China's Evolving Industrial Policies and Economic Restructuring

China’s recent phenomenal economic growth has been sustained primarily by China’s rapid and continuous industrialisation. Currently industry accounts for over two-thirds of China’s gross domestic product, and since 2009 China has been the world’s largest exporter of manufactured products. This book explores the question of how far this industrial growth has been the product of government policies.

• Introduction Part 1: Development Policies and Industrial Development 1. Development of China’s Industries and Industrial Restructuring 2. Policy Evolution of China’s Regional Development 3. China’s Innovation Policy: Framework, Evolution and Trend 4. China’s R&D Intensification and the Role of the State 5. Openness, Productivity and Economic Growth in China Part 2: Development of China’s Mainstay Industries 6. Why Are There so Many Automobile manufacturers in China? 7. Technological Capability Development in Complex Environments: The Case of the Chinese Telecom Equipment Industry 8. Green Challenges and Keys to Sustain Growth of China’s Electronic Information Industry 9. The Catching-up of China’s ICT Industries: Recent Dynamics, Challenges, and Policy Implications 10. The Shale Gas Revolution and China’s Industrial Policy Part 3: China’s Regional Industrial Development 11. China’s Yangtze River Delta Region: Globalization, Production Networks and Regional Development 12. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Development and the Transformation of Chinese Economy 13. Achievement and Obstacles of China’s Western Development 14. China’s Central Region: Development and Recent Strategies

"Combining both sectoral and regional perspectives, this book is a well-organized, important contribution to the studies of China’s economic policies. It provides valuable insights for scholars and policy makers to comprehend the evolving nature of China’s industrial policies."Chen Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. Pacific Affairs (Volume 89, 2016)