{"title":"Disruptive technology and industrial policy paradigm shifts: a discussion based on China","authors":"Shaoqing Huang","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00010-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00010-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How to understand the relative success and institutional basis of the industrial policies implemented by the Chinese government since the reform and opening up? And, In the context of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, disruptive technologies are constantly emerging, what kind of challenges will this new situation bring to China's existing industrial policy paradigm? In this paper, I employ the method of literature and theoretical analysis, combined with a series of related studies, especially of my own, to answer the above questions. In my view, China's relatively successful industrial policy paradigm will become a trap of China under the rise of disruptive technologies. To prevent China from falling into the trap, the Chinese government need to transform from a selective industrial policy to a functional industrial policy. It should conduct a comprehensive reflection on the existing national innovation system and reshape the science policy, technology policy, talent policy and competition policy. Therefore, it is also necessary to establish an institutional foundation compatible with the new industrial policy paradigm in terms of incentives through institutional reform.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00010-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79622955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inaugural editorial","authors":"Yongnian Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00002-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00002-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00002-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74347350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paradise gained and lost: shared prosperity in East Asian welfare production regimes","authors":"Ke Meng, Linrui Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper expands the research on how shared prosperity is achieved in East Asian countries (regions). Based on welfare production regime theory, this paper advances a theoretical framework to link economic growth to income distribution. The main argument is that the match between the skills developed by social protection systems and the needs of product market strategies is key to economic progress. The skills and the social protection systems could also influence income allocation through distribution and redistribution. The net effect of the two channels determines the result of income equality. A longitudinal exploration of Japan, Taiwan and Korea in the export-led growth period (1961–1979) and the knowledge economy period (1980–1996) supports the argument. A policy implication of the argument is that China could strategically adjust its welfare production regime to achieve shared prosperity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82298362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do rural electoral institutions reflect public opinion in China? Evidence from village elections","authors":"Qi Zhang, Mingxing Liu","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Drawing on a field survey of 116 villages in rural China conducted by the authors in 2005, we analyze whether and to what extent the official electoral institutions, as administered by local government, were a system that was consistent with the public preferences of villagers. We find a positive correlation between public opinion and actual electoral institutions; that is, if more villagers believed a certain electoral institution was ideal, the probability increased that such an electoral institution was implemented in practical village elections. The opinion-policy linkage, however, suggests that central government interventions and pressure from villagers’ collective protests were more effective than institutionalized and regular deliberations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83109948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}