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Al-Homoud, M S, Abdou, A A and Khan, M M (2004) Safety design practices in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia. Building Research & Information, 32(06), 538–43.

Buchmann-Slorup, R (2014) Applying critical chain buffer management theory in location-based management. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 506-19.

Fu, W K, Drew, D S and Lo, H P (2004) Start-up and steady-state learning in recurrent bidding. Building Research & Information, 32(06), 484–96.

Gatti, U C, Migliaccio, G C, Bogus, S M and Schneider, S (2014) An exploratory study of the relationship between construction workforce physical strain and task level productivity. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 548-64.

Heerwagen, J H, Kampschroer, K, Powell, K M and Loftness, V (2004) Collaborative knowledge work environments. Building Research & Information, 32(06), 510–28.

Isaac, S and Navon, R (2014) Can project monitoring and control be fully automated?. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 495-505.

Lansley, P, McCreadie, C, Tinker, A, Flanagan, S, Goodacre, K and Turner-Smith, A (2004) Adapting the homes of older people: a case study of costs and savings. Building Research & Information, 32(06), 468–83.

Nasir, H, Ahmed, H, Haas, C and Goodrum, P M (2014) An analysis of construction productivity differences between Canada and the United States. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 595-607.

Perng, Y-H and Chang, C-L (2004) How does Government Procurement Law affect bidding price competition in Taiwan?. Building Research & Information, 32(06), 497–509.

Russell, A D, Tran, N and Staub-French, S (2014) Searching for value: construction strategy exploration and linear planning. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 520-47.

Seppänen, O, Evinger, J and Mouflard, C (2014) Effects of the location-based management system on production rates and productivity. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 608-24.

Sezer, A A and Brochner, J (2014) The construction productivity debate and the measurement of service qualities. Construction Management and Economics, 32(06), 565-74.

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: construction business system; economic reform; governance; institutional reform; market economy; China
ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
URL: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=q4h8t8bql6eqmdlf
Abstract:
During the transformational period from a planned economic system to a market-oriented one, China's construction business system is in an intermediate stage of development. The developing business system has played an increasingly important part in regulating the relations between various actors in the building sector, but the disordered situation in the construction market has fully revealed the shortcomings of the system. Using international experience and practice for reference, China is making efforts to promote the construction business system with Chinese characteristics. The institutional change involves reforms in legislation, property rights, price mechanism and the investment system. The crucial issue lies in deregulation, but this is difficult to realize for a government-led reform. Only if government's control and intervention are decreased enough can the construction market and related professional bodies play their proper roles so that the development platform of China's construction industry can be gradually perfected.