Competition

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• Competition Regulation Policy Project
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• March 2003 March 2006
• Beijing ??

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Objectives ????

• To contribute to Chinas economic and social
  reform through an improved understanding of the
  competition and regulation policies
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• To develop consultative policy papers and present
  a range of policy options and methods
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• To enhance partnership for economic and legal
  professions between China and the UK
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Key Organizations ????(1)

• Project Organisers ?????
• The British Council
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• Hongfan Institute of Law and Economics
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• Sponsor Global Opportunity Fund
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Key Organizations ????(2)

• Project implementing Organizations ?????
• Centre on Regulation and Competition, University
  of Manchester ?????????????
• Research Institute of Market Economy, Development
  Research Centre ????????????????
• Economic Reform Research Institute, National
  Development and Reform Commission ????????????
• UNIRULE ???????
• School of Law, University of International
  Business and Economies ???????????
• Law School, Tsinghua University ???????

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Main Activities ????

• UK consultant visits to Beijing ?????????
• Study visits to the UK ??????????
• Workshops ???
• Consultation meetings with the Project Advisory
  Group members????????
• Regular Video Conferences ??????
• Website and General publications ???????????
• International Conference ?????

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CHINA COMPETITION AND REGULATION
PROGRAMME??????????

• 5 research themes
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• Competition Policy in China
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• Consumer Rights and Protection in China
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• Regulatory System for Chinas Medical Care
  Service
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• Regulation of the Water Supply Industry in China
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• Regulation and Corporate Governance in China
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Competition Policy in ChinaResearchers Zhang
Junkuo and Li BuInstitute of Market
Economy????????????? ? ?????????

• Objective ??
• The objective of this research is to review and
  evaluate the current framework for competition
  policy and assess the constraints to competition
  in China as a basis for recommending appropriate
  reform.
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Consumer Rights and Protection in
ChinaResearchers Professor Chen and Tsinghua
University Research Team???????????????????????
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• Objective ????
• The principal objective of this research
  is to establish the status and character of
  consumer protection and consumer rights in the
  field of public goods and services as a basis for
  proposing appropriate reforms in relation to the
  strengthening of consumer associations.
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Regulatory System for Chinas Medical Care
Service??????????Researchers Gao Shiji and
Research TeamResearch Institute in Market
Economics, NDRC??? Gao Shiji ???????????,??????
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• Objective ????
• To consider the possibilities for establishing a
  model of mixed state-market provision and an
  associated new regulatory framework, as an
  alternative to full state control and provision.
  These ideas are analysed through a case study of
  changes in provision and regulation in the
  medical care service.
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Regulation and Corporate GovernanceResearchers
Professor Ding Ding and University of
International Business and Economics, School of
Law Research Team and Professor Jinlong Jiao,
Shanghai Institute of Law and Economics?????????
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• Objective ????
• The research objective is to review the
  development of corporate governance in China and
  critically assess the framework for regulation
  with a view to recommending reform.
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Regulation of the Water Supply Industry in
China????????????Researchers Professor Yu Hui
and UNIRULE Research Team??? Yu
Hui???????????????

• Objective ????
• The intention of this project is to establish an
  effective regulatory structure for the water
  supply industry in China, as it opens up to
  processes of competition.
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Centre on Regulation and Competition ???????
The Centre on Regulation and Competition is a
Department for International Development (DFID)
funded research centre in the Institute for
Development Policy and Management at the
University of Manchester.
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CRC operates as a partnership between six
internationally recognised research institutions
in Africa and Asia to provide research and to
contribute to the development of capacity
building relating to regulation and competition.
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CRC Director Professor Paul Cook CRC?? ????
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Aims and Objectives ?????
The aim of the Centre on Regulation and
Competition (CRC) is to respond to issues at
national and international levels and explore
ways in which regulation, competition and
regulatory governance interrelate and contribute
to the process of development.
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interdisciplinary approach to research, the
Centre seeks to understand how competition works
and contributes to economic development and the
role of regulation in safeguarding the
competitive process and protecting public and
social interests. ????????????????,??????
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emphasis of CRCs work is ultimately on
policies to examine whether they are working as
intended, if they are working in unanticipated
ways, how they might be improved, and in some
cases why they might not exist at all.
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Centre on Regulation and Competition
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Partners ????
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic
ResearchUniversity of Ghana http//www.isser.org
/index.html??,????????? ???? ??
www.isser.org/index.html National College of
Public Administration and Governance University
of the Philippines http//www.dilnet.upd.edu.ph/
ncpag/??????????? ????? ??www.dilnet.upd.edu.ph/
ncpag/ School of EconomicsUniversity of the
Philippines http//www.econ.upd.edu.ph/home/index.
php???? ????? ??www.econ.upd.edu.ph/home/index.p
hpInstitute of Policy Studies Sri Lanka
http//www.ips.lk/?????? ???? ??www.ips.lk/Dep
artment of Applied EconomicsUniversity of
Malaya, Malaysia http//www.um.edu.my/index.htm??
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Energy and Resources InstituteIndia
http//www.teriin.org/ ??????? ?? ??
www.teriin.org/
Centre on Regulation and Competition
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Regulation Programme Co-Directors Professor
Colin Kirkpatrick Professor David
Parker ???? ????????? ??
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• Objectives
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• To improve understanding of the role of
  regulation in improving economic performance and
  poverty reduction
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• To contribute to better regulation policy- making
  and to support regulatory capacity building
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Centre on Regulation and Competition
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Competition programme Director Professor Paul
Cook ???? ??????
Objectives ?? To improve understanding of
competition, innovation and development
???????????????? To assess determinants of
industrial competitiveness ??????????????? T
o evaluate effectiveness and improve the design
of competition policy ????????????????? To
examine the relationship and interaction between
global rules for competition and domestic
policy ????????????????????????
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Regulatory Governance Director Martin
Minogue ???? ??????
Objectives ?? To improve understanding of
regulatory structures and institutions
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effects of regulatory reforms
????????????? To demonstrate the effects of
regulatory and competition reforms on poverty
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regulatory policy debates and strategies
???????????????? To enhance the analysis of
regulatory capacity building
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Centre on Regulation and Competition
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CRC works with??????????????

• Governments
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• International development agencies
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• Academic institutions
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• Regulators/competition agencies
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CRC RESEARCH THEMES????????????

• Theme 1 Economic Regulation and Policy
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• Theme 2 Regulatory Impact Assessment
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• Theme 3 Competition, Innovation and Development
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• Theme 4 Competition Policy and Development
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• Theme 5 Institutional Innovation in Regulatory
  Governance
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• Theme 6 Regulation, Politics and Poverty
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CRC publications ???????????
Books the CRC series on Competition, Regulation
and Development ????????????????????????
Policy briefs ????
Working papers ????

• Journal articles
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How to contact us??????

• Programmes Manager
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• lesley.harris_at_manchester.ac.uk
• crc_at_manchester.ac.uk
• www.competition-regulation.org.uk
• Tel(??) 44 161 275 2798/0410
• Fax(??) 44 161 275 0808

Centre on Regulation and Competition