The Politics of Economic Reform in Chinese Industry: The Introduction of the Labour Contract System
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 111, 365-389
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000050955
Abstract
This article sets out to further our understanding of the politics of economic reform in China by focusing on just one area - labour - and within that, one specific policy-the attempted introduction of a “labour contract system” into state industrial enterprises. The general aim of China's reformers is to create a new system of labour allocation and employment which will improve productivity and increase the flexibility and dynamism of state industry. To these ends various reforms have been introduced, the most important of which are:Keywords
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