Editor's Introduction

Stanley Rosen

Chinese Economy, 1988, vol. 21, issue 4, 3-5

Abstract: The seven selections in this issue are all concerned with various aspects of China's employment system. The earliest piece, selection 3 from 1982, deals with the >i>dingti>/i> or "standing in" policy, in which children were allowed to assume jobs in the enterprises of their parents upon the latter's retirement. Implemented on a national scale in 1978 largely to deal with the burgeoning problem of youth unemployment, the policy had always been controversial. The selection translated here is a thorough discussion of the positive and negative aspects of >i>dingti>/i> at a time when there were many calls to terminate the practice. The study focuses on eight large-scale enterprises in Beijing, assessing effects both within the enterprise and throughout the larger society. Eventually, the >i>dingti>/i> system was phased out with the rise of vocational schooling and was generally replaced by a policy that emphasized the training of workers prior to employment. The detailed survey conducted by the authors of section 3 reveals why the opposition to >i>dingti>/i> was so strong.

Date: 1988
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