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In early 1993 tens of thousands of villagers in Xie-an Township, Yanshou County in Sichuan Province protested against the imposition of local levies of some 70 yuan per person to pay for the construction of a road connecting the county to Chengdu, the provincial capital. Local officials staged a clamp down, resulting in persistent resistance from the peasants for some time, and subsequently drew the attention of the central government and the international community to the heightening tension between peasants and local cadres in China. See http://bjzc.org/ bjs/bc/02/6320/8/2004 for an account of the 1993 events,
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An estimate purportedly by the Party Central in 2002, as reported in a Hong Kong source, put daily demonstrations, rallies, and other collective activities in cities at an average of 120 cases, and 160 cases in the countryside, excluding visits to the 'Receiving the Public' section of the various government departments. See The Trend 4 (2002), 12-14. A semi-official study on the subject gives a long list of 'direct causes': Heavy peasants' burden; reform to state enterprises (and the consequent massive urban unemployment); maladministration over land, finance and enterprises; malpractices in village elections; tensions over lineage, religion and ethnic groups; and general law and order issues. The report quotes also an equally handsome list of deep-seated causes: Bureaucratism, breakdown in grassroots level governance structures, poverty, transitional problems in economic development and reform, implementation failures, and the absence of 'self-corrective' mechanism in the political system.
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The year 1998 saw two major developments in political development in China's vast countryside. Village elections were formalized and given a strong boost from the top vide the amendment to the 'Village Committee Elections Organizing Law', in trial since 1987 (see the 1998 Law at http://www.npcnews.com.cn/big5/paper12/1/class001200006/hwz64679.htm). Not only were elections prescribed, the operation of village-level administration should also follow rules of transparency and democratic management, vide Central Committee of Party and State Council, 'A Notice on the implementation of transparent administration and democratic management institutions in village level', No. 9 (1998), at http://202.99.23.199/home/begin.cbs, assessed on 8 September 2004.
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An example was a July 2004 report by the National Development and Reform Commission, which reported 20,000 cases of illegal rural fees, totaling over 400 million yuan, discovered during a national survey of rural fees in the first half of 2004. The survey focused on fees on education, marriage registration, fertility control and immunization of pigs, as reported in 23 July 2004, assessed on 20 August at
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An example was a July 2004 report by the National Development and Reform Commission, which reported 20,000 cases of illegal rural fees, totaling over 400 million yuan, discovered during a national survey of rural fees in the first half of 2004. The survey focused on fees on education, marriage registration, fertility control and immunization of pigs, as reported in China Youth Daily (Beijing), 23 July 2004, assessed on 20 August 2004 at http://www.ccrs.org.cn/NEWSgl/ReadNews.asp?NewsID= 8374&BigClassID=8&SmallClassID=9&SpecialID=0
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'Opinions on policies to enhance the income growth of peasants', jointly issued by Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and State Council on the last day of 2003. The formulation and drafting process kicked off in a Politburo meeting in September 2003, producing the first draft in mid-November and the main contents nailed down by mid-December. See a report in Liaowang (Beijing), 13 January 2004, at http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2004-01/13/content_1273182.htm, assessed on 6 September 2004.
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'A notice on some issues on the further reduction of Agriculture Tax and suspension of Agriculture Tax collection in selected piloting provinces'
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Total budgetary outlay from the central coffers to agriculture and rural areas was planned to increase by 20% in 2004 over 2003, to a total of around 150 billion yuan, as stated in Finance Minister's Budget Speech 2004 to the National People's Congress, March 2004. This purportedly would include the 10 billion yuan of direct subsidies to grain-growers, and the additional transfer payments to provinces compensating for lost revenue from stepped up reduction/suspension of Agriculture Tax. Ministry of Finance Notice No. 77 (2004), 'A notice on some issues on the further reduction of Agriculture Tax and suspension of Agriculture Tax collection in selected piloting provinces', 6 April 2004.
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The direct impact of the lowering of Agriculture Tax rate and the suspension of tax collection in selected provinces is estimated to lower total extraction by 11.8 billion yuan. See Finance Minister's Budget Speech 2004 to the National People's Congress, March 2004.
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Modern China
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China Journal
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'A notice on further implementing, the tax relief policy to enhance peasant income growth'
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Other reliefs are (1) exempting peasants' turnover of sales of agricultural produce of less than 5000 yuan per month (or 200 yuan daily) from value-added tax and (2) exempting 'mobile' rural petty traders without a fixed trading venue from registration with the tax authorities. See National Taxation Bureau Document No. 13 (2004), 'A notice on further implementing, the tax relief policy to enhance peasant income growth', 20 January. 2004, full text at http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/view.jsp?code=200402101421438335, assessed on 5 September 2004.
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One such proposal is in Li Zhengzhong, 'Tiaozheng guomin jingji shuoru fengpei guanxi, zhuanjian xindi nongmin shuifei fudan jidu' (Adjust redistributive relations in national income, Create a new tax system for peasants), China Rural Economy, 2 (2003), 35-40.
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China Rural Economy
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Taking Agriculture Tax and Special Product Tax together, tax revenues dropped from the high point of 4.23% of total national budgetary revenue in 1996 (31.3 billion out of 740.8 billion yuan), to 2.57% in 1999, 2.23% in 2000, 1.75% in 2001, and 2.23% in 2002. In absolute terms, total national budgetary revenue increased by 155% between 1996 and 2002, to nearly 1900 billion yuan, whilst tax revenue from agricultural products stagnated, even decreasing by almost 9% from 1996 to 2001 before seeing a rise in 2002, when many provinces started implementing the tax-for-fee reform and thus channeling formerly extrabudgetary fee revenue to tax revenues. See 338
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Taking Agriculture Tax and Special Product Tax together, tax revenues dropped from the high point of 4.23% of total national budgetary revenue in 1996 (31.3 billion out of 740.8 billion yuan), to 2.57% in 1999, 2.23% in 2000, 1.75% in 2001, and 2.23% in 2002. In absolute terms, total national budgetary revenue increased by 155% between 1996 and 2002, to nearly 1900 billion yuan, whilst tax revenue from agricultural products stagnated, even decreasing by almost 9% from 1996 to 2001 before seeing a rise in 2002, when many provinces started implementing the tax-for-fee reform and thus channeling formerly extrabudgetary fee revenue to tax revenues. See China Finance Yearbook 2003, 338, 344.
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For an example of an analysis of the 'affordability' of phasing out Agriculture Tax, see Chen's interview, footnote 38.
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Central Document No. 7 (2000) Section 3, clause (1), gives a list of: (1) the 5 township 'coordination' (tongchou) fees, (2) the 3 village 'retention' (tiliu) fees, (3) education levies and surcharges, and (4) all other kinds of administrative fees, charges and government funds that targeted specifically peasants. The first 3 categories had been introduced incrementally since 1980s, with central endorsement, to supplement the inadequate budgetary funds at township and village levels. The fourth was a diverse group with origins at central/provincial/local levels
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Central Document No. 7 (2000), Section 3, clause (1), gives a list of: (1) the 5 township 'coordination' (tongchou) fees, (2) the 3 village 'retention' (tiliu) fees, (3) education levies and surcharges, and (4) all other kinds of administrative fees, charges and government funds that targeted specifically peasants. The first 3 categories had been introduced incrementally since 1980s, with central endorsement, to supplement the inadequate budgetary funds at township and village levels. The fourth was a diverse group with origins at central/ provincial/local levels.
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Ministry of Finance Notice No. 10 (2000), 'On the subject of peasant-related fees in the regions piloting the rural fee-to-tax reform', 4 July 2000. In addition to administrative fees, the notice also elaborates guidelines on the imposition of user charges, which are supposedly market-regulated and do not form part of government revenue. In practice the boundary is ambiguous and abuses abound.
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The list was contained in a tiny pamphlet supposedly sent to villagers with the title, by Hubei Party Committee and the Provincial Government, dated 23 October The 9 departments are: agriculture, forestry, public security, education, family planning, land, construction, civil affairs, and water. The list was confirmed to be still up-to-date in 2004. Author's interviews, Wuhan, 2004
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The list was contained in a tiny pamphlet supposedly sent to villagers with the title, 'The Second Open Letter to Peasant Friends in Hubei', by Hubei Party Committee and the Provincial Government, dated 23 October 2002. The 9 departments are: Agriculture, forestry, public security, education, family planning, land, construction, civil affairs, and water. The list was confirmed to be still up-to-date in 2004. Author's interviews, Wuhan, 2004.
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State Council Notice No. 50 (2003), 'On Approving a notice by the Ministry of Agriculture, etc. on the issue of reducing peasants' burden', 29 May 2003.
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This is the observation obtained from a search through internet of provincial responses. For a typical example, see a notice by the Beijing Municipal Government issued on 2 July 2003, assessed at http://www.china.org.cn on 22 August 2003.
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All alteration of fee levels should be approved by the Provincial Fiscal Bureau and Price Bureau. Yet in practice the departments often made their own decisions. Author's interviews, Wuhan, 2004.
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The reference to decentralized decisions is found towards the end of the first major section of the Document, which addresses the 'significance' of the reform.
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The Agriculture Tax Regulation 1958 specifies the tax rates for various provinces and a national average of 15.5% and has remained in force nominally until fee-to-tax reform sets in. The effective tax rates have seen a continuous decline to some 2.9% by year 2000, due to a combination of factors. See eds., Beijing: Zhongguo Zhigong chubanshe
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The Agriculture Tax Regulation 1958 specifies the tax rates for various provinces and a national average of 15.5% and has remained in force nominally until fee-to-tax reform sets in. The effective tax rates have seen a continuous decline to some 2.9% by year 2000, due to a combination of factors. See He Kaiyin and Sun Li, eds., Zhongguo Nongcun Shuifei Gaige Chutan (A Preliminary Analysis of the Tax and Fees Reform in Chinese Villages), Beijing: Zhongguo Zhigong chubanshe, 2000, 131-2.
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The regime consisted of three components: (1) a raise of tax rate from a de facto national average of 3% to a cap of 7%; (2) provincial discretion on taxes on 'special products'; and (3) up to 20% of local surcharge on agricultural tax to compensate for the abolition of traditional village levies. See Central Document No. 7 (2000), section 3
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The regime consisted of three components: (1) a raise of tax rate from a de facto national average of 3% to a cap of 7%; (2) provincial discretion on taxes on 'special products'; and (3) up to 20% of local surcharge on agricultural tax to compensate for the abolition of traditional village levies. See Central Document No. 7 (2000), section 3.
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'A regulation on the imposition of Agriculture Tax on agricultural special products'
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State Council Document No. 143, 'A regulation on the imposition of Agriculture Tax on agricultural special products', 30 January 1994.
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'On the details of implementation of the Agricultural Special Products Tax'
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Ministry of Finance Notice No. 94, 24 March clause 8. The phrase 'where Agriculture Tax normally applies' implies the existence of areas where the Tax does not normally apply. This usually refers to newly formed land or peripheral pieces of land newly brought under cultivation, and have yet to be brought under the tax system, or areas that for various reasons are excluded from agricultural taxes. Agricultural produce from these lands goes untaxed
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Ministry of Finance Notice No. 94, 'On the details of implementation of the Agricultural Special Products Tax', 24 March 1994, clause 8. The phrase 'where Agriculture Tax normally applies' implies the existence of areas where the Tax does not normally apply. This usually refers to newly formed land or peripheral pieces of land newly brought under cultivation, and have yet to be brought under the tax system, or areas that for various reasons are excluded from agricultural taxes. Agricultural produce from these lands goes untaxed.
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Shunde City Government Notice No. 35 section 2, clause (5). Fish and flowers were two major agricultural products in Shunde
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Shunde City Government Notice No. 35 (2002), 'The implementation plan of rural tax for fee reform in Shunde', section 2, clause (5). Fish and flowers were two major agricultural products in Shunde.
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Aquatic products and flowers attracted a flat tax rate of 8% under the Agricultural Special Products Tax, whilst the upper ceiling of Agriculture Tax (regular) was only 7%. When 20% local surcharge was added, the difference would be 9.6% versus 8.4%
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Aquatic products and flowers attracted a flat tax rate of 8% under the Agricultural Special Products Tax, whilst the upper ceiling of Agriculture Tax (regular) was only 7%. When 20% local surcharge was added, the difference would be 9.6% versus 8.4%.
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'On the pilot scheme of shifting the Special Products Tax to Agriculture Tax'
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One exception is tobacco, the tax rate of which remains 20%. Anhui Provincial Government Notice, 'On the pilot scheme of shifting the Special Products Tax to Agriculture Tax', 31 March 2003.
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'Wen Jiabo emphasized to continue the rural 'tax-for-fee' reform'
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'Wen Jiabo emphasized to continue the rural 'tax-for-fee' reform', 3 April 2003, Xinhua News, assessed on 5 August 2003 at http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/ 2003-04/03/content_814822.htm.
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'On a few issues relating to the Agricultural Special Products Tax in rural 'tax-for-fee' reform areas'
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Ministry of Finance and National Taxation Bureau Notice No. 136, 'On a few issues relating to the Agricultural Special Products Tax in rural 'tax-for-fee' reform areas', 10 June 2003.
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'The rural 'tax-for-fee' reform plan in Guangdong'
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'The rural 'tax-for-fee' reform plan in Guangdong', Guangzhou Daily, 7 July 2003.
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Guangzhou Daily
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'Synthesizing the implementation literature: The ambiguity-conflict model of policy implementation'
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Richard E. Matland, 'Synthesizing the implementation literature: The ambiguity-conflict model of policy implementation', Journal of Public Administration Research and Policy, 5 (April 1995), 145-74.
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Journal of Public Administration Research and Policy
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'Selective policy implementation in rural China'
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For a similar, but weaker, attempt in the Chinese context, see (January)
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For a similar, but weaker, attempt in the Chinese context, see Kevin J. O'Brien and Lianjiang Li, 'Selective policy implementation in rural China', Comparative Politics, 31, 2 (January 1999), 167-86.
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Comparative Politics
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'The problem of institutional constraint'
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Margaret Archer reviews the Individual account, the Collectivist account and the Structuration Theory, which conflate the structure-agency relation in different directions in Realist Social Theory. For a similar argument against conflation, without using the language, see (August)
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Margaret Archer reviews the Individual account, the Collectivist account and the Structuration Theory, which conflate the structure-agency relation in different directions in Realist Social Theory. For a similar argument against conflation, without using the language, see Robert Grafstein, 'The problem of institutional constraint', Journal of Politics, 50, 3 (August 1988).
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Journal of Politics
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'Sorting out the details: Structure, agency and interactions in China's local political economy'
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Another attempt to meet the theoretical challenge is made in the context of the local political economy of Tianjin, in paper presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the British International Association, December Warwick, U.K
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Another attempt to meet the theoretical challenge is made in the context of the local political economy of Tianjin, in Linda Chelan Li and Hongyan Qin, 'Sorting out the details: Structure, agency and interactions in China's local political economy', paper presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the British International Association, December 2004, Warwick, U.K.
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See John Brehm and Scott Gates, Working, Shirking, Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public, (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1997), for an example of implementation studies employing the principal-agent framework outside the China context.
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For more on this point, see
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For more on this point, see Li and Qin, 'Sorting out the details'.
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