Impact of China's Economic Reforms upon Land, Property and Construction

Dr Jean Jinghan CHEN is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Land and Construction Management, Faculty of the Environment, the University of Greenwich. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics at Lancaster University in 1992 and has been an active researcher and the author of more than 20 publications in the field of the Chinese Economy, Development Economics, Multinational Enterprises, Construction Economics and Management and Property Investment and Management. She has also engaged in consultancy work for major international donors and government agencies including the World Bank, the European Union, the Department for International Development and the Chinese Central and Provincial Governments. Professor David Wills is the Dean of Faculty of the Environment and formerly the Director of Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He has written many articles in the field of Surveying, Construction Economics and Management. He first worked in China twenty years ago and, throughout the intervening years, has continued to work in several Chinese provinces and cities, and with many Chinese organisations and institutions. He has observed the economic transformation in China and seen the impact on the lives of many millions of people.