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Sinica PodcastThe Highest Exam: Jia Ruixue and Li Hongbin on China's Gaokao and What It Reveals About Chinese SocietyThis week on Sinica, I speak with Jia Ruixue and Li Hongbin, coauthors of The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China. We're talking about China's college entrance exam — dreaded and feared, with outsized ability to determine life outcomes, seen as deeply flawed yet also sacrosanct, something few Chinese want drastically altered or removed. Cards on table: I had very strong preconceptions about the gaokao. My wife and I planned our children's education to get them out of the Chinese system before it became increasingly oriented toward gaokao preparation. But this book really opened my eyes. Ruixue is...
2026-01-211h 15
The World of Higher EducationInside the Gaokao: China’s Defining Test with Ruixue JiaIn this episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, host Alex Usher is joined by Dr. Ruixue Jia, a professor of economics at UC San Diego and co-author of 'The Highest Exam: How The Gaokao Shapes China.' They discuss the historical and contemporary significance of the Gaokao, China's university entrance exam, and its profound impact on Chinese society. Topics include the exam's origins in the Tang Dynasty, how it influences social mobility, and its role in governance. They also compare the Chinese and American systems of university admissions and explore the future of the Gaokao given China's...
2025-10-3025 min
China of TomorrowThe System That Shapes ChinaFrom student testing to social structure, China’s education system influences far more than college admissions. In this episode of China of Tomorrow, Liqian Ren sits down with co-authors Hongbin Li, Co-Director of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, and Ruixue Jia, Professor of Economics at the University of California to discuss The Highest Exam, their new book exploring how the Gaokao (college entry exam) system helps explain China’s growth model, inequality, and policy challenges. Learn more: https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/multimedia/china-of-tomorrow-podcasts Please see the WisdomTree Glossary for Definit...
2025-09-2540 min
纶今·深入浅出经济学S01E13[NBER]之乎者也｜沉睡的千年中华史📝 内容概要这期节目探讨了Jia Ruixue和Kung James Kai-sing在NBER上关于儒家文化的研究，深入剖析了儒家文化在历史上的多面影响，并深入剖析了儒家文化在历史学界存在争议的影响观点。文章指出，儒家文化不仅是哲学思想，更成为社会行为规范与制度。历史学界部分观点认为，中国近代落后归咎于儒家文化保守阻碍创新发展；但也有观点质疑，认为问题在于制度设计而非文化本身。此外，儒家文化影响社会基本组织与国家制度运行，如宗族体系既增强内部信任又限制外部协作，还带来集体主义观念和性别不平等问题。儒家文化作用复杂，既促进社会稳定与人力积累，又可能阻碍创新开放。📚 文章信息🔗 doi.orgJia, R., & Kung, J. K. (2025). The Culture and Institutions of Confucianism (No. w33883; p. w33883). National Bureau of Economic Research. 标题: The Culture and Institutions of Confucianism 作者: Jia, R., & Kung, J. K 期刊: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)🔑 关键词儒家文化、行为规范、制度规范
2025-07-1407 min
不成气候No Such ClimateE14: 碳笑风生X不成气候：蓝天保卫战何以成功？在往期节目中，我们介绍过中国近年来在大气污染治理领域的治理取得的成果。这些成绩在国际上和学术界也引发了诸多关注和讨论：这种国家主导的、自上而下的治理模式是否在应对环境危机、气候变化等挑战时尤为有效？它又存在哪些局限？
在这一期与碳笑风生的串台节目中，我们尝试通过北方农村冬季清洁取暖这一具体政策，归纳我国环境治理模式的特点和利弊，并探讨环境治理的另一主体——公众可能发挥的作用。
播客碳笑风生关注中国和全球的能源转型、气候变化和可持续发展问题，特别是中国实现碳达峰、碳中和的科学、技术、政策、政治、经济、社会和文化问题。
【本期剧透】
复习时间
03：53 2013年以来空气污染治理的政策和成果回顾
10：37 从污染物排放到大气空气质量，下一步是个体暴露与健康
治理模式改革
15：49 从“九龙治水”到“大部制”
17：29 环保督察，让该负责的人负责
案例研究：北方农村冬季清洁取暖
21：25 散煤燃烧是北方冬季的主要污染源之一
31：12 什么造成了2017年的“气荒”？
34：05 是否有更公平的补贴方案？
公众参与的不同形式
44：52 环境信息公开，以公众环境研究中心和蔚蓝地图APP为例
47：42 手把手教你举报环境污染
55：46 从污染举报到环保督查
58：41 环境公益诉讼的进展与挑战
展望
1：13：49 美国和英国如何实行“煤改气”？
1：23：19 对公众参与的期待：能否助推环境教育、促进环境公平
1：32：20 不同的环境问题适用不同的治理模式？
【延伸阅读】
神 州 十 年 治 霾 史
Shen, W., & Jiang, D. (2021). Making Authoritarian Environmentalism Accountable? Understanding China’s New Reforms on Environmental Governance. The Journal of Environment & Development, 30(1), 41-67
Zhao, B., Zheng, H., Wang, S., Smith, K. R., Lu, X., Aunan, K., ... & Hao, J. (2018). Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM2. 5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005–2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(49), 12401-12406
Liu, J., Mauzerall, D. L., Chen, Q., Zhang, Q., Song, Y., Peng, W., ... & Zhu, T. (2016). Air pollutant emissions from Chinese households: A major and underappreciated ambient pollution source. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(28), 7756-7761
冉冉. (2015). 中国地方环境政治: 政策与执行之间的距离. 中央编译出版社
Greenstone, Michael and He, Guojun and Jia, Ruixue and Liu, Tong, Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China’s War on Air Pollution (June 29, 2020). University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-87
Karplus, Valerie J. and Wu, Mengying, Crackdowns in Hierarchies: Evidence from China's Environmental Inspections (September 4, 2019). MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5700-19
蔚蓝地图
12369网络举报平台网站全国生态环境投诉举报平台
中华人民共和国环境保护法
最高人民法院关于审理环境民事公益诉讼案件适用法律若干问题的解释
《不成气候No Such Climate》是一档两只不成气候的“科研狗”记录和分享我们
2021-06-291h 34
VoxDev Development EconomicsTechnology as a tool for governance: Evidence from ChinaIncentivising agent performance is a double-edged sword: while it can encourage agents to perform better, it might also nudge them into cheating and manipulating results to their benefit. In this VoxDevTalk, Guojun He discusses his work with Michael Greenstone, Ruixue Jia, and Tong Liu on this classic principal-agent problem in the context of how Chinese local governments self-report meeting air pollution-reduction targets imposed (and incentivised) by the central government. An analysis of these reports reveals evidence of significant under-reporting by local governments before the central government installed automated real-time pollution monitoring devices across the country. Under-reporting was larger in areas...
2020-11-1113 min