Ming Lu is Professor of Economics and Director of Center for Industrial Development Studies at Fudan University, China. He is also Research Fellow of Peking University-Lincoln Institute and Adjunct Professor of Zhejiang University. He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Fudan University. His recent research covers Labor Economics (income distribution, and migration), Regional and Urban Economics (urbanization, and regional development) and Social Economics (social network and economic development).Zhao Chen is Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of China Centre for Economic Studies at Fudan University, China. His recent research covers development economics (urbanization, migration, income inequality), industrial economics (industry policy, FDI, Outward FDI) and political economy (political connections).Xiwei Zhu is Associate Professor of Economics at Center for Research of Private Economy, Zhejiang University, China. He obtained his PhD in economics from Zhejiang University in 2005. Currently, his main research interests are new economic geography, industrial organization and international trade. Xianxiang Xu is Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics department at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His recent research covers economic growth and political elite.

• I: Economic agglomeration and interregional development; 1: Agglomeration and regional coordination; II: Political economy and analysis; 2: The political economy of regional development in China; 3: The political economy of urban and rural development in China; III: Segmentation and integration; 4: Labor mobility and laggard urbanization under institutional restrictions; 5: Foreign trade, interregional trade, and regional specialization; 6: Transportation infrastructure investment and economic development 1; IV: Agglomeration and balance; 7: The trends in geographical agglomeration of Chinese manufacturing industries; 8: The impact of spatial agglomeration on Chinese manufacturing; 9: Urban spatial structure; 10: The equalized intergovernmental transfer in China

"According to the foreword by Jacque Thisse, China's current economic situation is particularly well- suited to study in the framework of economic geography, which takes into account migration, transportation, and spatial considerations regarding growth, development, and disparities. Ten contributions by Chinese economists address the broad themes of economic agglomeration and interregional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance." - Book News "The book China's Regional Development - Review and Prospect is a collection of ten chapters organized in four parts: economic agglomeration and regional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance. Empirical evidence adds to the richness of the presentation throughout the book. The book addresses forces that have promoted agglomeration of industries in the eastern provinces of China and those that have hindered regional development in the central and western provinces... Ultimately, this book addresses the implications of rapid industrialization for regional development in a country where politics and economics are interconnected, institutional constraints limit interregional trade in favor of export market development, migration policies create segmentation of labor in cities, and a complex interaction of social-political-geographic issues underlie the perpetuation of regional uneven development in the face of rapid wealth creation." - Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, U.S.A.

Ming Lu is Professor of Economics and Director of Center for Industrial Development Studies at Fudan University, China. He is also Research Fellow of Peking University-Lincoln Institute and Adjunct Professor of Zhejiang University. He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Fudan University. His recent research covers Labor Economics (income distribution, and migration), Regional and Urban Economics (urbanization, and regional development) and Social Economics (social network and economic development).Zhao Chen is Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of China Centre for Economic Studies at Fudan University, China. His recent research covers development economics (urbanization, migration, income inequality), industrial economics (industry policy, FDI, Outward FDI) and political economy (political connections).Xiwei Zhu is Associate Professor of Economics at Center for Research of Private Economy, Zhejiang University, China. He obtained his PhD in economics from Zhejiang University in 2005. Currently, his main research interests are new economic geography, industrial organization and international trade. Xianxiang Xu is Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics department at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His recent research covers economic growth and political elite.

• I: Economic agglomeration and interregional development; 1: Agglomeration and regional coordination; II: Political economy and analysis; 2: The political economy of regional development in China; 3: The political economy of urban and rural development in China; III: Segmentation and integration; 4: Labor mobility and laggard urbanization under institutional restrictions; 5: Foreign trade, interregional trade, and regional specialization; 6: Transportation infrastructure investment and economic development 1; IV: Agglomeration and balance; 7: The trends in geographical agglomeration of Chinese manufacturing industries; 8: The impact of spatial agglomeration on Chinese manufacturing; 9: Urban spatial structure; 10: The equalized intergovernmental transfer in China

"According to the foreword by Jacque Thisse, China's current economic situation is particularly well- suited to study in the framework of economic geography, which takes into account migration, transportation, and spatial considerations regarding growth, development, and disparities. Ten contributions by Chinese economists address the broad themes of economic agglomeration and interregional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance." - Book News "The book China's Regional Development - Review and Prospect is a collection of ten chapters organized in four parts: economic agglomeration and regional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance. Empirical evidence adds to the richness of the presentation throughout the book. The book addresses forces that have promoted agglomeration of industries in the eastern provinces of China and those that have hindered regional development in the central and western provinces... Ultimately, this book addresses the implications of rapid industrialization for regional development in a country where politics and economics are interconnected, institutional constraints limit interregional trade in favor of export market development, migration policies create segmentation of labor in cities, and a complex interaction of social-political-geographic issues underlie the perpetuation of regional uneven development in the face of rapid wealth creation." - Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, U.S.A.

Ming Lu is Professor of Economics and Director of Center for Industrial Development Studies at Fudan University, China. He is also Research Fellow of Peking University-Lincoln Institute and Adjunct Professor of Zhejiang University. He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Fudan University. His recent research covers Labor Economics (income distribution, and migration), Regional and Urban Economics (urbanization, and regional development) and Social Economics (social network and economic development).Zhao Chen is Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of China Centre for Economic Studies at Fudan University, China. His recent research covers development economics (urbanization, migration, income inequality), industrial economics (industry policy, FDI, Outward FDI) and political economy (political connections).Xiwei Zhu is Associate Professor of Economics at Center for Research of Private Economy, Zhejiang University, China. He obtained his PhD in economics from Zhejiang University in 2005. Currently, his main research interests are new economic geography, industrial organization and international trade. Xianxiang Xu is Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics department at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His recent research covers economic growth and political elite.

• I: Economic agglomeration and interregional development; 1: Agglomeration and regional coordination; II: Political economy and analysis; 2: The political economy of regional development in China; 3: The political economy of urban and rural development in China; III: Segmentation and integration; 4: Labor mobility and laggard urbanization under institutional restrictions; 5: Foreign trade, interregional trade, and regional specialization; 6: Transportation infrastructure investment and economic development 1; IV: Agglomeration and balance; 7: The trends in geographical agglomeration of Chinese manufacturing industries; 8: The impact of spatial agglomeration on Chinese manufacturing; 9: Urban spatial structure; 10: The equalized intergovernmental transfer in China

"According to the foreword by Jacque Thisse, China's current economic situation is particularly well- suited to study in the framework of economic geography, which takes into account migration, transportation, and spatial considerations regarding growth, development, and disparities. Ten contributions by Chinese economists address the broad themes of economic agglomeration and interregional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance." - Book News "The book China's Regional Development - Review and Prospect is a collection of ten chapters organized in four parts: economic agglomeration and regional development, political economy and analysis, segmentation and integration, and agglomeration and balance. Empirical evidence adds to the richness of the presentation throughout the book. The book addresses forces that have promoted agglomeration of industries in the eastern provinces of China and those that have hindered regional development in the central and western provinces... Ultimately, this book addresses the implications of rapid industrialization for regional development in a country where politics and economics are interconnected, institutional constraints limit interregional trade in favor of export market development, migration policies create segmentation of labor in cities, and a complex interaction of social-political-geographic issues underlie the perpetuation of regional uneven development in the face of rapid wealth creation." - Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, U.S.A.