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6 - State Enterprises during the First Half of the Twentieth Century

from Part I - 1800–1950

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2022

By
Morris L. Bian
Edited by
Debin Ma  and
Richard von Glahn
Debin Ma
Affiliation:
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
Richard von Glahn
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Summary

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of the state sector of the Chinese economy. The rise of the state sector manifested in the development and expansion of central state enterprises and regional state enterprises and resulted from the ideology and policy of the developmental state. This chapter traces the emergence and evolution of the ideology and policy of the developmental state, describes the development and expansion of central state enterprises and regional state enterprises, and addresses the issue of change and continuity across the 1949 divide.

Keywords

central state enterprisesregional state enterprisesdevelopmental stateSun Yat-senThree Doctrines of the PeopleNational Resources CommissionGuangdong Enterprise CorporationGuangdong Industrial CorporationNorthwestern Industrial CorporationGuizhou Enterprise Corporation.
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The Cambridge Economic History of China , pp. 184 - 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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