This book examines the key challenges currently facing the Chinese economy. It considers Chinas’ increasing global impact, discusses the institutional drivers of China’s economic growth, assesses critically China’s need for structural reform, and explores issues related to sustainability and human rights.

Introduction Part 1: Understanding China’s Economic Dynamics 1. Sub-optimal Institutions but Superior Growth: The Puzzle of China’s Economic Boom 2. China’s Real Experience: The Crises with Subsequent Soft Landing after the Reform of 1978 3. The "Beijing Consensus" and the "Singapore Model": Unmasking the Myth of an Alternative Authoritarian State-capitalist Model 4. The People’s Bank of China during the Global Financial Crisis: Policy Responses and Beyond Part 2: China and the World 5. Growth and Transition to a New Growth Trajectory 6. Sino-African Health Diplomacy: How Political Economic Ideology and Approaches to Foreign Policy can Affect Health Aid 7. The External Dimension of China’s Economic Development: A European Perspective Part 3: China's Structural Reforms and the World 8. State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) in China’s Transition to an Innovation-driven Economy 9. China’s Outward FDI: An Industry-level Analysis of Host Country Determinants 10. A Dynamics of Labor Migration 11. Restrictive Factors and Countermeasures to the Transfer of Contractual Management Right of Rural Land in Sichuan Province Part 4: China's Growth Challenges 12. The Formation Process Towards a More Inclusive System: Comparison Study on Suzhou and Wenzhou 13. China’s Adaptation Challenge: How to facilitate a Shift Towards a Low-carbon Economy - Past Experience and Future Challenges 14. Corporate Social Responsibility in Hong Kong SAR: An Empirical Analysis