An Introduction to the Chinese Economy The Driving Forces Behind Modern Day China

by Guo, Rongxing

• ISBN13: 9780470826041
• ISBN10: 0470826045
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-24
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

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. Written by a Chinese scholar who himself has also been to some extent an inherent part of the Chinese economic growth, this book discusses the Chinese economy from both national and regional/ local perspectives. To help understand the growth process in economies as sui generis and complex as that of China, this book employs an interdisciplinary methodology. To this end , many intriguing photos and informative figures and tables are included all of which provide an easy way to the understanding of the complicated process of the Chinese economy. The book will be an essential resource for scholars, business people, policymakers, and general audiences throughout the world. It is also suitable for classroom use for undergraduate courses.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Notes from the author

A brief history of China

The origins of the nation

Rise and fall of the empire

China in the new millennium

Spatial and administrative divisions

Administrative divisions

Great regions

Geographical belts

Southern and northern parts

Ethno-cultural areas

The foundation of the Chinese economy (I)

Land and water

Minerals and energy resources

Environmental quality

Policy implications

The foundation of the Chinese economy (II)

Population

Labor and education

Technological innovation

Cultural influence

Political and economic systems

Party versus state

State and market

Market-oriented reform

Enterprise management

Finance and banking

Future perspective

Economic growth and social justice

Economic growth

Regional economic differences

How (un)equal is the Chinese society?

Poverty and social security

International economic engagement

Historical background

China opens its door

Foreign direct investment

Foreign trade

Studying Chinese economics: Key issues

Why China has a collectivistic culture

Why China adopted a gradual economic reform

Why the Chinese economy cannot be spatially optimized

Why China's long-term growth isn't sustainable

Appendixes

A historical chronology

China's cultural similarity with your country

Bibliography

Index

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