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How the Chinese Economy Works

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Authors:
  1. Rongxing Guo

    1. Regional Sciences Association China, Peking University, Beijing, China

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  • Provides an authoritative analysis of the various mechanisms at work in the Chinese economy
  • Offers useful discussion on the current socio-economic trends in China, and reflects upon the growing significance of China on the world stage
  • Focuses on both national and regional level to provide a fully comprehensive work

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. A Brief History of China

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    Pages 1-18

  3. Spatial and Administrative Divisions

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    Pages 19-51

  4. Human and Cultural Contexts

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    Pages 53-84

  5. Natural and Environmental Constraints

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    Pages 85-123

  6. Political and Administrative Systems

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    Pages 125-154

  7. Economic Systems in Transition

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    Pages 155-197

  8. Understanding Chinese Economic Reform

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    Pages 199-233

  9. Economic Growth and Income (Re)Distribution

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    Pages 235-272

  10. A Multiregional Economic Comparison

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    Pages 273-305

  11. Spatial Economic (Dis)Integration and China

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    Pages 307-339

  12. Industrialization and Technological Progress

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    Pages 341-371

  13. Globalization and the New Silk Road Initiative

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    Pages 373-405

  14. Working with Chinese Culture

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    Pages 407-425

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 427-444
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About this book

This fourth revised edition 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. It examines the driving forces – both endogenous and exogenous – that have influenced China’s economic development during the past decades. 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. This enlarged edition includes three new chapters on cultural diversity; natural and environmental resources; and, political and administrative systems. Many of the original chapters have also been significantly revised, expanded and updated according to more recent research.

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“The richness of the material and the clarity of the analysis will certainly provide valuable information for those hoping to learn from the Chinese experience.” (From the Foreword to the Third Revised Edition by Lyn Squire, Founder and First President of the Global Development Network)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Regional Sciences Association China, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Rongxing Guo

About the author

Rongxing Guo specializes in regional economics with an emphasis on cross-border issues and Chinese energy and environmental economics. He has 20 years of experience teaching and researching in China, as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany and the USA. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, USA, and at the Australian National University, Australia, amongst others. He has led research projects for the OECD and the World Bank, undertaken consultation for the Chinese government, and is currently Head of the Regional Economics Committee at the Regional Science Association of China, Peking University, China.

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