Thursday 28 April 2011

Martket integration in China

Hot on the heels of my last post signalling the end of market capitalism in China as we know it as part of "socialism 3.0" comes a paper looking at China's market integration from a more academic perspective.

Market Integration in China

Qingqing Chen
Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Chor-ching Goh
World Bank

Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Division of International Finance - International Banking and Finance Section

Lixin Colin Xu
affiliation not provided to SSRN


April 1, 2011

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5630

Abstract:
Over the last three decades, China's product, labor, and capital markets have become gradually more integrated within its borders, although integration has been significantly slower for capital markets. There remains a significant urban-rural divide, and Chinese cities tend to be under-sized by international standards. China has also integrated globally, initially through the Special Economic Zones on the coast as launching grounds to connect with world markets, and subsequently through the accession to the World Trade Organization. For future policy considerations, this paper argues that its economic production needs to be spatially concentrated, and its social services need to be spread out to the interior to ensure harmonious development and domestic integration (through inclusive rural-urban transformations and effective territorial development).

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