DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN CHINA UNDER COVID-19:HOW FAR HAS CHINA COME?

作     者：HE Biao Rune Halvorsen 何彪;Rune Halvorsen

作者机构：Faculty of Social SciencesOslo Metropolitan UniversityOsloNorway Department of Social WorkChild Welfare and Social PolicyOslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo 0130Norway Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorwayDepartment of Social WorkChild Welfare and Social PolicyCEDIC-Center for the Study of Digitalization of Public Services and CitizenshipOslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo 0130Norway 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Law in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·法学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第16卷第1期

页      面：35-57页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：The authors acknowledge the receipt of funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,under grant agreement CHN-19/004 the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No.870698 

主　　题：disability policy digital inclusion accessibility social regulation China information and communication technology(ICT) 

摘      要：This article reviews social regulatory and redistributive policies in China that aim at fostering digital inclusion of persons with *** examine the emerging Chinese policies and how China has responded to the impacts of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19)on digital inclusion in terms of redistribution,market regulation,involvement of persons with disabilities and disabled people’s organizations(DPOs),and awareness-raising *** policy review demonstrates that the Chinese policy framework contains a few redistributive initiatives,for example,cash transfer programs,and free distribution of information and communications technology(ICT).These have the potential to increase the uptake of ICT among persons with *** Chinese policy framework also includes provisions to ensure consultation with individual persons with disabilities and DPOs in the deliberation and implementation of ICT accessibility *** China has initiated awareness-raising campaigns among market actors about the importance of digital inclusion,so far,the Chinese government has adopted little legal regulation of the market to foster accessibility to *** article thus argues that some of the limitations may be due to the way state–market relations have developed since the economy opened up in *** from the growing benefits of several cash transfer programs,we have not seen major changes or adjustments to the current policy framework during the efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on digital inclusion.