Numbering Code	U-ECON00 20020 SJ43	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Seminar
Target Year	2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.4
Instructor name	Deqiang Liu (Graduate School of Economics Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	In 2010, China overtook Japan and became the world’s second-largest economy. Its status within the world economy has grown rapidly. In this class, we shall be exploring topics such as how China’s economy has developed, what kinds of mechanisms have facilitated this development, what kinds of problems the Chinese economy is currently facing, and in what manner will it develop into the future. We shall also be examining the impact that China’s economic development has had on the world economy, beginning first by specifically looking into Japan. We shall also be discussing questions such as “What kind of cooperative relationship should Japan and China build?”
Course Goals	The aim of this seminar is for students to acquire foundational knowledge about China’s politics, society, and economy through in-class study and discussion.
Schedule and Contents	1. The Trajectory and Outlook of the Chinese Economy 2. Gradual-style Transitional Economies and the Role of the Government 3. Industrialization and the Growth Factors 4. The Reform of National Industries and the Diversification of Forms of Ownership 5. Agriculture and Township and Village Enterprises 6. Demographic Changes and the Formation of the Labor Market 7. The Formation of Financial and Capital Markets 8. The Causes and Significance of International Trade 9. The Role of the Introduction of Foreign Capital 10. The Formation of the Chinese Economic Sphere and Economic Friction with the U.S. 11. The Past and Future of the Sino-Japanese Relationship 12. The Constraints of Energy, Environment, and Food 13. The Positives and Negatives of Economic Reform
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Overall grade will be determined based on individual reports, attitude in class, etc.
Course Requirements	A desire to learn. Students should have either previously completed, or be currently taking microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Instructions given during the first class.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Ry?shin Minami, Makino Fumio (ed.), 『中国経済入門』 (Nihon Hy?ron-sha) 2012.
References, etc.	Introduced during class; further instructions given during the first seminar.