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ID093237
Title ProperBetween owner and regulator
Other Title Informationgoverning the business of China's telecommunications service industry
LanguageENG
AuthorYeo, Yukyung
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This study explains the institutional structure and mechanism of economic regulation in China's telecommunications basic service industry. The case of telecoms basic service provides an excellent window to explore how Chinese leadership governs strategic state sectors whose assets and profits are central to the national economy. Challenging the ideational model of independent regulator, this study argues that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) explains much of the telecoms business regulation, as the authority of the Ministry of Information Industry has been circumscribed by other party-state institutions. The SASAC's regulatory power suggests that the primary goal of the Chinese industrial economy is the best protection of state assets through the creation of large and strong state firms, not the protection of consumers' interests by breaking up the monopoly in markets.
`In' analytical NoteChina Quarterly vol. ,No. 200; Dec 2009: p.1013-1032
Journal SourceChina Quarterly vol. ,No. 200; Dec 2009: p.1013-1032
Key WordsOwner ;  Regulator ;  China's Telecommunications Service ;  Institutional Structure ;  Economic Regulation ;  Chinese Leadership ;  National Economy ;  China