ABSTRACT
In 1997, Thailand abandoned the fixed exchange rate system and then a financial
crisis erupted and swept through Southeast Asia. With the impact of this financial crisis,
China’s export growth rate almost dropped to zero. In order to deal with the impact of
the financial crisis on the China's economy, China has raised export tax rebate rate on
many occasions, while simplifying the reporting procedures of export tax rebates. In
1999, under the stimulation of the export tax rebate policy, China's export trade in the
case of falling for several months achieved the annual export growth of 6.1%. In the
Asian financial crisis period, the export tax rebate policy adjustments combined with
other government measures made China’s export quickly got rid of the impact of
financial crisis, in the long-term stimulated the rapid growth of China’s export and
enhanced the international status of China’s foreign trade. In 2008, the global financial
crisis hit the world economy and trade, reduced the demand of foreign imports, China’s
exports began to decline in November of the year. In 2009, export trade situation
deteriorated further, in response to the financial crisis, China adjusted export tax rebate
policy again, raised the export tax rebate rates many times in a short time. However,
these export tax rebate policies had not achieved the desired effect in the short term, or
even so far not achieved the desired effect. Then, in the context of the financial crisis,
what’s the impact of the export tax rebate policy on the economy? It is the theme of this
paper. This paper has comparatively analyzed the export tax rebate policies in Asian
financial crisis in 1997 and the global financial crisis in 2008, and studies suggested that
the breadth and depth of the financial crisis, exporting and importing countries'
economic structure and conditions, the depth of the impact of financial crisis on the
major importing countries would affect the effectiveness of the export tax rebate policy.
In order to achieve good results in corresponding to the financial crisis, the export tax
rebate policy needs to be accompanied by appropriate fiscal policy and monetary policy.
This paper consists of six chapters. In chapter one, the background, the purpose and
significance, the framework and methods of this research were introduced, literature
review was as well as carried out. In chapter two, the evolution of China’s export tax
rebate system and the basic theory of the export tax rebate were introduced. The third
chapter introduced Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the global financial crisis in 2008,
and analyzed their causes, duration and the impacts on the world economy, and briefly