Governance research: Governance & Public Policy · Research Methodology · Sources & Attribution · Corrections & Updates
A source-controlled chronology of Chinese governance and public-policy debate from 1998 to the present, recording Free China Movement positions alongside criticism and proposals by other dissidents, scholars, lawyers, economists, journalists, and civil-society actors — positions attributed, not adjudicated.
Attribution key: FCM-O = official organizational position · FCM-L = FCM leader · FCM-M = FCM member · IND = independently attributed non-FCM contribution.
Year-by-Year Record: each year is populated only from verified contemporaneous or clearly labeled retrospective sources; an empty year is not backfilled with a current view.
Active research series: Budget & Fiscal Policy — 1998–Present.
Policy Areas
Budget and fiscal policy · healthcare · pensions and social security · education · taxation · private enterprise and SMEs · state-owned enterprises · property and land · housing · labor · public administration · transparency and anticorruption · judiciary and rule of law · civil service · internet and information policy · civil society · public security · military and civilian control · foreign affairs and international assistance · environment · demographic and family policy · local-government finance.
Interpretation Rule
Similarity between an earlier proposal and a later PRC policy is not evidence of influence by itself. The record distinguishes chronology from causation and preserves disagreements among democratic and independent voices rather than manufacturing a single consensus.