Table of Content 期刊目录
1. ‘Strong regulations’ of China’s platform economy: a preliminary assessment
Yiping Huang
Pages: 125-138

2. Platform economy and China’s labor market: structural transformation and policy challenges
Lixing Li, Yiqing Mo & Guangsu Zhou
Pages: 139-152

3. The impact of the digital economy on China’s economic growth and productivity performance
Harry X. Wu & Changhua Yu
Pages: 153-170

4. Platform antitrust in China
Hao Wang
Pages: 171-186

5. China in international digital economy governance
Zha Daojiong & Ting Dong
Pages: 187-201

6. Data governance in China’s platform economy
Yan Shen
Pages: 202-215

7. Innovative development and regulation of digital financial platforms in China
Zhuo Huang & Li Zhu
Pages: 216-230

Article Abstract 文章摘要
1. ‘Strong regulations’ of China’s platform economy: a preliminary assessment
Yiping Huang
Pages: 125-138
ABSTRACT
Within two decades, China built a very large platform economy. From the beginning of 2021, however, the Chinese government started to implement a set of new policies, popularly known as ‘strong regulations’, in order to correct improper platform behavior and improve market efficiency. These policies caused some negative effects on short-term momentum of the platform economy, including lay-offs of employees, decline of investment, and shrinkage of market valuation. This paper attempts to address the following questions: why did the authorities initiate this new policy? what are its net impacts on the platform economy? and how can the regulators do better? While acknowledging the urgent need for proper regulations for China’s platform economy, this paper argues that the authorities should find a better balance between regulation and development, with innovative thinking in dealing with issues such exclusive agreement, differential pricing and monopoly.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067687

2. Platform economy and China’s labor market: structural transformation and policy challenges
Lixing Li, Yiqing Mo & Guangsu Zhou
Pages: 139-152
ABSTRACT
The development of platform economy has accelerated the change of the nature of work, namely from manual labor to automation, from off-line to online, and from fixed employment to flexible arrangement. The share of gig workers is quickly increasing in the Chinese labor market. The structural transformation of labor market partly reflects the trend of dis-organization, featured with division of production procedures, restructuring of tasks, and large-scale outsourcing. While traditional single-employer full-time jobs are replaced by self-employment and gig jobs, the employment relationship is experiencing structural transformation, too. The current labor protection and social security systems face great challenges both in China and globally. Establishment of a flexible and portable benefit account for gig workers could be potential options to address these challenges.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067685

3. The impact of the digital economy on China’s economic growth and productivity performance
Harry X. Wu & Changhua Yu
Pages: 153-170
ABSTRACT
China’s digital economy experienced a rapid development over the past two decades. How can we systematically measure the contribution of the digital economy to China’s economic growth? Has the digital economy contributed to an increase in China’s total factor productivity? This paper analyzes the impact of the information and communication technology (ICT) development on China’s economic growth since its WTO accession in an aggregate production possibility frontier framework. Our empirical analysis shows that the digital economy has been the most significant contributor to China’s economic growth and productivity improvements over the past two decades. Nevertheless, due to severe capital misallocation across industries and persistent inefficient performance of some non-ICT industries, industries with high investment growth have not been matched by industries with high TFP growth.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067689

4. Platform antitrust in China
Hao Wang
Pages: 171-186
ABSTRACT
This article reviews the recent developments in digital platform antitrust in China. I first introduce the key players in China’s platform industry, particularly those that have been frequently affected by recent antitrust events. I then provide a brief overview of economic theories that are often cited in think tank reports and official documents, including network externalities, hub-and-spoke collusion, and contestable markets. Finally, recent platform antitrust events in China are reviewed, including the introduction of platform antitrust guidelines and major antitrust cases.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067688

5. China in international digital economy governance
Zha Daojiong & Ting Dong
Pages: 187-201
ABSTRACT
China ranks prominently in terms of capacity to engage in and benefit from the data-driven world economy. But China is more restrictive than many other countries on digital service imports, in addition to being passive in negotiations towards universal digital economic governance rules at the World Trade Organization. The world’s digital economy is getting more geopolitical, with practices of digital sovereignty and signs of a splinternet on the rise. However, with its application to join regional-free trade arrangements like the RCEP and CPTPP, China is internationalizing its digital economy governance. China’s domestic legislations and policy reforms, meanwhile, are increasingly aligning with those in Europe, in addition to industry-level interoperability with the United States. This provides a basis for further harmonization of digital economy governance with the rest of the world.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067690

6. Data governance in China’s platform economy
Yan Shen
Pages: 202-215
ABSTRACT
This paper aims to study China’s data governance policy in the platform economy through reviewing its evolvement, its current challenges, and then provide possible policy recommendations. We review China’s data governance policy to show that its focus has switched from security only, to ensure security but at the same time to facility data market so as to encourage the growth of digital economy. We then discuss the governance of data from three perspectives: as a factor of production, algorithm governance, and personal information protection and data security. We recommend the establishment of data governance committee to coordinate data governance issues, including data licensing and algorithm auditing processes.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2068833

7. Innovative development and regulation of digital financial platforms in China
Zhuo Huang & Li Zhu
Pages: 216-230
ABSTRACT
Digital financial platforms are important for the development of the platform economy and are a significant source of innovation for the further development of China’s financial system. At present, in terms of both market scale and technology, China’s digital finance development is leading internationally. The positive impact of China’s digital financial platforms on the real economy is evidenced by the number of innovative developments they have enabled. Nonetheless, because digital financial platforms have both technological and financial attributes, they pose potential risks and represent a challenge to regulation. For this reason, a regulatory framework adapted to the development of digital financial platforms and the digital financial industry needs to be established; one that adheres to the principles of financial support for the real economy and guides the direction of innovative digital financial platforms.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2022.2067686