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1、ABSTRACTReflectionsonSocialWelfareinPost-reformChina:isitConvergingWithEastAsia?LIXiaoweiAbstract:Arecentdevelopmentofcomparativeresearchonthewelfarestatehasbeenthediscussionofan‘EastAsianwelfaremodel’.ThePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC)hasusuallybeenexcludedfromthediscussion,asithasbeenseenasamemberofS
2、ocialistwelfarefamily.However,Chinesesocietyhasseenmajorchangessincethemarket-orientedeconomicreformsstartedin1978.ThusitisarguedthatChinenowshowsstrongelementsofconvergencewithEastAsiancapitalistsocieties,e.g.Japan,SouthKorea,Taiwan,SingaporeandHongKong.Thispaperseekstoanalyseinwhatwaysconvergencew
3、ithEastAsiahashappened,drawingonwelfare-stateconceptsandtopicsarisingfromaWesternframeworkaswellasfromanEastAsianperspective.Onthestrengthoftheavailableevidence,thispapercontendsthatwhiledeviatingsubstantiallyfromtheSocialistwelfarefamily,ChinahascometoresembleEastAsiainsomeimportantaspectsofsocialp
4、rovision.Nonetheless,thispaperholdsthatChina’spost-reformwelfaresystemhasmaintainedor,insomecases,reinforcedcertainindigenouselements,whichstilldistinguishesthecountryfromtheEastAsianwelfarefamily.Keywords:China,EastAsia,welfarestate,socialsecuritysystemAbouttheauthor:Staffreporterincurrentaffairsat
5、ChinaDailyShanghaiOffice;holdinganMScinPolicyStudiesfromUniversityofEdinburgh,theUK.PART1:THEWELFARESTATE——WESTANDEASThewelfarestateintheWestTheEnglishhistorianAsaBriggsoncedefinedthewelfarestateasfollows:T⋯⋯astateinwhichorganizedpowerisdeliberatelyused(throughpoliticsandadministration)inanefforttom
6、odifytheplayofmarketforcesinatleastthreedirections–first,byguaranteeingindividualsandfamiliesaminimumincomeirrespectiveofthemarketvalueoftheirworkortheirproperty;second,bynarrowingtheextentofinsecuritybyenablingindividualsandfamiliestomeetcertain‘socialcontingencies(forexamplesickness,oldage,andunem
7、ployment)…;andthird,byensuringthatallcitizenswithoutdistinctionofstatusorclassareofferedthebeststandardsavailableinrelationtoacertainagreedrangeofsocialservices.(Briggs2000:18)Thewelfarestatedefinedhe
