Crisis Management in China Challenges of the Transition

This book describes various crisis situations in transitional China, and by analyzing the unique characteristics and backgrounds of emergencies and crisis, it argues that crisis management has become a major challenge for the Chinese governments. It then discusses the chronology of crisis, organizational behaviors and the decision-making processes to construct a modern crisis management system in detail, to shed light on the creation of a strategic design and institutional framework of crisis management in China. In so doing, it provides not only insights into the dynamics of crisis decision-making and communication, but also solutions for possible problems specific to a transitional political regime in China.

Introduction: Governance transformation and crisis management in China in the transitional era.- The fundamental concepts of crises and crisis management.- The chronology of constructing a modern crisis management system.- The organizational behaviors to construct a modern crisis management system.- The Decision making processes to construct a modern crisis management system.- A comparative analysis of European and American Construction of a modern crisis management system.- An analysis of China in constructing a modern crisis management system.

Pro. Lan Xue is Cheung Kong Chair Professor and Dean of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. His research areas include public policy and management, science, technology and innovation policy, risk governance.  He has published extensively in these areas. He is also an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Brookings Institution. His public service appointments include the convener of the State Council Disciplinary Review Committee for Public Management, Vice President of China Association of Public Administration, member of the National Committee for Strategic Consultation and Comprehensive Review, member of State Council Expert Committee on Emergency Management, and member of National Expert Committee for the 13th Fiver-Year Plan, and etc. He also serves as a member of OECD science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Advisory Group, and Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991, and taught at the George Washington University as an assistant professor before returning to Tsinghua University in 1996. He has won many awards and prizes for his work, including Distinguished Young Scholar Award of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and Fudan Distinguished Contribution Award for Management Science.