Break through the institutional barriers to development

Author: Zhou Tianyong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book records some of the author's thoughts over the past one or two years.
(1) To fundamentally solve the "three rural issues," it is necessary to advance the process of urbanization, transfer surplus rural labor, and uphold the rights and interests of farmers, especially by reforming land expropriation and the rural land system.
(2) Is urbanization about developing small towns or large cities? The author has reflected on the hierarchical distribution of cities and towns of various sizes, and believes this distribution can be explained from an economic perspective.
(3) China's employment must not defy global trends; it needs to move beyond the framework of employment in state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises, and state-owned units, making freelancers, individual entrepreneurs, and small and medium-sized enterprises the primary channels for resolving employment issues. The key to developing freelancers, individual entrepreneurs, and small and medium-sized enterprises lies in breaking through the institutional barriers that hinder employment.
(4) Further economic development requires overcoming policy and institutional obstacles that impede progress.