CHINA ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS FOR A MARKET-ECONOMY

During the 1980s and early 1990s, China's centrally planned economy ha s been replaced by one that relies largely on market forces. Leaders h ave carried out a programme of administrative reforms to tailor the st ate to the market economy. These reforms have included: decentralizati on, organizational restructuring and civil service reform. A number of factors have undermined the success of the reforms. They include: lac k of political support, China's relatively weak administrative capacit y, internal bureaucratic opposition and mixed support from the general public. However, further economic development is likely to improve th e prospects of administrative reform in China.