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3 - Enterprise Reforms since 1978

Evolving Constraints and Space for Leadership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2024

Wendy Leutert
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
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Chapter 3 surveys enterprise reforms in China since the late 1970s to highlight evolving constraints and space for leadership in SOEs. It examines five periods: emergence and decline of “dual track” economic reform (1978–91), establishment of a socialist market economy (1992–94), retrenchment of state ownership in the “commanding heights” (1995–2001), internationalization and consolidation of the state sector (2002–12), and combination of limited economic liberalization with increased political control (2013 to present). Since the late 1970s, SOE leaders have transitioned from managing production to determining how to restructure their firms, managing state-owned capital, and expanding in both domestic and international markets. Although the overall trend has been toward expanded space for leadership, the current Xi Jinping administration has tightened political and commercial control.

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China's State-Owned Enterprises
Leadership, Reform, and Internationalization
, pp. 38 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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