TY - CHAP
T1 - China’s public finance
T2 - an introduction
AU - Li, Linda Chelan
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - Public finance is arguably the perfect prism to understand the role of the government in society and the economy. Fiscal reforms have led to the roll-out of economic reforms in China since 1978 and the subsequent ‘China miracle’. The Handbook of Public Finance in China systematically disaggregates this enormous subject into 19 aspects authored by renowned scholars and specialists. Together, they offer a deep and reader-friendly analysis of the core issues, their historical trajectories and thoughts on the way forward. This Introduction provides a succinct guide to reading of the Handbook. It highlights the inter-disciplinarity of public finance inquiry – not only across the diverse range of matters under the public purse but within each subject matter, and the salience of normative questions as well as positive analysis. Its narrative makes it, in itself, an important and informative account of China's Public Finance. © The Editor and Contributors Severally 2026.
AB - Public finance is arguably the perfect prism to understand the role of the government in society and the economy. Fiscal reforms have led to the roll-out of economic reforms in China since 1978 and the subsequent ‘China miracle’. The Handbook of Public Finance in China systematically disaggregates this enormous subject into 19 aspects authored by renowned scholars and specialists. Together, they offer a deep and reader-friendly analysis of the core issues, their historical trajectories and thoughts on the way forward. This Introduction provides a succinct guide to reading of the Handbook. It highlights the inter-disciplinarity of public finance inquiry – not only across the diverse range of matters under the public purse but within each subject matter, and the salience of normative questions as well as positive analysis. Its narrative makes it, in itself, an important and informative account of China's Public Finance. © The Editor and Contributors Severally 2026.
KW - Budget and performance evaluation
KW - Fiscal sustainability risks and resilience
KW - Inter-disciplinary and normative
KW - Public finance in China
KW - Public revenues and spending
KW - Role of the state and institution building
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105033744751
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105033744751&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.4337/9781035311712.00009
DO - 10.4337/9781035311712.00009
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9781035311705
T3 - Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series
SP - 1
EP - 12
BT - Handbook of Public Finance in China
A2 - Li, Linda Chelan
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
CY - Cheltenham, Glos
ER -