Antitrust in China: The Problem of Incentive Compatibility

This paper reviews China's recent efforts to enact a competitionpolicy (antitrust) law. We focus on three issues: (1) What isthe substance of the proposed law, and how does it differ fromexisting antitrust law in other countries, (2) How will thelaw be implemented or enforced, and how will those who mustimplement this law interpret their mandate, and (3) What willbe the likely effects of this law given China's unique historyand cultural heritage. We emphasize China's economic, legaland regulatory contexts in which an antitrust law may be enforced.Our central focus is the problem of establishing a substantiveand procedural legal framework that is incentive-compatiblewith economic efficiency and growth. The draft law could beimproved, both to increase its clarity and to make its enforcementmore consistent with the goal of achieving improvements in economicefficiency. Nevertheless, there is much merit in the draft,especially its strong focus on reducing anticompetitive practicesof state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and other government bodies.However, our major difficulty with the new law is that, in theabsence of a tradition of reliance on the rule of law, Chineseand foreign enterprises will find it very difficult to relyon the antitrust statute or the actions of the courts in Chinaas a basis for predicting the antitrust liability that mightresult from various business practices. Therefore, the principalvector by which antitrust law (or indeed any law) affects economicbehavior is absent from the Chinese scene. Unless the bureaucracythat enforces the new antitrust law actively pursues a policyof consistent enforcement based on written guidelines, staredecisis, or other sources of predictability, the substance ofthe statute itself will have little significance. That outcomewould represent a significant loss for the economic welfareof the Chinese people.     

经济刑事立法中存在的六个问题

<正>1.经济刑事立法不能与打击经济犯罪同步协调发展,缺乏适时性。随着新型经济关系的不断涌现,产生了与此相适应的各种新的经济犯罪现象和类型。如"官倒"、"法人犯罪"、"行业犯罪"、破坏国家资源方面的犯罪,污染食品、环境的犯罪,侵吞私营企业和承包经营企业财产的犯罪,破产诈欺、贷款诈欺、保险诈欺方面的犯罪,哄抬物价、坑害消费者利益方面的犯罪等。对这些新情况、新问题,刑法尚无明文规定。     

加快长春市人才资源开发的对策分析

长春市正处于实现跨越式发展的关键时刻，急需围绕经济结构调整这一主线加快实施人才开发战略，力求在人才的数量、质量、结构和使用上实现新的突破。为此，必须解放思想，实现人才观念的创新；发展全民教育，保证人才的可持续发展；完善管理机制，建立有利于吸引人才的“软环境”；在人才使用上大胆创新，建立科学的用人机制；留住人才，建立稳定的人才队伍。     

WTO体制下我国《商标法》的修改

2001年10月27日在我国加入WTO的前期,全国人大常委会对我国现行的《商标法》进行了一次全面的修改,不仅完善了我国的商标法律制度,同时也使我国知识产权法律规范更加符合WTO体制对知识产权保护的要求。本文对照分析Trips协议的规定和此次修改的内容,旨在说明此次《商标法》的修改与国际法律规则的成功接轨。     

论新世纪干部的“城市观”教育

21世纪的世界,将是城市化的世界。在我国强化对新世纪的干部——国家和城市的管理者的“城市观”的教育尤为重要。要遵循生产力发展的要求,教育干部树立正确的城市发展观;从人民群众的根本利益出发,教育干部坚持城市可持续发展观;以先进文化引领域市精神文明建设,教育干部树立学习型城市观。     

从治安学的研究看社区警务

社区警务是警察对社会现代化、民主化和城市化所做出的一种反应,也是社会自身结构日益分化、公共权力扩大并在区域层面上进行社会治安资源整合的一种表现,是一项复杂的系统工程。因此,从治安学的研究领域出发,通过对社区概念与特点的分析,来理解社区警务的本质,为指导社区警务工作的开展和落实提供理论支持。     

关于公安机关建立社会治安预警机制的几点构想

建立科学预警体系是公安机关提高应对危机的第一步,也是消除危机的第一步。建立预警体系需要建立网络严密的信息系统,保证信息来源的广泛性和覆盖面;建立信息工作管理、协调机构,完善情报信息工作的运作模式;建立科学分析模型、挖掘深层次的情报;情报信息将迅速的进入到决策层,为决策提供科学的依据。     

关于高等职业教育发展的几点思考

提高教育教学质量,是教育永恒的主题。作为高等教育的重要组成部分,高等职业教育的发展目前面临许多新问题。要解决这些新问题,除改善大环境外,高职院校自身必须尽快转变观念,深化教育改革,加大师资队伍建设力度,加强教学管理,建立科学的教学质量测评和监控制度。只有这样,高职教育才能办出特色,办出水平,才能在激烈的市场竞争中求得生存和发展。     

城乡统筹:城乡协调发展的政策机制

本文在分析城乡协调发展与城乡统筹的关系的同时,明确指出实施城乡统筹是先进生产力发展的必然要求,城乡统筹的实际含义是建立城乡协调发展的政策机制。在此基础上,本文就统一领导和统一管理、增强服务性管理职能和缩减控制性行政权力,以及保障和落实农民生产资料所有权等问题,分析了政府在城乡统等方面的改革路径。     

Reframing privatisation: Deconstructing the myth of efficiency

In the context of ongoing scandals about public versus private ownership, we review the rise and fall of British nationalised industries, and the subsequent rise of privatisation based on perception of market-based efficiency as a means of improving public service. We evaluate the theoretical and empirical arguments around privatisation and find that the argument of privatisation as a vehicle for efficiency gains is a myth. Instead, we suggest that efficiency is not solely a matter of ownership, but requires a complex interplay of social and commercial variables to make it possible. We call for a more inventive and flexible approach in the search for efficiency in the public sector.