The Economic Reform and the Formation of the Social Safety Network in Contemporary China

2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 13430005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 経済政策(含経済事情)
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Takeshi Yamagata University, Faculty of Literature And Social Science, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (70007144)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHUTO Wakana Yamagata University, Faculty of Literature And Social Sciences, Lecturer, 人文学部, 講師 (30323158) ; TAKAGI Ikuro Japan Women's University, Faculty of Domestic Science, Professor, 家政学部, 教授 (50107174)
• Project Period (FY): 2001 – 2003
• Keywords: Chinese Economic Reform / Social Safety Network / DANWEI system / Labor Market / Labor Regulation / Social Security / Public Finance / Central-Local Government Relationship

Research Abstract

With the Chinese transformation from the planned economy to the market economy the urban DANWEI system, which provided the employees of state-owned enterprises not only with a life-time employment but also with various kind of welfare and security has been destroyed and the labor market has been emerging. The Chinese Government has been retreating from planning and controlling the economy and, instead, launching on building up of a new social safety network in place of DANWEI system. This research project studied the features and problems of this network, with a special focus on the emerging three social systems, that is, the labor market system, the modern fiscal system and the social security systems.