New Direction for Chinas Defense Industry

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• ISBN13: 9780833037947
• ISBN10: 0833037943
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-02
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	xi
Tables	xiii
Summary	xv
Acknowledgments	xxv
Introduction	1	(50)
The Changing Shape of China's Defense-Industrial Complex, 1980--1998	4	(7)
Explaining the Defense Industry's Poor Performance	11	(7)
Weaknesses of Past Reforms	14	(4)
Understanding ``the Soviet Paradox''	18	(4)
New Progress in Defense-Industry Reform: The 1998 Reforms and Beyond	22	(25)
Beijing's ``Grand Strategy'' for Improving Defense-Industrial Capabilities	24	(4)
The Goals of the 1998--1999 Reforms	28	(3)
Specific Organizational Reforms	31	(16)
Systemic Constraints on China's Defense-Industry Reform	47	(2)
Reform Imperatives Versus Social Stability	48	(1)
GAD Versus State COSTIND	48	(1)
Localization Versus Free-Market Practices	49	(1)
Organization of This Report	49	(2)
China's Missile Industry	51	(58)
Sector Organization and Principal Actors	52	(13)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	53	(5)
China Aerospace Science and Industry Group Corporation	58	(4)
Non--CASC/CASIC Missile Producers	62	(3)
Assessing the Potential for Future Progress	65	(11)
Human and Financial Resources	66	(1)
Access to Foreign Technology	67	(2)
Incentives	69	(5)
Institutions	74	(2)
Missile-Industry Production Capabilities and Output	76	(20)
Ballistic Missiles: Strengths and Weaknesses in R&D and Production Capabilities	78	(4)
Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles	82	(4)
Surface-to-Air Missiles	86	(4)
Air-to-Air Missiles	90	(4)
Ground-Attack Missiles	94	(2)
Summary	96	(1)
Improving the Performance of China's Missile Sector	96	(10)
Perceived Problems and Shortcomings	97	(2)
Strategies for Addressing Weaknesses	99	(5)
Effectiveness of Policy Solutions	104	(2)
Conclusions	106	(3)
China's Shipbuilding Industry	109	(46)
Key Measures Used to Assess China's Shipbuilding Capabilities	111	(1)
Structure and Operation of China's Shipbuilding Industry	112	(12)
Current Composition of China's Entire Shipbuilding Industry	115	(8)
Military Shipbuilding	123	(1)
Growth, Expansion, and Modernization of China's Shipbuilding Industry	124	(14)
Weaknesses and Limitations of China's Shipbuilding Industry	133	(5)
China's Shipbuilding Industry and Naval Modernization	138	(2)
Civilian Contributions to Current Naval-Modernization Efforts	140	(12)
Improved Production Capabilities	141	(8)
Increased Production Capacity	149	(3)
Conclusions	152	(3)
China's Military-Aviation Industry	155	(50)
Overview of China's Military-Aviation Sector	156	(3)
Current R&D and Production Capabilities	159	(15)
Fighters	160	(3)
Bombers and Ground-Attack Aircraft	163	(3)
Transports	166	(2)
Helicopters	168	(2)
Engines	170	(4)
Efforts to Improve the Performance of China's Military-Aviation Sector	174	(7)
Future Prospects for China's Aviation Industry	181	(19)
Manufacturing Technology	182	(2)
Human Resources	184	(2)
Financial Resources	186	(2)
Economic Environment	188	(1)
Competition	189	(2)
Capital Markets, Technology Markets, Labor Markets	191	(2)
Ownership and Funding Sources	193	(2)
Institutional Infrastructure	195	(5)
Conclusions	200	(5)
Future Directions and Challenges	201	(4)
``The Digital Triangle'': A New Defense-Industrial Paradigm?	205	(48)
The IT Sector and Chinese Defense Modernization: The New Paradigm	208	(7)
Relationship Between Information Technology and Defense Modernization	208	(3)
The IT Sector as a Defense-Industrial Sector?	211	(2)
Dynamics of the IT Industry Structure	213	(2)
The Digital Triangle: A New Model of Defense Procurement	215	(31)
Strategy and Policy	215	(26)
Role of Foreign Companies, Capital, and Technology	241	(5)
Overall Implications of the Digital Triangle	246	(7)
Implications for Other Defense-Industrial Sectors	246	(1)
Implications for Chinese Military Modernization	247	(6)
Conclusions: Future Prospects of China's Defense Industry	253	(8)
Current R&D and Production Activities Must Be Examined Sector by Sector	253	(3)
Four Factors Explain Progress in China's Defense Industry	256	(2)
There Are Indicators of Future Improvements in Defense-Industry Operations	258	(3)
Bibliography	261