Urban Land Reform in China
Urban Land Reform in China
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company | ISBN: 033375025X | edition 1999 | PDF | 214 pages | 12,4 mb
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company | ISBN: 033375025X | edition 1999 | PDF | 214 pages | 12,4 mb
This book presents an authoritative account of urban land reform in China - a unique attempt to merge the existing socialist landownership system with market mechan-isms. Compared with urban land reform in other transition economies, China's reform has been somewhat gradual. The book begins with a historical account of the land tenure system in China, demonstrating that land reform undertaken for the sake of political restructuring is unlikely to produce satisfactory results. The different strands of urban land reform in China are examined: the legal framework, the administrative structure, and the property finance framework. An analysis of the urban housing market shows how the urban land system affects significantly the general socio- economic system in China.