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Policy Experimentation in China's Economic Rise

Sebastian Heilmann · Studies in Comparative International Development 43(1), 1–26 · 2008

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Sebastian Heilmann
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DOI 10.1007/s12116-007-9014-4
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedChina's reform policy relied on 'experimentation under hierarchy': local pilots and zones tested new policies that the centre selected, generalised or stopped.TheoryHeilmann describes China's reform-era policy process as experimentation under hierarchy, in which local experimental regulations, experimental points and experimental zones are authorised or tolerated by higher levels, and successful experiments are generalised into national policy.