MING-KWAN LEE is Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies and Director of the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is the author of Hong Kong Politics and Society in Transition (1987) and co-editor of several books including New Frontiers of Social Indicators Research in Chinese Societies (1996), Changing Chinese Societies: Social Indicators Analysis (1998), and Indicators of Social Development (1999).

'As the Chinese welfare system undergoes an historic transformation, Professor Lee's fascinating book will be essential reading for social policy scholars everywhere. It has important lessons for the future of social policy.' - James Midgley, Specht Professor and Dean, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley 'The first full-length account of the development of enterprise-based welfare in China since 1980. Dr Lee skilfully integrates the profound national economic and social reforms with a case-study of the responses of a large machine works and the creative adaptation of workers and their families. An original interpretation of a critical shift in social provision in China.' - Professor Ian Gough, University of Bath

• List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface A Note on the Romanization of Chinese Abbreviations The Nature of Chinese Occupational Welfare Research Method The Origins of Chinese Occupational Welfare The Changing Contexts of Chinese Occupational Welfare Reshaping Dependence Reshaping the Danwei Welfare Economy Redistributing Risks and Responsibilities Conclusion: Towards a Chinese Model of Welfare Pluralism Notes Appendix Bibliography Index