RONGXING GUO has worked and taught at: Korea University, Seoul, Korea; FEEM, Milan, Italy; Trier University, Trier, Germany; CUMT, Xuzhou and Beijing, China; Peking University, Beijing, China; and ANU, Canberrra, Australia. Guo's recent books include Cultural Influences on Economic Analysis, The Handbook of Conflict Management, Cross-Border Resource Management, and Border-Regional Economics.

Selected as 'Best Book on Chinese Economy' by Questia librarians 'The world is watching the miraculous development of the Chinese economy with varied emotions: envy, hope, concern... The richness of the material and the clarity of the analysis [in this book] will perhaps make the envious countries even more so; they will certainly provide valuable information for those hoping to learn from the Chinese experience; and they will provide a firmer basis for assessing the concerns of those competing in output and input markets.' - from the Foreword by Lyn Squire, President of Global Development Network

• Contents List of Boxes List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Foreword by L. Squire Notes to Readers Map Executive Summary A Brief History of China The Origins of the Nation Rise and Fall of the Empire China in the New Millennium The Spatial Division of the Chinese Economy Provincial Administrations Great Regions Coastal and Inland Areas Eastern, Central and Western Belts Southern and Northern Parts China's Economic Foundations Physical Capital Human Capital Political and Institutional Bases Cultural Issues Policy Implications China's Economic Systems in Transition General Review Development and Planning Labour and Employment Production and Ownership Public Finance and Banking External Economic Relations Summary How Well the Chinese-Style Reform Performs Chinese-Style Reform, the (Un)successful Cases Simulating the Reform Process: A Model Interest Groups, Stakeholders and Reform Can the Chinese-Style Reforms Be Sustained? Concluding Remarks A Multiregional Economic Comparison About Statistical Data Macroeconomic Indicators Real Living Standards Inequality Index Concluding Remarks Can the Chinese Economy Be Spatially Optimized? Spatial Efficiency of Authoritarianism: A Theory Spatial Separation in China China's Search for Spatial Integration West China Development Strategy Concluding Remarks Industrialization and Technological Progress China's Efforts on Industrialization Post-Reform Industrialization Rural Industrialization Technological Progress Population, Resource and Sustainable Development General Background China's Population Problems Natural and Environmental Resources Environmental Protection in China Summary Economic Internationalization and China Historical Review Foreign Investment Foreign Trade Summary Comparative Economics for the Greater China Historical Evolution A Multiregional Economic Comparison Cross-Taiwan Strait Ecomonic Relations Future Perspective Appendices Appendix I: Basic conditions of the ethnic minorities in China Appendix II: A list of major reforms and their outcomes (1978-2005) Appendix III: Specification to a model on system dynamics Appendix IV: Games between the Chinese radicals and conservatives Appendix V: Literature on the determinates of foreign trade Appendix VI: Indexes of China's cultural linkages with the rest of the world Notes Bibliography Index