Submission Guidelines

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China Policy Journal (CPJ) publishes original articles focusing on rigorous analysis of contemporary policy issues in Greater China. Priority will be given to articles that make strong theoretical and practical contribution base on empirical analysis, and articles that relate their conclusions broadly to regional and global contexts. We are also especially interested in systematic analysis of policy options, rigorous policy evaluation, and in-depth analysis of policy development process. Rigorous case studies and systematic surveys that challenge existing thinking on policy issues are also welcome.

Articles should be submitted electronically as an email attachment, and editorial correspondence should be addressed to Dr. James Wong, the Associate Editor of CPJ at jameskalei@ust.hk.

All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. We will not review manuscripts that are currently under review for publication or that have been previously published.

Style Guidelines

• All manuscripts should generally range from 25 to 40 pages in length (7000-12,000 words). This count includes the abstract, the manuscript text, all charts, figures, and references.
• Manuscripts submitted should have no author identification in the cover sheets, text, notes, or sources. Authors should each be identified along with the contact information in the email message.
• Every manuscript must have an abstract and a list of key words on the abstract page. The abstract, and each figure and table must be on separate pages
• Only three descending levels of headings should be used periodically and consistently throughout the article. They should be descriptive but brief.
• Tables, charts, diagrams, and other graphic materials should be used for providing necessary information or clarification of central concepts.
• If copyright permission is required for publishing this graphic material, it is the author's responsibility to obtain it at his/her cost.
• CPJ uses in-text citations with a full list of references at the end of each article and follows the Chicago Manual of Style as primary reference source.
  
  

In order to typeset your manuscript efficiently, we need it in a simple, “raw” format. Following these basic guidelines will ensure that we can process your book or article in a timely manner, and without sending it back to you for reformatting. Thank you!

• Single space, using one font only (serif) and one color only (black).
• Left align (do not right justify).
• Please make sure that all tracked changes or other revision marks have been accepted as final (no hidden text, comments, etc.).
• No “soft returns” or forced line breaks.
• No underlines, in urls or anywhere else. For emphasis please use italics.
• Do not use automatic hyphenation.
• Do not apply styles. Default (“normal”) should be the only style in your document.
• Block quotes should be formatted using the indent feature.
• Do not use tables for text body layout.
  
• Single space between period and start of next sentence.
  
• Remove hyperlinks and all other formatting from text and footnotes.
  
• Do not use tabs, forced line breaks, or any styles in text or footnotes.
  
• If your document contains images, please supply us with the most high-resolution images available. 300 dpi is ideal for print. Images pulled from websites do not print well.
  
• Images will be printed in grayscale. Please be aware of this when using charts that depend on color for their interpretation.
  
• If your work has an index, please type it in one long column, single-spaced, with no tabs or any style applied, and in this format: subject comma page. ex: Lincoln, Abraham, 36, 165-6
  
• We cannot accept documents with equations inserted using Word’s Equation Editor; our layout program deletes them. Please make equations part of the text flow, and format them in Times New Roman or Minion Pro.