Publications & Documents

China and the OECD

The OECD and the People’s Republic of China have a long standing and close relationship that has steadily developed since the mid-1990s.

Active with China

Building on more than twenty years of fruitful engagement, the partnership between the OECD and China further deepened in 2017. Our collaboration has continued to progress and deliver on a wide array of policy issues and in support of China’s evolution towards a more efficient, inclusive and ecologically sustainable development model. updated March 2018

Measuring Tax Support for R&D and Innovation - country profiles

The 2017 OECD R&D tax incentive country profiles provide detailed information on the design features and cost of tax provisions used by countries to incentivise R&D performance by businesses, reporting on both long-term and recent trends.

Governance Frameworks to Counter Illicit Trade

Urbanisation and Household Consumption in China

This paper focusses on the link between urbanisation and consumption behaviour in China.

Corporate governance and firm performance in China

A key priority in China’s "new normal" period -- where returns on investment are slackening -- is corporate governance, which could lead to enhanced productivity by a better management of resources at the firm level.

Do government transfers reduce poverty in China? Micro evidence from five regions

This paper estimates urban and rural poverty rates across five Chinese administrative regions (Shanghai, Liaoning, Guangdong, Henan and Gansu) in 2014 using representative household level data from the China Family Panel Studies survey.

Sharing the benefits of China’s growth by providing opportunities to all

Living standards in China have greatly improved over the past few decades. Both sustained economic growth and an expansion of the social security system have contributed to a sharp reduction in the number of people in poverty.

Boosting firm dynamism and performance in China

With persisting slower growth worldwide and in China, over-capacity in some heavy industry sectors, declining profitability, and intensifying competition from other, lower-cost emerging economies, corporate behaviour in China needs to change and focus more on efficiency and sustainability.

Enhancing financial stability amid slowing growth in China

Growth in China has been slowing gradually, but GDP per capita remains on course to almost double between 2010 and 2020. As a result, the Chinese economy will remain the major driver of global growth for the foreseeable future.