This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert from China offers a quality and breadth of coverage. In this book, the author provides an introduction to China’s economy since 1949 and original insights based on his own extensive research. The book sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods and through national, regional and local dimensions. Both positive and negative consequences of the Chinese economic transformation have been clarified. A multiregional comparison of the Chinese economy is conducted in terms of natural and human resources, institutional evolution, as well as economic and social performances. At last, some key issues relating to the inherent operational mechanisms of and the dynamic patterns of the Chinese economy are also discussed.
Зміст
List of figures ix
List of tables ix
List of abbreviations x
Acknowledgments xi
Notes from the author xiii
Chapter 1: A brief history of China 1
The origins of the nation 2
Rise and fall of the empire 4
China in the new millennium 11
Chapter 2: Spatial and administrative divisions 15
Administrative divisions 16
Great regions 20
Geographical belts 21
Southern and northern parts 23
Ethno-cultural areas 24
Chapter 3: The foundation of the Chinese economy (I) 29
Land and water 30
Minerals and energy resources 35
Environmental quality 42
Policy implications 50
Chapter 4: The foundation of the Chinese economy (II) 55
Population 56
Labor and education 61
Technological innovation 67
Cultural influence 70
Chapter 5: Political and economic systems 79
Party versus state 80
State and market 84
Market-oriented reform 89
Enterprise management 92
Finance and banking 99
Future perspective 103
Chapter 6: Economic growth and social justice 109
Economic growth 110
Regional economic differences 114
How (un)equal is the Chinese society? 121
Poverty and social security 125
Chapter 7: International economic engagement 129
Historical background 130
China opens its door 133
Foreign direct investment 140
Foreign trade 146
Chapter 8: Studying Chinese economics: Key issues 153
Why China has a collectivistic culture 154
Why China adopted a gradual economic reform 160
Why the Chinese economy cannot be spatially optimized 167
Why China’s long-term growth isn’t sustainable 172
Appendixes 177
A historical chronology 177
China’s cultural similarity with your country 184
Bibliography 191
Index 197
Про автора
RONGXING GUO is currently a professor and Head of the
Regional Economics Committee at the Regional Science Association of
China at Peking University. He is also Visiting Fellow for Foreign
Policy at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, at the
Brookings Institution.
Guo specializes in regional economics with an emphasis on Chinese
economic issues and in cross-border and cross-cultural issues. He
has over 20 years of experience in teaching and research in China,
as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany, and
the US. His recent research projects include cross-cultural
economic management, intercultural economic analysis, cross-border
resource management, conflict management in disputed areas,
economic growth and income distribution, and Chinese economic
reform.
In 2008, Guo received an award for Outstanding Research in the
Ninth Global Development Conference held in Australia. He has
published more than 20 books in both English and Chinese.
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