University of Hong Kong

This course examines how China has achieved rapid economic growth in the past four decades in the absence of Western-style legal and democratic systems, both of which are conventionally viewed to be essential to economic development. It covers how China’s economic reform can be understood in the historical and comparative context, specifically the relevance of the East Asian developmental states model; what role China’s legal system as well as the relationship between law and politics has played in the country’s economic development; whether China’s experience can be called “growth without rule of law,” and whether it presents viable alternative that may inform other developing economies in their pursuit of prosperity. Topics include: legitimacy building, decentralization as a constitutional system, courts, governance of state-owned enterprises, formal and informal financing, property rights protection, environmental protection, labor regulation, China’s global economic engagements, and cyber governance.

This course examines current development and issues in the asset management and private banking industry. The issues identified may be related to new business opportunities, new risk areas, and new development affecting the AMPB market/industry.

This course examines critical importance of tourism policy to the competitiveness and sustainability of a destination and relates tourism planning to policy making. The course outlines the structure, content and formation of tourism policy and the planning and management
strategies articulated in the context of social, economic, political and environmental impacts of tourism.