窶� (December 15, 1998) 20. Sustainable utilization of water resources (March 11, 1999) 20. Use the economy to motivate people, and use democratic politics to unite people (October 1999) 21. Historical status of small- and medium-sized enterprises (October 24, 1999) 22. Agricultural industrialization and 窶賄ragon-headed窶� [leading] enterprises (November 10, 1999) 23. Thoughts on the Wenzhou economic model (May 25, 2000) 24. Brief remarks on innovation (July 18, 2000) 25. Prospects for and vitality of a 窶藁ixed economy窶� (May 13, 2001) 26. Give farmers national citizenship (June 1, 2001) 27. Industry must repay agriculture (December 5, 2001) 28. Raise the degree to which farmers are represented through organizations (December 6, 2001) 29. A recommendation to exempt farmers from taxation(November 9, 2002) 30. The non-State-owned economy should be owned and operated by, and for the benefit of, the people (November 11, 2002) 31. A non-publicly-owned forest industry (January 22, 2003) 32. Systems innovation in rural communities (November 6, 2003) 33. Thoughts on poverty alleviation (April 3, 2004) 34. Deng Xiaoping and China窶冱 rural reform (August 20, 2004) 35. 窶篭rbanized towns窶� are the result of economic development (August 28, 2004) 36. The critical element in our overall planning for urban-rural development: China窶冱 rural migrant workers (February 19, 2006) 37. Changing 窶賄ue consideration for equity窶� into 窶和 concerted focus on equity窶� (August 15, 2006) 38. Choosing how we go about 窶話uilding a new countryside窶� (September 26, 2006) 39. Transform agriculture into a 窶鰐nowledge economy窶� (February 15, 2007) 40. Selecting the proper path for economic development (September 2007) 41. Adhere to 窶�socialism with Chinese characteristics窶� (April 2008) 42. New options for economic development (June 3, 2008)
