All contributors and participants attending the Encounter with Yu Keping (12th April) are urged to access the following background/core English-language materials, especially those marked *. For greater in-depth coverage of particular topics, additional readings are also listed.

Specialists will also find useful the list of additional Chinese-language materials written by Yu Keping.

• RULE OF LAW AND CORRUPTION

*Why the Rule of Law is Key to China’s Modernization

*Yu Keping: corruption is an urgent reform priority

Toward an Incremental Democracy and Governance: Chinese Theories and Assessment Criteria, in Globalization and Changes in China’s Governance, pp 251-275

• DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE

*Party insider offers rare insight into what China’s reforms mean

*A Chinese Official Praises a Taboo: Democracy

China’s Governance Reform from 1978 to 2008

The Governance of China

The Emerging of China’s Civil Society and Its Significance to Governance

*A Shift towards social governance in China

Democracy is a Good Thing (2009)

Good Governance and Legitimacy

A Journey of Five Roads Toward Democratic Governance

• REMAKING CHINESE CULTURE

*The Transformation of Chinese Culture since the Launching of Reform: A Historical Perspective

*The Logic of Chinese Cultural Development in a Variable World of Modernization and Globalization, in On China’s Cultural Transformation  pp 1-29

• CHINA IN THE WORLD

*From the Discourse of “Sino-West” to “Globalization”: Chinese Perspectives on Globalization

*Five Key Balances for China’s Near Future

• Yu Keping’s principal books in Chinese

1. Democratic Governance and Political Reform in China 《敬畏民意：中国的民主治理与政治改革》（2012）
2. Essays on the Modernization of State Governance 《论国家治理现代化》
3. Democracy and the Spinning Top 《民主与陀螺》 （2006）
4. Incremental Democracy and Good Governance 《增量民主与善治》（2003）
5. Globalization and Political Development 《全球化与政治发展》（2003）
6. Emancipation of Mind and Political Progress 《思想解放与政治进步》（2007）
7. Communitarianism 《社群主义》（2000）

 

• Co-authored

1. Consensus of Reform and the Future of China 《改革共识与中国未来》（2013）
2. China in the Next 30 Years 《中国未来30年》（2011）

 

• Edited

1. The Globalization Paradox: Globalization and Contemporary Socialism and Capitalism 《全球化的悖论：全球化与当代社会主义、资本主义》（1998）
2. Governance Assessment: China and the World 《国家治理评估-中国与世界》（2009）
3. Governance Innovations in China: Research Based on China Local Governance Innovations Awards 《政府创新的中国经验：基于“中国地方政府创新奖”的研究》（2011）
4. Happiness and Dignity: Vision of a Future 《幸福与尊严：一种关于未来的设计》（2012）
5.      The Bottom Line of the State: Justice & Rule of Law 《国家底线：公平正义与依法治国》（2014）
6. Governance and Adaptation of the Chinese Communist Party: A Comparative Perspective 《中共的治理与适应》（2015）