B1 China's Modern Economy

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COURSE SYLLABUS

For 2022 CUMT Summer School

Chinas Modern Economy

APRIL, 2022


Instructor Information:

Name

Email

Office

Cell phone

YanLi,

Lecturer

4666@cumt.edu.cn

A425, School of Economics and Management, CUMT

(Nan Hu)

+86-13952231767

OBJECTIVES:

1)The course analyzes Chinas modern economy from the perspective of transition with questions as where Chinas modern economy transited from, what transition means, and how to understand the current and future situations, including the following topics: Chinas great economic transfornations, the demographic factor in Chinas transition, Chinas financial system, Chinas industrial development, Chinas embrace of globalization, growth and structrial trandformaiton of China, and forcasting Chinas economic growth in the future.

2)This course focuses on the effective outcomes like massive expansion of Chinas economy, universe increases in the living standards, a major shift from plan to market, rapid structrual change from rural/agricultural to urban/nonagricultural, from isolation to growing integration with global markets, and aslo pays more attention to problems like environmental and employment problems in the past forty years.

REQUIRED TEXTS & READING:

1) Liu Shuhan, Wang Yujing and Zhuhong. Economics of Contemporary China Policies and Practices. China Financial & Economic Publishing House 2016.

2) Loren Brandt, Thomas G. Rawski. China’s Great Economic Transformation. Cambridge University Press 2008.

3) He Yan. Seeking Changes: The Economic Development in Contemporary China.China Compilation & Translation Press 2011.


GRADING POLICY:

1) The participation and performance in class;

2) The homework and essays after class;

3) The group discussion and presentation in class


Submission Guidelines

All students should submit their essays, using the following format, to the email:4666@cumt.edu.cn:

All pages should be numbered. All pages should have student name on header.


Letter Grade

The scores will be given according to your report/essay. You will get:

A if 80%

B if you get 70% to 80% C if you get 60% to 70% D if less than 60%


Tentative Schedule

Day #

Topic

Instructor

Time in classroom (hrs)

1

Chapter 1 Chinas Great Economic Transformation

1.1 Background

1.2 Key Factors in Chinas Reform Success

1.3 Key Elements in the Political Economy of Chinese

Reform




Yan Li


2

2

Chapter 2 The Demographic Factor in Chinas Transition

2.1 Two and a Half Decades of Demographic  

Change

2.2 Social Concequences of Demographic Change


Yan Li

2

3

Chapter 3 the Development of Chinas Industrial Economy

3.1 Agriculture

3.2 Manufacturing Industry

3.3 Service Industry

Yan Li


2



4

Chapter 4 Chinas Urbanization Process and Urban Problems

4.1 Urban-rural Gap and Chinas Economic      Development

4.2 Urbanization and Chinas Property Market

4.3 Issues arising from Urbanization and  

Population Development in China





Yan  Li


2

5

Chapter 5 the Structure and Reform of Financial System in China

5.1 Financial Industry in Planning Economy

5.2 Establishment of Modern Financial System

5.3 Deeping Development of Financial

Institutions and Financial Market in China




Yan Li


2



6

Chapter 6 Strategy and Policy Evolution of Chinas Regional Economy

6.1 Balanced Development in Planned Economy

6.2 Non-equilibrium Development in Reform and Opening up

6.3 Coordinated Development of Regional Economy in the Period of Comprehensive Development.





YanLi



2


7

Chapter 7 Chinas Foreign Trade:History and Development


Yan Li

Yan Li


2

8

Chapter 8 Forcasting China's Economic Growth

Yan  Li

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