Foreign Direct Investment in Western China, 1994–2004

Yang Xianming is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Director of the Institute of Development Studies of Yunnan University. His main research interests are: economic development theory, mainly on the western economic development theory and the development of underdeveloped regions in China; international economic theory and policy, mainly on the theory of international direct investment and China's economic development, and open economy theory and policy. Ning Huang works at Institute of Development Studies of Yunnan University. Guoqing Zhao works at Institute of Development Studies of Yunnan University.

• Introduction.- Technology Gap and Technology Transfer Through FDI in Western China.- Human Capital Gap and FDI Absorption of the Western Region.- An Analysis of the Influence of Industrial Base on FDI in Western China.- A Study on Location Issues of the Introduction of FDI in Western China.- Institutional Factors and the Introduction of FDI in China’s Western Region.