Kai Kajitani is a professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Kobe University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Kobe University in 2001 and specializes in modern Chinese economics. His research interests also include development economics and comparative economics. He was a visiting scholar at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, from September 2005 to June 2006. He is the author of Lectures on Chinese Economy, Chuou Koron Shinsha, 2018 (in Japanese); Chinese-Style Capitalism Evolving Beyond a Dual Trap: Empirical Studies on Ambiguous Institutions (ed. with Hiroyuki Kato), Minerva Shobo, 2016 (in Japanese); The Fiscal and Financial System in Modern China: The Economics of Globalization and Central-Local Relations, Nagoya Daigaku Shuppankai, 2011 (in Japanese); and other works.

Tomoki Kamo is a professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, where he received his Ph.D. in media and governance in 2004. His research interests include Chinese politics and comparative politics. He was appointed as a consul in the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong from October 2016 to October 2018.  He was a visiting scholar at the Graduate Institute of Political Science, National Taiwan Normal University (Taiwan) from September 2010 to October 2010 and the Center of Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, from March 2011 to March 2012, as well as a visiting associate professor at the College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University (Taiwan) from February 2013 to September 2013. He is the author of  Political Institutions in Contemporary Chinese Politics: The Politics of Temporality and the Rule of the Chinese Communist Party (ed. with Jaehwan Lim), Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2018, (in Japanese); The Sources of China's Foreign Policy, Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2016, (in Japanese); The Rise of China as a Major Power, Tokyo: Ichigeisya Press, 2016, (in Japanese); Contemporary Chinese Politics and People's Congresses: Reforms of People's Congresses and Changes in the "Guiding-Guided" Relationship, Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2006 (in Japanese); and other works.

Introduction: The Future of U.S.-China Trade Frictions and the High-tech Cold War

Chap.1: Ownership Structures and Disparity in Labor Share of Chinese Industry Enterprises

Chap.2: Sustainability of Innovation in China: From the Perspective of Institutional Economics

Chap.3: Does Chinese Enterprises' Political Capital Change Their Performance? Empirical Research Using Data from Yangzhou City's People's Congress and Industrial Enterprises

Chap. 4:Land Markets and Regional Government Rent Seeking Behavior