Foreign Direct Investment in China

Chunlai Chen, Associate Professor, Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Australia

• Contents: Foreword by Christopher Findlay Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Evolution and Main Features of China’s FDI Laws and Policies Part I: Location Determinants 3. Location Determinants of FDI and China’s Performance in Attracting FDI Inflows 4. The Impact of China on FDI Inflows into Other Developing Countries 5. Provincial Characteristics and the FDI Location Decision within China Part II: Investor Differences 6. Composition and Investment Intensity of Source Countries in China 7. FDI in Manufacturing and Comparison of Overseas Chinese Affiliates and Foreign Country Affiliates Part III: Economic Impacts 8. The Contribution of FDI to China’s Economic Growth 9. Spillover Effects of FDI on China’s Domestic Firms’ Productivity 10. Spillover Effects of FDI on China’s Domestic Firms’ Exports 11. Conclusion, Policy Implications and Prospects References Index

For readers looking for a comprehensive rigorously quantitative analysis of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, there is no better work than Chunlai Chen's Foreign Direct Investment in China. In the book he analyzes a wide range of issues ranging from the contribution of FDI to China's growth to why FDI is concentrated in certain Chinese provinces and not others. Readers with an economics or statistical background will get the most out of the book, but it is accessible and informative for many others. - --Dwight H. Perkins, Harvard University, US