Journal of Chinese Economic Studies
Online ISSN : 2436-6803
Print ISSN : 1348-2521
ISSN-L : 1348-2521
How Long Can China Maintain the Tolerant Society for Income Disparity?
Understanding the mechanism sharpen an awareness against inequality from personal reference points and institutions
[in Japanese]
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2012 Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages 45-53

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The characteristic of the Hu Jintao’s administration is that an attempt to revise the development model through emphasizing “harmonious” as a catchword Chinese Society should aim and expressing “view of scientific development” as urgent matter the party and government should wrestle. There is a strong awareness of crisis that whether China could be “harmonious” or not would affect on the sustainably of economic development. Income disparity in China expanded rapidly in short period compared with other Asian and Transition countries. But there are few opinions China’s one party regime will collapse. However Gini index rise, the awareness against inequality has not sharpened because the degree of tolerance for inequality and competition is high and the personal factor is attached importance for success. It seems that tunnel effect and POUM effect explain this awareness mechanism against inequality in china. One of the serious problems for party and government is no one knows how long will those effects continue. Chinese society is just on the way of rapid urbanization, computerization and aging; the awareness mechanisms against inequality will sharpen as a result that those effects weaken.
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© 2012 Japan Association for Chinese Economic and Management Studies
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