ABSTRACT
By analyzing the transnational policy learning of China through contracting out social services, we have found that the country’s unique political system has tremendously shaped the power relationship between the third sector NGOs and the state. Given that China is a one-party polity and contracting social services has become its main welfare strategy, any effort that seeks to examine the contractual relationship between the Chinese government and NGOs is considered a vital endeavour because it will be an immense help in identifying the associated problems for possible remedies. Our discussions in previous chapters have clearly shown how the Chinese state manipulates NGOs to achieve its public sector management reforms without fundamentally changing its relationship with them, let alone fostering the rise of civil society in the country. Based upon the findings and analysis in the previous chapters, this chapter critically reflects upon how the Chinese government responds to the increasing pressure for transnational policy learning. This chapter also discusses how local governments tactically adopt new policies and reform strategies during policy learning to adapt to the continuously changing global socio-economic environments. The adoption of different reform measures and governance strategies of the Chinese state at the central, regional, and city levels to manage politics of transnational policy transfer is critically examined.
