Print Email Facebook Twitter Urban social assistance in China Title Urban social assistance in China: Transnational diffusion and national interpretation Author Liu, Tao (Universität Duisburg-Essen) Sun, L. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Date 2016 Abstract In 1999 the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) introduced the Regulation on the Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS, or dibao) for urban residents in China. Policy learning from different parts of the world significantly shaped the formation and expansion of the MLSS, and Chinese social policy researchers have drawn conclusions about the experiences of these multiple regions. Through expert interviews, we discovered that the Chinese social assistance scheme has been influenced by the US ideas of “social investment” and “workfare.” Furthermore, the European values of “universal entitlement” and “social citizenship” have also been internalised by the Chinese actors behind the scheme. In addition, Hong Kong’s social assistance scheme has inspired Chinese policymakers to explore a model consisting of various categories that target the country’s enormous special welfare needs. Thus, scholars and policymakers from China have used values and ideas outside China to create a hybrid model of social assistance that is characterised by broad coverage, a low benefit level, and a highly provincial administrative structure. Subject ChinaGlobalisationPolicy transferSocial assistance To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2258a93f-997a-48ec-ac20-2d97f0a10965 Source Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 45 (2), 29-51 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 Tao Liu, L. Sun Files PDF 963_1001_1_PB.pdf 316.99 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2258a93f-997a-48ec-ac20-2d97f0a10965/datastream/OBJ/view