Reform and transformation in the twenty-first century

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA History of Design Institutes in China
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Mao to Market
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter5
Pages85-112
ISBN (electronic)9780203709917, 9781351356794
ISBN (print)9781138562332
Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 2018

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NameRoutledge Research in Architecture
PublisherRoutledge

Abstract

Establishing a socialist market economy in the early 1990s considerably accelerated the pace of China’s reform and opening-up process from its post-Tiananmen doldrums. It fundamentally changed Chinese society, giving rise to a wide range of transformations in the social, political, economic, cultural, and ideological spheres. While the state-owned industrial sector was struggling to transform state-owned enterprises into “modern corporations,” design institutes, as part of these state-owned enterprises, were also experiencing external stress and internal reform. In the late 1990s, private design firms were permitted by the authorities and foreign design consultants opened their offices in mainland China; design institutes now faced fierce competition in attracting talented professionals, who desired more freedom to create and more personal income.

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Reform and transformation in the twenty-first century. / Xue, Charlie Q. L.; Ding, Guanghui.
A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market. Routledge, 2018. p. 85-112 (Routledge Research in Architecture).

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