China's decentralization of the economy led to the rise of non-state enterprises [A] greater share of the economy was exposed to competitive forces. Local . . . governments were allowed to establish and operate various enterprises on market principles, without interference from the central government. –from "China's Economic Conditions," June 26,

2012 Public Domain/U. S. State Department

The excerpt describes a change. What is the BEST explanation of the change being described?

A. China is moving away from a command economic system to a mixed-market economic system.

B. China is moving away from a mixed-market economic system to a command economic system.

C. China is moving away from an oligarchic form of government to a democratic form of government.

D. China is moving away from an autocratic form of government to a democratic form of government.