ECON3310 ECONOMY OF CHINA

Starting with a review of China’s economy before 1949 as the background, this course covers the following topics in relation to China’s economy from 1949 to the present: growth patterns and structural changes of the macro economy and sectoral economies (agricultural, industrial, tertiary and external sectors); human resources and labour employment; value theory and price issues; wage income, welfare schemes and income policies; economic systems of agricultural, industrial and tertiary sectors; macroeconomic management of public finance, money and banking and foreign trade; and the political economy of Chinese socialism. Students are advised to take ECON2011 and 2021 before taking this course.