Domestic openness in post-WTO China: Central and local perspectives

Guo, Y

Domestic openness in post-WTO China: Central and local perspectives

Guo, Y

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Contemporary China, 2008, 17 (55), pp. 339 - 359
Issue Date:: 2008-05-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Guo, Y	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Contemporary China, 2008, 17 (55), pp. 339 - 359	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1067-0564	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10348
dc.description.abstract	This article seeks answers to three basic questions about the WTO's impact on domestic openness in China: is China a more open society as a result of its WTO membership; in what way has the WTO affected reform and openness; and, is WTO membership leading to political liberalization or translating into a demand for democracy as democracy advocates predicted? To this end, it identifies and analyzes the WTO-related reforms at central and local levels which have had the strongest impact thus far on openness to Chinese citizens. The analysis focuses on the reduction of the Party-state's control of economic activity as manifested in decreasing state monopoly and bureaucratic intervention in the sphere of economic activity, improved legal regulation, and increasing transparency of trade-related rules and rule-making. It argues that the varied depth and scope of the WTO's impact are attributable to differences in the congruence between the WTO principles and China's domestic political logic and the varying levels of effectiveness of external and internal pressure for change.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Contemporary China	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10670560701809569	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Cultural Studies	en_US
dc.title	Domestic openness in post-WTO China: Central and local perspectives	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	55	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	17	en_US
utslib.for	160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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pubs.issue	55	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	17	en_US

Abstract:

This article seeks answers to three basic questions about the WTO's impact on domestic openness in China: is China a more open society as a result of its WTO membership; in what way has the WTO affected reform and openness; and, is WTO membership leading to political liberalization or translating into a demand for democracy as democracy advocates predicted? To this end, it identifies and analyzes the WTO-related reforms at central and local levels which have had the strongest impact thus far on openness to Chinese citizens. The analysis focuses on the reduction of the Party-state's control of economic activity as manifested in decreasing state monopoly and bureaucratic intervention in the sphere of economic activity, improved legal regulation, and increasing transparency of trade-related rules and rule-making. It argues that the varied depth and scope of the WTO's impact are attributable to differences in the congruence between the WTO principles and China's domestic political logic and the varying levels of effectiveness of external and internal pressure for change.

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