China Economic Quarterly is a comprehensive journal in the field of economics, accepting academic research manuscripts from all areas of economics. As an academic journal based in China, we particularly welcome submissions discussing Chinese economic issues and phenomena.

The journal has five sections: "Reviews," "Papers," "Comments and Responses," "Special Issues," and "Book Reviews":

1."Reviews" publishes overview articles by renowned scholars on specific fields.

2."Papers" publishes original articles on economic theory, econometric theory, and empirical research.

3."Comments and Responses" publishes comments on papers previously published in the journal and responses from the original authors.

4."Special Issues" publishes papers on specific fields or topics from symposiums.

5."Book Reviews" publishes introductions and reviews of new books on Chinese economics.

The editorial team of the journal consists of active scholars from various research fields, all serving on a part-time basis.

The journal accepts submissions in both Chinese and English. Accepted English manuscripts may be translated by professionals hired by the journal, with the final version approved by the author (at no additional cost).

Authors should submit through the online submission system at http://www.oaj.pku.edu.cn/Journalx_jjx, filling in relevant information and uploading manuscripts or other files. Authors can inquire about the progress of their manuscript by phone or mail during the review process.

Before submitting, please organize the relevant documents as follows:

1. The cover page of the manuscript should include the following information in order:

1) Article title;

2) Names (in Chinese and English), affiliations (in Chinese and English), phone numbers, and email addresses of all authors;

3) Corresponding author's mailing address;

4) Acknowledgments (if any).

2. Information related to the personal identity of the manuscript authors should not appear in the main text file in any way.

3. The first page of the manuscript should provide the following information:

1) Article title;

2) A Chinese abstract of no more than two hundred words;

3) Three keywords in both Chinese and English;

4) The English title of the article;

5) An English abstract of no more than one hundred words;

6) Three JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification numbers.

4. The main text should generally include an introduction, theoretical or empirical analysis, research limitations or outlook, and references, etc. The specific form and structure are determined by the author. The writing should be concise, with the total length not exceeding 15,000 words. Page numbers should be inserted, and any online appendices should be placed at the end of the document.

5. Accepted manuscripts must be revised according to the following format:

1) Titles, tables, figures, equations, and footnotes in the main text must be numbered consecutively. Figures and tables should be placed within the text.

2) The Chinese abstract and main text should use size 5 FangSong font, with single line spacing.

3) First-level headings should be numbered as one, two, three, etc., occupying 3 lines, in size 4 Kai font, centered. Second-level headings should be numbered as (one), (two), (three), etc., occupying 2 lines, in size 5 FangSong font, indented by 2 spaces. Third-level headings should be numbered as 1., 2., 3., etc., occupying 1 line, in size 5 FangSong font, indented by 2 spaces. Fourth-level headings should be numbered as (1), (2), (3), etc., in size 5 FangSong font, indented by 2 spaces. The first three levels of headings should be on separate lines without punctuation, while the fourth level and below should be inline with the text.

4) References within the text should be cited as “according to Black (1948: pp.66) ...”, “unimodal preferences ... (Black, 1948)”, or “as Giddens says: '...' (Giddens, 2000: p.53)”.

5) The references at the end of the document should include and only include the literature cited in the text. References should be numbered in alphabetical order of the authors' surnames (mixed Chinese and English), formatted as follows:

[1] Brenner, "A Re-examination of the Distribution of Wealth in Rural China," in Zhao Renwei, Li Shi, and Li Siqin (eds.), Further Studies on the Distribution of Income in China. Beijing: China Financial & Economic Publishing House, 1999.

[2] Ehtisham, A., and Y. Wang, "Inequality and Poverty in China: Institutional Change and Public Policy, 1978 to 1988," The World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5(2), 231-257.

[3] Riskin, C., R. Zhao, and S. Li, China’s Retreat from Equality: Income Distribution and Economic Transition. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.

[4] Wang Jinmei, Zhang Song, "Research on the Weak Performance of China's New Stocks," Economic Research Journal, 2000, Issue 9, pages 49-56.

China Economic Quarterly Policy Statement on Code Reproducibility and Data Accessibility

To foster the development of the academic community in economics, China Economic Quarterly will introduce and implement a new editorial policy starting September 1, 2023, aimed at further enhancing the scientific nature of economic research.

From September 1, 2023, submissions to China Economic Quarterly must agree to the following terms on code reproducibility and data accessibility to enter the manuscript review process:

1. The data and code replication policy of China Economic Quarterly requires that articles can only be published if the data and code used in the analysis are accurately and clearly documented.

2. Before the article is reviewed and formally accepted, a "conditional acceptance" stage will be added. In this stage, the editorial office will assess whether the code reproducibility and data accessibility level of the paper to be accepted complies with this policy.

3. Within 30 days after receiving "conditional acceptance," authors must submit the following three documents:

a. A detailed documentation, including information about the original or derived data used, such as sources, descriptions, collection methods, etc. This document should also explain the relationship with other submitted files (such as code).

b. The complete program code (excluding data) used to generate the figures in the article (including notes and online appendices), and the log file (including result output) after running the program, such as a Stata logfile. To assist the editorial team in quick assessment, authors should provide necessary comments for the program code.

c. Screenshots of the figures generated for the article.

The editorial office will make items a and b above public.

4. In principle, the editorial office does not require authors to submit the data used in their research, but there are two exceptions:

a. Authors voluntarily submit the data used. These articles will receive priority review to expedite the assessment process of code reproducibility and data accessibility.

b. In special cases, such as when the editorial office is unable to make a judgment, authors are responsible for providing relevant evidence (including necessary data) to support the reproducibility of the analysis results.

The editorial office commits to protecting the data, which will only be used for the review of papers to be accepted and will not be publicly released.

5. Files submitted to the editorial office, such as documentation, program code, log files, screenshots, and related data, that involve state secrets, trade secrets, personal privacy, third-party rights, or are otherwise regulated by laws and regulations, should be legally authorized or properly processed (e.g., anonymized) by the authors before providing them to the editorial office. The submitter bears the responsibility for any infringement of state secrets, trade secrets, personal privacy, third-party rights, etc., due to the submission of the aforementioned files to the editorial office.

6. This policy applies to submissions that include empirical analysis, experimental analysis, simulation analysis, or calibration analysis.

For manuscripts submitted before August 31, 2023 (inclusive), the original policy applies. If authors voluntarily choose to comply with the new policy, please indicate this at the time of submission (or contact the editorial office to explain), which may result in a priority review opportunity.

China Economic Quarterly Submission Fee Change Explanation

To further improve the quality of our publication and provide better services to our authors, readers, and colleagues from all sectors, China Economic Quarterly will make the following changes to submission fees starting from October 17, 2023:

1) If the authors include non-students, a submission fee of 200 yuan is required for the manuscript to enter the initial review; if the manuscript passes the initial review, a review fee of 1000 yuan is required for the manuscript to proceed to external review.

2) If all authors are students, both the submission fee and the review fee are waived.

The initial review will only inform the result and will not provide any comments from the initial review.