Special Issue:Criticism and Interaction: Two Pivots in Current Philosophical Studies in China Introduction

Articles in this special issue offers comments to the status quo of contemporary philosophical studies in China from various perspectives, focusing on problems in this field of study. Professor Yi Junqing argues that paradigm of study should be the issue of prior concern in Chinese philosophical studies in the New Era,     

The Historic Changes Brought about by Economic Development and Reform and Fundamental Transformation of the Growth Mode

What historical stage has Chinese economic development reached and what are the outstanding features of this stage? In terms of both quantitative and qualitative economic indicators, China's economic development is now in a stage of transition from a developing country with a below-av- erage per capita income to one with an average per capita income.     

Introduction

In recent years,the problem of China's income distribution has become a hot issue in domestic and overseas academic circles and the media.It is also taken very seriously by Chinese policy makers.Over the past 30 years of economic and social transition,the gap in     

引言(英文)

In this special issue, we recommend to our readers five articles which focus on the same topic: income distribution - an issue of focal concern in contemporary Chineses ociety.Equity and justice are commonly under-stood as the most essential value pursuit of socialism. Equitable and just distribution of     

SPECIAL ISSUE： IMPORTANT ISSUES IN MARXIST PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA：Introduction： reality and academic learning - the fabric of Marxist philosophical studies

After over two decades＇ exploration and accumulation since reform and opening up, studies of Marxist philosophy in contemporary China have now focused on two basic aspects： a higher level of scholarship and more concern with social reality. The trend has largely manifested itself in Marxist philosophical studies of major practical problems in recent years. Papers in this special issue not only highlight the latest developments in Marxist philosophical studies and their orientation to reality, but also summarize basic questions for further exploration.     

SPECIAL ISSUE： DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY Introduction

The share of labor income in China＇s national income shrank dramatically from the mid- 1990s onwards, accompanied by the shrinking of the share of household income and a continuing rise in the shares of corporate and government income. As income distribution is closely related to social stability, public well-being and economic development, changes in this regard and the related policy suggestions have attracted wide attention. The four articles in this special issue are devoted to answering three questions： a） what has caused the decline in labor income share？ b） what factors have contributed to the changes in the distribution of national income among the corporate, govemment and household sectors？ and c） what impact does the changing distribution of national income have on the national saving rate？     

State and Society, Public Laws and Private Laws

It has been two decades since the Third Plenary Session of theEleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Twosignificant events occurred during this period: a shift in emphasis from"class struggle" to economic development; and a shift in the economicsystem from a planned to a market economy. These events have had aprofound influence on China's socio-economic development, and led tospeculation on the relationship between the state and society, public lawsand private laws.The…     

Cultural Advancement and the Primary Stage of Socialism

China is and will remain for a long time to come in the primary stageof socialism. This is a scientific conclusion drawn by the CommunistParty of China (CPC) based on China's present economic and socialdevelopment, and after summing up historical experiences and lessons.This conclusion is a true reflection of the basic Chinese conditions andserves as an objective basis and starting point for the determination of theobjectives in the socialist modernization drive, and the formulation ofvario…     

SPECIAL ISSUE： EXAMINING THE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINAIntroduction

The amount of thought given to the death penalty is almost equal to that which the entire field of humanities and social science has expended on life itself, and shows no signs of flagging. The question may be formulated as a purely philosophical one, but it has also drawn the attention of political scientists. Naturally, it is also an important legal issue.Papers presented in this special issue on the death penalty cover both substantive and procedural law. In ＂On the ＇Criterion＇ of Proof in Capital Cases and the Revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure,＂ Professor Wang Minyuan discusses the trial hearing from the perspective of the Criminal Procedure Law, arguing that whether a capital case meets the most rigorous requirements for proof is the basic standard by which its quality should be measured and the key to solving quality problems in capital cases. In ＂The Death Penalty and Human Rights,＂ Professor Chen Zhonglin reflects upon the legitimacy of the death penalty from the perspective of substantive law, and emphasizes the need for a correct understanding of the conditions for application of the death sentence and the suspended death sentence stipulated in the Criminal Law of China.     

中国财政体制安排的激励效应及其财政经济影响(英文)

Following the gradual deepening of China’s decentralization reforms since reform and opening up in 1978, local governments have played an ever more prominent role in the entire vertical structure of government and in nationwide economic and social development. The checks and incentives in China’s fiscal institutional arrangements and their profound influence on the behavior of local governments have furnished academia with an important perspective on China’s economic issues.     

Special Issue: Impacts of China''''s Accession to the WTO on Its Economy

The main themes of the Chineseeconomy since the 1980s have beeninstitutional reform, structura readjustmentof industry, and resulting economic growth.With China's accession to the WTO thegovernment will not change the generaldirection of economic development in thenew century. China will instead go on withinstitutional reform and structuralreadjustment and try to maintain a high rateof economic growth along a clearer directionand in accordance with a tighter schedule.As China develops its economy in a newinstitutional environment, it will be of     

Reconstituting China''''s Social Security System——A Survey of the Seminaron Theory and Practice of Social Welfare

As China's market-oriented economic reforms deepen, an urgent task lying ahead of us is to develop, standardize and improve the system of social security. What, however, is meant by a unified, standardized and perfect social security system? How can we institute such a system? These questions remain urgently in need of study.This then was the setting of a national seminar on "The Theory and Practice of Social     

Migration of Rural Labor and Income Growth and Distribution in Rural Areas of China

In this paper the author will make an empirical analysis of theinteraction between the migration of rural labor and income distributionduring the current process of economic growth in China, focusing on theeffect of the rural labor flow on income distribution.I. Size of the Rural Labor MigrationThe effect of rural labor migration on income distribution in ruralareas is related to the size of the rural migrant population. However, it isregrettable that we do not have accurate figures for the …     

Economic Fluctuations and Policy Regulatory Responses

One of the questions constantly being raised in China is whetherincreasing the rate of economic growth will invariably give rise toinflation, or whether inhibiting inflation will inevitably lead to aneconomic downturn. In fact, this depends on the relationship betweenthe rate of economic growth and economic effectiveness and the correctuse of policy regulatory measures. In this essay the author will discuss therelationship between these three factors in the light of the Chineseeconomy.I. Cycl…     

Private Charities in the Region South of the Yangtze River during the Ming and Qing Dynasties

During the Ming and Qing dynasties there were numerous socialrelief and charitable activities in China's cities. Although little researchhas been conducted in this field in China, fruitful work has been carriedout in Japan, and Fuba Susumi's studies on charitable houses (shan tang)and charitable societies (shan hui ) in communities south of the YangtzeRiver (Jiangnan) have laid a solid foundation for such research.Social relief was provided by both government and non-governmentorganization…     

Mutual Influence between Income Divergence and Investment,Education and Growth in China

An ancient Chinese saying runs “A country fears not poverty but inequality.” This contains an inherent presumption that no relationship exists between income inequality and economic growth. However, the point we shall make in this paper is precisely the opposite: income inequality has a negative influence on economic growth. Neglect of     

Gender Strategy in the Management of State-owned Enterprises and Women Workers' Dependence on the Enterprises─A Study of Women Workers in Two State-ownedEnterprises in Guangzhou beforeand after the Reform

I. Statement of the ProblemThe impact of the Chinese economic reform on women hasoccasioned increasing concern in academic circles. It has been noted thatthe differences between male and female workers in state-ownedenterprises have widened since the introduction of the reform, and thatthe inferiority of women is now more obvious (Feng Tongqing and XuXiaojun, 1993; Meng Xianfan, 1995). All these studies focus on the late1980s and analyze the general impact of the reform on women workers,bu…     

非政府组织是推动中国社会转型和构建和谐社会的积极力量——主持人的话

This special issue, "NGOs and Social Transition in China," contains seven articles answering the following two questions: What is the situation of NGOs in China? Howshould this situation be understood? Three     

A Reconsideration of Mao Zedong''''s Theory on New Democracy

Editors note: The third issue of Social Sciences in China (Chineseversion) published in May 1999 and the third issue of Research on theHistory of the CPC carried an article entitled "A Reconsideration of MaoZedong's Theory on New Democracy" by Hu Sheng. The text is dividedinto six Parts and consists of 19, 000 Chinese characters. Here we havesummarized Parts of the article (in brackets). The remainder is from theoriginal text.(One aspect of Mao Zedong's theory of new democracy has no…