Reform Campaign 30 Questions: Exploring the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy System

Author: Wang Mengkui
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is edited by Wang Mengkui, Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, with Xie Fuzhan and Liu Shijin as deputy editors. The research and writing of each report are primarily undertaken by senior experts from various research departments and institutes of the Development Research Center of the State Council. At the same time, experts from high-level domestic research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Labor Science Institute of the Ministry of Labor, and the Technology Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology have been involved. It is one of the authoritative works on the development and improvement of the socialist market economy system in China in recent years. "30 Key Issues in Reform—Exploring the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy System" is the latest policy research completed by the Development Research Center of the State Council, collecting all 30 research reports on "Research on the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy System," totaling 400,000 words. Based on a review and summary of the history and experience of establishing the framework of the socialist market economy system over the past 10 years, this book conducts comprehensive theoretical and empirical analysis of the challenges, issues, and difficulties faced by China in improving the socialist market economy system in the next stage. It provides an in-depth discussion on the direction, basic tasks, and key areas of medium- and long-term reforms, proposing a series of policy measures that can be chosen. As a research outcome of policy consultation by the Development Research Center of the State Council, this book not only holds significant theoretical importance for the development and improvement of China's socialist market economy system but also positively influences the government and relevant departments in clarifying reform strategies and formulating related policies. The book strives to cover important and outstanding issues in the economic system reform and its related fields, and proposes basic ideas and alternative solutions for further deepening the reform. The 30 research reports mainly include five parts:
1. A comprehensive review of the historical experience of reform and exploration of the goals and key areas of the next economic system reform from a macro level.
2. An in-depth discussion on the adjustment of the ownership structure and the establishment of enterprise systems, the acceleration of the restructuring of the state-owned economy, the deepening of reform in monopolized industries, and the strengthening of market access and exit in competitive industries from the perspective of shaping the operational mechanisms of micro entities.
3. A systematic study on the pathways and measures to form a unified and open market system, with special research on commodity markets and factor markets, breaking regional monopolies, and accelerating the construction of a social credit system from the perspective of improving the market system and regulating market order.
4. Research on the difficulties, issues, and reform measures in areas such as investment and financing, the reform of state-owned commercial banks, monetary policy, fiscal systems, and planning systems from the perspective of strengthening macro-control.
5. An in-depth study and discussion on the direction, framework, and policy measures for the institutional construction and improvement of social security systems, income distribution systems, science and technology systems, intellectual property systems, standard systems, urban asset management systems, and the reform of administrative and public institutions from the perspective of coordinated socio-economic development and ensuring social justice.