Chinese Telecommunications Policy
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2002
259 pages
978-1-58053-769-8 (ISBN)
Description
Based on firsthand information obtained from interviews with senior figures in the Chinese telecommunications industry, this book presents a unique review and analysis of the evolution of Chinese telecommunications policy. It analyses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing new entrants, issues of ownership and interconnection, the broad economic background of 3G licensing, and the significant implications of China's accession to the WTO. These are fully analyzed within the context of the unfolding Chinese regulatory system. This account, utilizing new source data, demonstrates that the existence of different economic and political systems, forces governments to adopt different and unique regulatory approaches. The book reveals the considerable problems that remain to be solved as a result of weaknesses in Chinese telecommunications industrial and regulatory systems. In-depth discussions on key political and economic factors aid understanding of the specific characteristics of Chinese telecommunications policies.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- References
- 2. From Administered to Market Governace? Telecommunications Development in China Pre-1994
- 2.1 Historical Background: An Unfortunate Precedent
- 2.2 Telecommunications in a Centrally Planned Economy: 1949 to 1978
- 2.3 Telecommunications Reform from 1978 to 1994
- 2.3.1 The Contractual Responsibility System
- 2.3.2 The Economic Accounting System
- 2.3.3 Material Incentives
- 2.3.4 Flexible Financing Policy
- 2.4 Conclusion
- References
- 3. Telecommunications Liberalization in 1994: Was the Time Ripe?
- 3.1 Private Networks and Their Effect on Liberalization
- 3.2 Telecommunications Market Liberalization: The Establishment of Ji Tong and China Unicom
- 3.3 The Market for Foreign Investors
- 3.4 From Monopoly to Competition: Was the Time Ripe?
- 3.5 Conclusion
- References
- 4. China Unicom: Victim of Reversed Regulatory Asymmetry?
- 4.1 The Telecommunications Regulatory Framework: 1994 to 1998
- 4.2 Interconnection Setelments Under Reversed Regulatory Asymmetry
- 4.3 China Unicom: The New Entrant
- 4.4 Conclusion
- References
- 5. New Horizons? Restructuring the Regulatory Framework
- 5.1 The Context of Regulatory Framework Restructuring
- 5.2 The New Regulatory Framework
- 5.3 MII: The New Regulator
- 5.4 Network Interconnection: A Reshaped Landscape
- 5.5 Emergence of a Fully Competitive Telecommunications Market
- 5.6 Conclusion
- References
- 6. 3G Licensing in China: Telecommunications Policy Formulation in a Broad Economic Context
- 6.1 Chinese Telecommunications Manufacturing Industry
- 6.2 The Dynamics of Mobile Data Communications in China
- 6.3 Spectrum Regulation in China
- 6.4 TD-SCDMA: The Goose That Lays Golden Eggs?
- 6.5 3G Licensing in China: Who Will be the Winner?
- 6.6 Conclusion
- References
- 7. Dancing with Wolves? WTO Accession and Its Impact on Telecommunications
- 7.1 Opening the Door: China's Commitment
- 7.2 Joining the WTO: A Strategic Step by the Chinese Government
- 7.3 Foreign Investors: Wolves in the Backyard?
- 7.4 Financial Urcency for Foreign Direct Investment in Chinese Telecommunications
- 7.4.1 Stage 1
- 7.4.2 State 2
- 7.4.3 Stage3
- 7.4.4 State 4
- 7.5 Policy Position on Foreign Investment: A Middle-Way Approach
- 7.6 Challenges in the Post-WTO Era: Is China Well Prepared?
- 7.6.1 Regulatory Framework
- 7.6.2 Industrial Reorganization
- 7.6.3 Ownership
- 7.6.4 Legal Framework
- 7.7 Conclusion
- References
- 8. Chinese Telecommunications Transformation: Cautionary Tales of a Paradigm Shift?
- 8.1 Policy Orthodoxy-Policy Heterodoxy
- 8.2 Propellants of Change
- 8.3 Conferred Advantages?
- 8.3.1 Services and Manufacturing
- 8.3.2 Organizational capacity
- 8.4 A Paradigm Shift with Chinese Characteristics?
- 8.5 Telecommunicatoins Deregulation: Limits to the Possible?
- References
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- List of Abbreviations
- About the Authors
- Index
