1. Transfer Payment and Regional Development: The Case of China
Dr. Liping Deng
President and Professor,
Xiamen National Accounting Institute, Fujian, China,

2. Framework 1. Fiscal System and Fiscal Policy in China
2. Regional Development and Its Coordination in China
3. Transfer Payment during the Period of Fiscal Policy Changes and Fiscal (Tax) Reform
4. Fiscal System, Transfer Payment and Regional Development: Some Case Studies
5. Issues, Existing Problems and Suggested Solutions

3. 1.Fiscal System and Fiscal Policy in China
a. Fiscal system (policy) and regional development: an overview
b. A brief introduction to the Chinese fiscal system
c. A brief review of the functions of fiscal policy in China

4. a. Fiscal system (policy) and regional development: an overview
Market vs. government: a starting point for analysis
Functions of public sector and fiscal system (policy)
Fiscal system (policy) and regional development
Transfer payment as a major tool of fiscal system (policy) towards regional development

5. b. A brief introduction to the Chinese fiscal system
Major institutional arrangement
The historical evolution
The process of fiscal (tax) reform and its current status

6. c. A brief review of the functions of fiscal policy in China
The Chinese market economy and functions of fiscal policy
Review of recent performance of fiscal policy
Fiscal contributions towards regional development

7. 2.Regional Development and Its Coordination in China
a. The concept of scientific development and a harmonious society: coordination among the regions
b. A review of Chinese government’s policy towards regional development

8. 3.Transfer Payment during the Period of Fiscal Policy Changes and Fiscal (Tax) Reform
a. Fiscal (tax) reform and transfer payment: towards a stable central-regional relation
b. Fiscal policy changes and their impacts on intragovernmental transfer payment
c. Transfer payment towards a coordinated regional development

9. 4.Fiscal System, Transfer Payment and Regional Development: Some Case Studies
a. Transfer payment and the strategy of the West Development
b. Reform in VAT and its experiment in the Northeast
c. Reform of local tax system and its impact on regional development

10. 5.Issues, Existing Problems and Suggested Solutions
a. The rights and responsibilities of the local governments
b. Revenue-sharing scheme and local interest
c. Further tax reform, local revenues and regional development
d. Transfer payment, economic development and social stability

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