Rongxing Guo specializes in regional economics with an emphasis on cross-border issues and Chinese energy and environmental economics. He has 20 years of experience teaching and researching in China, as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany and the USA. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, USA, and at the Australian National University, Australia, amongst others. He has led research projects for the OECD and the World Bank, undertaken consultation for the Chinese government, and is currently Head of the Regional Economics Committee at the Regional Science Association of China, Peking University, China.

• 1. A Brief History of China.- 2. Spatial and Administrative Divisions.- 3. Human and Cultural Contexts.- 4. Natural and Environmental Constraints.- 5. Political and Administrative Systems.- 6. Economic Systems in Transition.- 7. Understanding Chinese Economic Reform.- 8. Economic Growth and Income (Re)distribution.- 9. A Multiregional Economic Comparison.- 10. Spatial Economic (Dis)integration and China.- 11. Industrialization and Technological Progress.- 12. Globalization and the New Silk-Road Initiative.- 13. Doing Business in China.