China's National Balance Sheet ― Theories, Methods and Risk Assessment

With the goal of perfecting the national governance system and raising the country’s governance capability, this book systematically analyzes the characteristics and trajectory of China’s economic expansion and structural adjustment, while also assessing a variety of short-term debt and long-term economic performance and financial risks. In addition to discussing the market-oriented reform process at the stage of economic development, institutional and structural characteristics, it presents research on the country as a whole, its residents, non-financial corporations, financial institutions and central banks, the central government, local government, and other external sectors.

On the basis of extensive data, the book analyzes the national and sectoral balance sheets in China and explores a number of major issues the country is currently facing, such as sustainable development, government restructuring, local debt, welfare reform, openness and stability of the financial system, etc., as well as suitable policy measures and institutional arrangements for addressing them.

?Yang Li served as the Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) from 2009 to 2015. He was elected one of the first academic members of the CASS. He is an academician of the International Academy of Sciences for Europe and Asia (IASEA). He is also a 12th National People's Congress representative and a member of the NPC Financial and Economic Committee.