Reform Tackling 30 Questions (Exploring the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy System) (Wang Mengkui)

Author: Wang Mengkui
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: "Reform and Development: 30 Questions on Improving the Socialist Market Economy System" is the latest policy research outcome completed by the Development Research Center of the State Council. It includes all 30 research reports on "Improving the Socialist Market Economy System," totaling 400,000 words. Based on a review and summary of the history and experience in establishing the framework of the socialist market economy system over the past decade, the book conducts comprehensive theoretical and empirical analyses of the challenges, issues, and difficulties faced in improving the socialist market economy system in China's next phase. It provides an in-depth exploration of the direction, fundamental tasks, and key areas of medium- and long-term reforms, proposing a series of policy measures for consideration.
As a policy consulting research outcome of the Development Research Center of the State Council, this book holds significant theoretical importance for the development and improvement of China's socialist market economy system. It will also play a positive role in helping the government and relevant departments clarify reform strategies and formulate related policies. The book strives to cover important and outstanding issues in the economic system reform and its related fields, proposing basic approaches and alternative solutions for further deepening reforms.
The 30 research reports in the book are mainly divided into five sections:
1. A comprehensive review of the historical experience of reform and exploration of the goals and key areas for the next phase of economic system reform from a macro perspective.
2. An in-depth discussion of restructuring and corporate system building, accelerating the adjustment of the state-owned economy, deepening reforms in monopolized industries, and strengthening market access and exit in competitive industries from the perspective of shaping the operational mechanisms of micro entities.
3. A systematic study of the pathways and measures to form a unified and open market system, with research on commodity markets and factor markets, breaking regional monopolies, and accelerating the development 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, reforms of state-owned commercial banks, monetary policy, fiscal systems, and planning systems from the perspective of strengthening macro-control.
5. In-depth research and discussion on the direction, framework, and policy measures for institutional building and improvement in areas such as social security systems, income distribution systems, science and technology systems, intellectual property systems, standard systems, urban asset management systems, and reforms of administrative and public institutions from the perspective of coordinated socio-economic development and ensuring social justice.