Urban Land Reform in China [Hardcover]

Ling-Hin Li (Author), Li Ling Hin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999 | ISBN-10: 0312219725 | ISBN-13: 978-0312219727

This book presents an authoritative account of urban land reform in China - a unique attempt to merge the existing socialist landownership system with market mechan-isms. Compared with urban land reform in other transition economies, China's reform has been somewhat gradual. The book begins with a historical account of the land tenure system in China, demonstrating that land reform undertaken for the sake of political restructuring is unlikely to produce satisfactory results. The different strands of urban land reform in China are examined: the legal framework, the administrative structure, and the property finance framework. An analysis of the urban housing market shows how the urban land system affects significantly the general socio- economic system in China. The detailed implications of the urban land reform are illustrated by a case-study of the Shanghai land system. This is contrasted with the transitional experience of a more government-led urban land policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after the handover from Britain in July 1997. The conclusion examines the rationale for and the impact of land reform in China's transition to a market economy.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

LI LING HIN is Associate Professor in the Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong. He is a chartered surveyor, and has written extensively on urban development in China, including a book entitled The Privatization of Urban Land in Shanghai. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312219725
• ISBN-13: 978-0312219727
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,333,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book represents an excellent account of the issue, June 12, 1999

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This review is from: Urban Land Reform in China (Hardcover)

The author provides an interesting historical review of the history of land system in China. This is very useful as this is one of the few records of this kind in English text. In addition, the author also gives a very interesting and comprehensive examination of the current land use system reform in China. This is very important as virtually all other economic reforms take place on and above physical land. The comparative study of Shanghai and Hong Kong is most intriguing as these two cities represent the fore-runners in the current Chinese economy under quite different socio-political ideology. I think the author has given a very in-depth analysis of the success of and problems facing China in terms of urban land use issues. The author is very correct in saying every country is a unique entity that it is not reasonable to judge the reform programme from a generalised set of criteria.