CASE / 1978–1993
China’s economic reforms, 1978–1993
A bounded case of greater enterprise autonomy, continued planning, and non-state-sector growth.
DETAILS
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Scope, selection, freshness, and background links
Boundary: Economic reforms in the People’s Republic of China from 1978 through 1993; not a classification of China before or after those dates.
Why this case: The case records institutional changes that Naughton describes as growing out of the plan rather than ending it at once.
Enterprise reform and non-state growth, 1978–1993 1978–1993
The reform sequence analyzed by Naughton, ending before later ownership and corporate reforms.
Formal design
Rules in use
Interactions
observation
China’s state-sector reforms after 1978 combined greater enterprise autonomy with continued planning.
observation
Township and village enterprises entered markets and competed with state-owned enterprises during China’s reform period.
Observed outcomes
observation
China’s non-state sector grew rapidly during the reform period.