Xingyuan Feng is Professor and Vice President of the Cathay Institute for Public Affairs in Beijing. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.Christer Ljungwall lives in Beijing and works for the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, as Science and Innovation Counsellor, Head of Office of Science and Innovation of the Embassy of Sweden. He is also Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School. He has published more than 30 academic articles in English, more than 150 reports, and authored and contributed to 5 books. He received his PhD in Economics from Gothenburg University in 2003.Sujian Guo is Changjiang Scholar, Distinguished Professor at Fudan University, and a tenured professor at San Francisco State University. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Political Science (Springer), Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Springer), Executive Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Political Science Review (Springer), Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Governance (Routledge) and Editor of Rowman & Littlefield–Lexington’s book series "Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development." He has published more than 20 authored and edited books and more than 40 academic journal articles.

"Overall, the book contributes to the analysis of China’s institutional change in the reform era. The book is suitable for a scholarly audience. Students of China’s fiscal system and public finance, in particular, will find this book a valuable addition."Philippe Martin, PhD Candidate in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Journal of Chinese Political Science

• Part I: Political transformation in China1. Political development in contemporary China2. The "Chinese Dream" deconstructed: values and institutionsPart II: Economic transformation in China3. Re-interpreting the "Chinese Miracle"4. Private sector development as the key to Chinese economic development5. Capital freedom: evidence from China's provincesPart III: Fiscal transformation in China6. Fiscal federalism: a refined theory and its application in the Chinese context7. Local government debt and municipal bonds in China: problems and a framework of rules8. Competitive governments, fiscal arrangements and the provision of local public infrastructure in China: a theory-driven study of Gujiao municipality9. Features, problems and reform of the county fiscal administrative system in China