Course Description
The course aims to provide students with comprehensive coverage of various aspects of the contemporary Chinese economy. Students could learn how to employ different analytical approaches to understand the functioning of China’s reform period, its economic transition and development.
In this course, topics such as the geographical setting, socialist economic background, economic reforms and transitions, various production factors, ownership structure, different production sectors, township and village enterprises, foreign trade and foreign investment, macroeconomics and fiscal system, financial development and financial system reform and the environmental quality of China will be discussed.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: To get familiar with the background information on the recent development process of China.
CILO-2: To be able to apply economic theory to explain major economic phenomena and policy changes during the development process.
CILO-3: To be able to summarize empirical evidence that can help judge the relevance of the theoretical explanations.