Liu Bin – författare

Five thousand years ago, an ancient civilisation rose up in eastern China, on the flood plains of the Yangtze River delta. Until recently, its history was shrouded in mystery. Who were the Liangzhu people, and how did they live? In this beautifully illustrated book, archaeologists reveal their discoveries.

International trade in the 21st century is characterized by the emergence and development of Global Value Chains. With the reform and opening-up deepening, China has become an important participant and practitioner of global value chains, a staunch supporter and defender of the multilateral trading system, and a contributor to and beneficiary of economic globalization. This book provides an insightful analysis of the pathways for China to upgrade in global value chains based on the country's opening strategy from the perspectives of tariff, trade facilitation, foreign direct investment, outward direct investment, opening-up of the service industry, and servitization in the manufacturing industry. It also offers best practices for theoretical and empirical studies in global value chains with sophisticated and widely-used econometric methods.

This book serves as a sacred site that empirically attests to the 5,000-year-long history of Chinese civilization. It represents an earthen construction-based civilization, a water conservancy-oriented civilization, and a rice cultivation-centered civilization. Moreover, its highly developed jade system is unparalleled. In addition, it holds a crucial position in the history of the development of China's ancient capitals.This book delves into the discovery history, layout and functional zoning, construction techniques and engineering, archaeological progress, and the relationship between Liangzhu civilization and Chinese civilization at large. By doing so, it unveils the profound connotations and far-reaching impacts of Liangzhu civilization.