This title was first published in 2003.This important and topical edited collection brings together leading Chinese and Western experts to introduce and integrate social policy reform issues of the People's Republic of China into the mainstream of cross-national debate. 'This timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary social policy scene in China provides an exemplary model for combining the best of Western-derived comparative scholarship with the indigenous expertise of those whose systems are being analyzed and discussed.' Dr Roger Goodman, University of Oxford, UK '...a useful text to people who are interested in gaining an overview of reform in China.' Social Policy