Enrich Series on China's Economic Reform provides a comprehensive analysis of China's 30-year process of economic reform. Based on an analysis of the interplay between theory and implementation, this volume, Reforming China: Theoretical Framework, outlines the theoretical framework that underpins China's 30-year economic reform. It describes the difficulty facing the newly established system and explores the policies adopted ta overcome fundamental theoretical and ideological issues. It also examines major social changes brought about by the formation of a market economy and elaborates on the significance of the rule of low in China's economic reform and social transformation.