Producer Services in China

Anthony G.O. Yeh is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Director of the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Director of the GIS Research Centre, and former Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Fiona F. Yang is Post-doctoral Fellow of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, the University of Hong Kong. She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Hong Kong, a BSc and an MSc in Geography and Urban Planning from Sun Yat-Sen University, China.

• Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. Producer Services and China’s Economic and Urban Change: Introduction and Overview Part II: International Experiences and China’s Producer Service Development Chapter 2. Producer Services and Urban Economic Development in China Chapter 3. Producer Services in Asia-Pacific Cities and Chinese Cities: A Comparative Perspective Chapter 4. Producer Service Development in the United States and China: A Comparative Perspective Chapter 5. Producer Services: Development Trend, Levels, and Strategy Part III: Dynamics of Economic and Urban Development in China: The Producer Services Perspective Chapter 6. Development of Producer Services and Economic Transition in China Chapter 7. Producer Services and the Evolution of the Chinese Economy Chapter 8. Development of Producer Services in the Chinese Urban System Chapter 9. The Role of Producer Service Industry in Upgrading Shanghai’s Service Capacity as a Globalizing City Part IV: Producer Services and New Urban Space in Chinese Cities Chapter 10. Transformation of Urban Spatial Structure under the Service Economy: the Case of Beijing Chapter 11. The Spatial Distribution of Producer Services in Shanghai: How Different Is It From Personal Services and Manufacturing? Chapter 12. The Pluralization and Government-Driven Mechanism of Central Business District in Shenzhen City, China Chapter 13. Regional Development in China’s West: Producer Services in Metropolitan Xi’an Chapter 14. Development of China’s Capital Market and the Construction of Financial Centers: A Case Study of Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen