Title: China's rural market development since reform: Has the traditional market system revived?Submitted by: Him Chung, Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National UniversityThe revival of China's rural market in the reform era is attributed by scholars to the rapid increase in market numbers and their turnover value. This argument is unconvincing because it has overlooked the country's changing political and economic context. Government intervention has persisted, despite a more liberalise and market-oriented economy being established. By examining government's regulation in rural market establishment, its operation and development, this paper argues that the current market system is different from the traditional system, as described by Skinner (1964). The traditional market system has not been revived. Return to Abstracts menuCarol Burnett Phone: 61 - 3 - 9349 1899 Email: c.burnett@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
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