The Basic Income Distribution System of China (eBook)

This book aims to explain and explore the distribution mechanism adopted by China, which prioritizes distribution according to performance while taking factors of production into consideration. This mechanism is designed in the context of current market-oriented economy, but it also leads to problems such as the widening income gap among the citizens. Besides serving for economic growth, the authors proposed balancing the interests through policies among different groups as one of the key role for distribution system, which may slow down or even stop the trend of widening income gap. And the authors also provided possible measures for this purpose. 

?Changhong Pei, professor of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), former Director-General of the Institute of Economics of CASS, member of the Academic Committee of the University of CASS, member of the National Committee of the 12th CPPC.  Zhen Wang, research fellow of Institute of Economics, CASS , director of Microeconomics Research Department, Institute of Economics, CASS. His main research topics include urbanization and population mobility, income distribution, social security, health care, long-term care, social services, social governance and so on. More than Five related books have been published. Inclusive Development and the Choice of Social Equity Policy won the 16th Sun Yefang Prize in Economic Science. The main research results were published in Economic Research Journal, Chinese Journal of Population Sciences,Economic Perspectives, etc.

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This book aims to explain and explore the distribution mechanism adopted by China, which prioritizes distribution according to performance while taking factors of production into consideration. This mechanism is designed in the context of current market-oriented economy, but it also leads to problems such as the widening income gap among the citizens. Besides serving for economic growth, the authors proposed balancing the interests through policies among different groups as one of the key role for distribution system, which may slow down or even stop the trend of widening income gap. And the authors also provided possible measures for this purpose.