New Publication: "Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China" (Land Lines Article)

Author(s): Ding, Chengri and Yan Song
Publication Date: April 2005

Inventory ID LLA050407; English

Article

Land and housing policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable economic growth and the well-being of the rapidly growing Chinese population. Therefore, research on land and housing policy reform has long been of interest to many scholars and institutions around the world.

The very title of this book—Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China—reflects an important strategic shift in China’s recent history. Since 1949 China has been pursuing a centrally planned economy and for many years was reluctant to inject market mechanisms into its policy framework because of debates over socialist orthodoxy or other political issues. Today, much has changed. China’s reform efforts since 1978 have been considered a successful example of addressing land and housing policy issues, and a careful analysis of these reforms may pertain to other countries.

The results of research on China’s reforms have not yet been documented comprehensively, but it is possible to address the following areas: the impacts of reform on urban development, resource management and quality of life; an historical policy review to support understanding of both accomplishments and flaws in the reforms; and proposals of innovative measures to address problems and issues that remain.

This book organizes current research on China’s land and housing policy reforms in a way that is accessible to a wide audience of decision makers, nongovernmental organizations and academics; it is one of the few records of this kind available in English. Most of the chapters are based on the proceedings of sessions sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy at the World Planning Congress held in Shanghai, China in July 2001. The chapters have been edited and updated to incorporate a review of the history of China’s reforms, evaluations of the present situation and outlooks for the future.

As the Chinese government honors its commitment to carry out a range of socioeconomic reforms, this book makes its contribution by providing an historical review of land and housing reform policies and a framework to stimulate discussion, thereby eliciting a more vigorous exchange of ideas and policy recommendations among those engaged in research or practice in China’s land and housing policy reform.

Introduction
Chengri Ding and Yan Song

Land Policy Reform

Urban Land Policy Reform in China’s Transitional Economy, Chengri Ding and Gerrit Knaap

The Dual Land Market and Urban Development in China, Anthony Gar-on Yeh

The Land Administration Law of 1998 and Its Impact on Urban Development, William Valletta

China’s Land Resources and Land Use Change, George C.S. Lin and Samuel P.S. Ho

Urban Land Supply in the Chinese Transitional Economy: Case Studies in Beijing and Shenzhen, Xiaochen Meng and Yanru Li

Recycling Contaminated Land: A Potential Strategy for Increasing Land Supply in China, Nelson Chan

Housing Policy Reform

Housing Policy in the People’s Republic of China: An Historical Review, Yan Song, Gerrit Knaap and Chengri Ding

Development of the Chinese Housing Market, Xing Quan Zhang

Property Developers and Speculative Development in China, Bo-sin Tang and Sing-cheong Liu

Socialism, Market Reform and Neighborhood Inequality in Urban China, John R. Logan

Conclusion
Chengri Ding and Yan Song

Chengri Ding is associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Maryland in College Park and serves as special assistant to the president of the Lincoln Institute for the Program on the People’s Republic of China. Yan Song is assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China
Edited by Chengri Ding and Yan Song

Published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
2005. 278 pages. Tables, figures, maps, bibliographic references, glossary, index.

Paper $25.00 ISBN 1-55844-156-5

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