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Section 1 of this chapter discusses the change of roles and professional capacity building of Chinese economists in response to the challenges of economic reform. Section 2, through a brief account China’s economic reform process, describes how economists can influence the decisionmaking process of reform. Some comment is also made on their actual roles. Section 3 looks at Chinese economists’ special roles in promoting a pro-reform social consciousness, and section 4 provides an analytical review on institutional constraints and historical background to the limited roles that Chinese economists have played in economic reform in an international perspective.
While writing this chapter, the author had several discussions with Justin Lin and got much useful comment and advice from him. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to him, but the author is of course solely responsible for any errors or omissions.
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Cai, F. (1998). The Roles of Chinese Economists in the Economic Reform. In: Lin, J.Y. (eds) Contemporary Economic Issues. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26723-1_9
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