Elspeth Thomson received her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her main interests pertain to infrastructure development in China, particularly the energy sector. She has taught courses on the economies of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian countries at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver and Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

• 1. The Industry Before 1949 2. Mao's Adaptation of Soviet Central Planning: Effects on the Industry 3. Economic Assessment of the Industry on the Eve of the Reform and Opening up programme 4. The Industry and Deng's Reforms 5. Central Planning in the Industry Giving Way to Marketization 6. Economic Assessment of the Industry after Twenty Years of Reforms 7. Retrospect and Prospect Index

'[A] wealth of information on a vast range of production and consumption issues ... Thomson has also done an excellent job of placing the Chinese industry in its wider international context.' - China Quarterly