The Special Economic Zones of China and Their Impact on Its Economic Development

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Figures and Tables ix
• Prologue xiii
• Introduction: Problems and Methodology xv
• Part I - Formation of Special Economic Zones 1
• 1 - Reasons for Formation 3
• 2 - Objective and Configurational Characteristics 9
• 3 - Characteristics of Special Economic Zones 13
• 4 - Background to the Establishment of the Special Economic Zones 31
• Part II - Economic Development in Special Economic Zones 49
• 5 - Development of Special Economic Zones 51
• 6 - Introduction of Foreign Capital and Its Effect on Employment Expansion and Wage Gain 65
• 7: Industrial Structure and Improvement of International Balance of Payments and Foreign Capital 89
• 8 - Investments by the Central, Provincial, and Municipal Governments 105
• Part III 115
• 9 117
• 10: Fostering Manpower 133
• 11: Production Management 141
• 12 - Forward- and Reverse-Related Effects 149
• 13 - Business Achievements 153
• Part IV - Significance of Special Economic Zones to the Chinese Economy 165
• 14 - Economic Relations with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan 167
• 15 - Economic Relations with Chinese Cities and Provinces 179
• 16 - Chinese Multipolar Economic Block and the Special Economic Zones 185
• Summary and Conclusion 195
• Notes 199
• Bibliography 207
• Index 217

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