Acknowledgements
The international conference on Transition and Economic Development: Markets, Governments and Growth in China, on which this Special Issue is based, was co-sponsored by the School of Economics at Fudan University through a national grant named ‘985 project’, which contains a sub-project on regional economic growth and decentralization in China. We thank the Chinese Ministry of Education, Fudan University and its School of Economics for their supports and sponsorship. We also thank the Chinese Economists Association in England (CEA-UK), and its president, Professor Zhongmin Wang, for co-organizing this conference. Last but not least, our sincere appreciation goes to the referees and editors of this Journal for their input, assistance and patience.