Course Description

This course has two objectives: (1) To understand the policy process in China today.How do Chinese political institutions operate? How are Chinese leaders chosen and itsofficials promoted? How are policies in different issue arenas formulated and implemented? What are the dynamics between central and local governments? How do economic and social interest groups influence the policy process? (2) To understand why China’s political system has been so resilient and what challenges it faces in the future. How has the communist political system evolved? How does it maintain its sway over a society undergoing massive change as a result of economic reform and opening to the world? The course covers both major theoretical and practical perspectives of exploring Chinese political institutions. The main features of the course include: (1) the course is offered by both international and local scholars. The anchor professor has extensive experience in studying China from a comparative perspective, and is complemented by the co-instructor’s in-depth knowledge and experience within China;(2) the course is committed to bridge the linkage between political theory and real world applications in understanding Chinese political institutions by including the distinguished academic and political leaders’ talks; (3) the course attempts to analyze Chinese political institutions in a comparative perspective, and learn the experiences and lessons for the other part of world from the case of China. The design, content and format of this course are aimed optimally to benefit Schwarzman Scholars in both knowledge accumulation and practical orientation.

课程简介（无中文大纲，译文参考 Google 翻译）

本课程有两个目标：（1）了解当今中国的政策过程。中国的政治制度如何运作？中国领导人是如何选拔和提拔的？不同问题领域的政策是如何制定和实施的？中央和地方政府之间的动态如何？经济和社会利益集团如何影响政策过程？（2）了解中国政治制度为何如此富有弹性以及未来面临的挑战。共产主义政治制度是如何演变的？它如何在因经济改革和开放而发生巨大变化的社会中保持其影响力？本课程涵盖了探索中国政治制度的主要理论和实践视角。本课程的主要特点包括：（1）本课程由国际和本地学者授课。主讲教授在从比较视角研究中国方面拥有丰富的经验，而联合讲师则在中国拥有深入的知识和经验；（2）本课程致力于通过包括杰出学术界和政治领袖的演讲，在理解中国政治制度方面架起政治理论与现实世界应用之间的联系； （3）本课程试图从比较的视角分析中国的政治制度，并从中国的经验中汲取可供世界借鉴的经验教训。本课程的设计、内容和形式都旨在使苏世民学者在知识积累和实践导向上受益匪浅。